Cat's Diwali hightlights the impact of pollution on animals

With Podar Education Network as the parent company, each book is handled by an all-girls team of four, and is created using recycled and ethically-sourced paper. "People think it isn't difficult to delve into children's literature because it is short-format and seems easy. It is not. The challenge is to reach out to both the children and the caregivers," the 28-year-old says. The launch will thus see a line-up of four titles that touch upon themes ranging from self-confidence to deforestation, while one will be a sticker book.

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Try Your Best, Patrick, for instance, is a story about a little chicken who is struggling to find his talent while his friends ace math problems and write imaginative stories. Authored by David Howlett and illustrated by Urvashi Dubey, Patrick's story is one that resonates with you irrespective of whether you're four or 40. The message in it is perseverance, which is the summary of Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling Outliers, though this doesn't take 300 pages to convey the same and frankly, we aren't complaining. Cat's Diwali, also illustrated by Dubey, on the other hand, hits home. It shows how pets aren't affected by our festival of lights as much as our festival of sound. Firecrackers are a menace and the protagonist, a feline named Cat, decides to take action. Thus, in a way, the title emphasises confronting the authorities to bring about change; it's what kids need to know, especially in today's political climate. The book is authored by a ghost writer Sarah H Paul — "some might even say it is me," Podar quips.

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