Children books big draw at book fair

NEW DELHI: From Marvel comics to illustration books on Disney characters, the ongoing World book Fair here is being flooded with children and their parents hunting for their favourite picks.

Parragon, one of the largest publisher of children’s illustrated books in India has brought to life fairytales from the lands of Snow White, Cinderella and Mulan.

Books featuring the ‘Frozen’ princesses Elsa and Anna and the daring Moana who set sail to fulfill her ancestors’ unfinished quest, besides a treasure trove of bedtime stories and nursery rhymes are drawing huge number of visitors at their stall.

“Dora was quite popular last year but Frozen has been a big hit this time. The sales and popularity of cartoon characters is largely affected by the success of the movies made on them. If the movie gets popular, the book automatically becomes a success,” says Gayatri, editorial and design head at Parragon.

14-year-old Gracy, bought an assortment of books based on her favourite Disney characters.

“Although I am grown up now but my love for these coloured fairy tales doesn’t seems to die. Everytime I come to the book fair, I pick up some of these in addition to my curriculum books,” she says.

Colourful pop-up books of folklores, DVDS of bedtime stories and unique interactive devices for quick learning are also popular.

Grolier, a Us-based publishing house has a range of ‘Talking story books’, which focus on developing speaking and writing skills in children.

“The products available here are really useful to boost our children’s reading capabilities as well as speaking skills in a really fun way. After the demo I realised it is a in-home learning expert for my children which is very interactive,” says Vinod Sharma, who came with his 3-years old son Ayaan.

‘Talking Pen’, an interactive audio support device is among the most popular products at the stall.