Different Tales: Stories from Marginal Cultures and Regional Languages

‘Different Tales,’ a project of Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies in Hyderabad, India, aims to produce a series of stories for children between the ages of 8 and 12. All stories deal with themes that are not usually covered in mainstream children’s story books, and highlight the resilience of children from disadvantaged and marginalised communities. The decision to produce these books were based on the findings of a three year project that looked at children's books and what was available to children from marginalised communities.

This is a three-language project with books produced in English, Malayalam and Telugu. Jayasree is the Editor of the Malayalam series. She has also written one of the books in the series, The Sackclothman, which explores the friendship between the village "madman" and a little girl.

Read more about the project and find out where you can buy the books.