Seven books. 152 pages. Illustrations on every page. Valmiki’s Ramayana for youngsters!
Presenting The Complete Ramayana in its original seven parts, retold by the acclaimed author Paro Anand, published by Juggernaut.
For the first time, all seven volumes of Valmiki’s Ramayana are retold in English for young readers by one of India’s most acclaimed children’s writers — Paro Anand, winner of the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar.
The Complete Ramayana – 7 Books in the series.
Retold by: Paro Anand
Publisher: Juggernaut
Length: 152 pages with illustrations on every page
Format: Paperback
Recommended Age: 7 years+
Titles in the series:
Rama’s Childhood : The Complete Ramayana Book 1
The Curse of Kaikeyi : The Complete Ramayana Book 2
Rama Goes into Exile : The Complete Ramayana Book 3
Rama Meets Sugriva : The Complete Ramayana Book 4
The Burning of Lanka : The Complete Ramayana Book 5
Rama vs Ravana : The Complete Ramayana Book 6
Luv-Kush’s Ramayana : The Complete Ramayana Book 7
Most children’s Ramayanas compress the epic into a single volume, and the story loses its shape. Paro Anand’s retelling keeps Valmiki’s architecture intact: seven books, in the original seven parts, each one a complete reading experience and each one a step in a single unbroken narrative.
The language is simple enough for a confident seven- year-old to read alone. The content is not simplified — the boons, the curses, the genealogies, the moral arguments and the unhappy endings are all here, exactly as the original tells them. Illustrations on every page carry readers who are not yet ready for solid text.
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