When was the last time the MIGHTY tiger roamed freely under the open sky? \n\nWhat is the SLEEK leopard from sunny India doing in FREEZING England? \n\nHow will the HUGE rhinoceros stay in a SMALL, cramped cage? \n\nAnd why, oh why, is the ENORMOUS elephant eating tiny BUNS in the zoo? \n\nLeopards and cheetahs, bears and antelopes, monkeys and deer...it's the same SORRY tale. These animals from India have been CAGED for the amusement of people – to be prodded and poked and teased! \n\nIt's upsetting. It's shocking. It's breaking our hearts. \n\nWhat are we to DO? \n\nWell, we have written letters – a whole SHEAF of them – to the owners of menageries and the zoo, asking them to STOP this cruelty NOW. To give the animals the food, the care and the freedom they deserve. \n\nBut ARE they reading them?
Nandini Nayar is India?s most prolific children?s writer. In a career spanning less than 20 years she has published 53 books with well-known Indian publishers like Tulika, Karadi, Amar Chitra Katha, Scholastic, Puffin, HarperCollins, Juggernaut, Pratham, Eklavya, Talking Cub and Mango. Her international publishers include Oxford University Press, Pakistan, Frances Lincoln and Tricycle Press. In addition, Nandini has been a regular contributor to iconic children?s magazines like Tinkle, Hoot, Toot, Dimdima and The Children?s Magazine and newspapers like The Hindu and Sakal Times. Generations of readers recognize her as the author of well-loved picture books like What Shall I Make? and Where is Amma? What Shall I Make? was named an outstanding book by the United States Board on Books for Young Readers. Pranav?s Picture, What Shall I Make?, Guddu?s Photo and The House of Fourteen Cats feature in the list of books recommended by the Central Board of Secondary Education (India). What Shall I Make? and What Did You See? feature in 101 Indian Children's Books We Love (Zubaan). For older children Nandini has written novels, collections of short stories, creative biographies and retellings. Her four books in the series The Diary of an Indian Schoolgirl are immensely popular and both Apoorva?s Fat Diary and Camp Sweets won the BICW award in 2019. Mouse and Bear, The Perfect Chair and The House of Fourteen Cats won prizes in the competition organized by the Children?s Book Trust. Her other books for older children include The Curious Case of the Sweet and Spicy Sweetshop, The Great River Magic and The Girl in the Mirror.
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