A unique Book - ‘The Adventures of Donna the Dolphin Vol 1- The Challenge’ successfully made its mark at the World Book Fair 2016. The innovative book uses all three learning styles - visual, kinaesthetic and audio. Assuredly it is book that will make you jump with joy along with the dolphins that dive into the sea and the sharks attacking at your finger tips . It offers an amazing experience for children to closely feel the marine life while reading the story.
Sameena Shaikh an Entrepreneur from the City of Lucknow published this book for children. An elated Sameena Shaikh told us about the experience of having ‘Donna’ at the book fair, she said, “It feels like a dream come true. The appreciation and success of the book has this is where I belong , books and readers. I had a lovely experience being a part of this global extravaganza.”
The book has been worded by Viveik Pandit, writer author also from the city of Nawabs has 10 books to his credit. It is available at New Delhi World Book Fair 2016 with Sterling Publishers, a 49-year old company, one of the leading publishers of children books.
The uniqueness of the book apart from the fun story lies in the word meanings in flaps, coupled with drop-downs with extra information of the sea world. There are beautiful paintings that explain the text and help in sensitivity building among kids with a subtle moral. The story narration can be downloaded from the website is also helpful in pronunciations and story-telling. The storyline builds curiosity especially by the usage of flaps and drop downs. Speech bubbles have been also used to illustrate conversations. It is a green book as printed on recycled paper and the paper engineered and crafted to make dolphins jump and sharks attack.
Besides serving the purpose of a fun story and imparting knowledge, this book aims to revive and refresh, book-reading culture among children. The book was short-listed for the Printweek India Awards , Mumbai 2015. It has been has been purchased by many schools in Lucknow for their School Libraries. “I have done book reading sessions in schools like La Martiniere Boys, La Martiniere Girls, Seth M R Jaipuria School, branches of CMS etc to reach to as many children as possible. The children, teachers, Principals, parents and grandparents have appreciated the book,” said Shaikh.
The book was recently showcased for the children at an exclusive event at the Lucknow Literature Carnival 2015. It was for the first time a children’s book featured at the Lucknow Literature Carnival.