The Gular Flower

Description

The Gular Flower is a bright and colourful story of a one-of-a-kind beautiful flower known as the gular flower everyone would love to witness bloom with its simple text and beautiful illustrations. This storybook was shortlisted for the 2020 Neev Book Award - Best Picture Book. The gular, or cluster fig flower is very very beautiful, everyone says, and Renchu is desperate to see it. But is it red and big, pink and small, or white and shining like a star? Does it bloom during the full moon in the month of Magh or of Kartik? There are many stories, all different, and only the really lucky get to see it. As she goes about her day picking waste, Renchu can think of only one thing – will she too see it sometime? The author's own wonder at discovering the secret of the gular flower, much later in life than Renchu, led to this charming story. But being Rinchin, it is layered with more than just the quest for an elusive flower. Continuing from her earlier book, The trickster bird, she sets it in the world of paardhi tribals displaced from the forests. The strikingly textured, stylized illustrations take us through their dreams and reality. The Gular Flower storybook is a perfect book for young children to read who are at beginner’s level, who are learning to read to promote interest in the literature with its simple sentences and eye-catching, vivid illustrations to keep the little ones interested and engaged.