Kunjuvava Vanne / Baby Has Come

Malayalam / English

Supriya Cherian, Jobin Varghese, Padmasree Murali

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Malayalam

Gaps&letters
25 February 2023

Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues; Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's&YA); Languages & ESL; Malayalam - Children's Bilingual Books; Malayalam - Languages

It's Ammu's aunt's Valakkappu, a traditional baby shower ceremony in Kerala. Ammu is excited by the seven sweet snacks,

Pooja, the bangle ceremony, Sadhya, the party, and suggesting baby names. Ammu has chosen the best baby name. But will aunty use the name she's suggested when she comes back with the baby?

This vibrant story, set in a traditional Kerala house instantly takes children to their parent's childhood memories.

On the sideline, this book teaches children how to wait patiently for their loved ones to come back.

This book is ideal for 4-7-year-olds to learn century-old Indian traditions.

The English transliterations of Malayalam text help English readers to read and learn the Malayalam language with ease. The glossary is provided for bilingual words.

By: Supriya Cherian
Illustrated by: Jobin Varghese, Padmasree Murali
Imprint: Gaps&letters
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780645408829
ISBN 10: 0645408824
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 25 February 2023
Recommended Age: From 0 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Supriya Cherian is the founder of Gaps&Letters, an Australian Malayali children's book publishing company. Her debut book ""Namukku Pokaam (Lets Go)"" was the first lift-the-flap board book in Malayalam. It was an Honor Book among the top South Asian board books 2021 from Tokabox. She received the Yuva Pravasi Garshom International Award in 2022 for her efforts to represent Kerala culture among migrant Malayali generation through Malayalam language learning.Supriya lives in Ballarat with her husband George, and their children Adriel (5) and Patrick (2). Supriya worked as a speech language pathologist before switching her career to an audiologist. She loves to create new things in her spare time."