* A heartwarming story about books, and what they meanto those who don't have them* Set in Gurez, an isolated village in Kashmir at the Line ofControl between India and Pakistan, it softly hints atPartition and conflict* Being a film-writer too, author Adithi Rao has a strongvisual sense that pervades her work* Affectionate and stylised pictures by Kashmiri illustratorGhazal Qadri are flavoured with a sense of the place and thegentle spirit of its people* This is a WORDBIRD BOOK - a Tulika innovation wherechildren are introduced to local words with the help of littlebirds that hop through the pages and explain the meaning.
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