ANOTHER HISTORY OF THE CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK

At a particular period in Indian history, cheaply available Soviet picture books, in English and vernacular translations, changed the way Indian children read. Meanwhile, a different and more problematic kind of cultural globalization was underway in the regions governed by the Soviet State, and Lithuania is a rich case in point. This book calls for a re-imagining of global picture book history: a result of an unusual collaboration between Indian social historian, V. Geetha, and Dr. Giedr? Jankevi?i?t? from the Lithuanian Culture Rese...[Read more]