Author: Manjula Narayanan
Publisher: Authorhouse
ISBN: 978-1-4389-6957-2

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The green Green Pear is on the face of it a colorfully printed story book for children, but it has a very deep message for all the children of the world including the children lurking behind the adult facades in many of us. Self image psychology, the need for self acceptance and the need for being oneself are brought out beautifully by the author.

Here is one brief excerpt from the book:

"So in a similar manner the green Green Pear went about wishing he could be many different things. He wished he could smell like a flower. Or feel like silk. Or taste like candy. Could he look like a butterfly? Or sing like a bird? He wondered..."

The page had nice illustrations of a flower, silk, candy, butterfly and a bird. The total effect is really pleasant.

For the children there is of course an added bonus of learning colors, shapes, flowers, fruits, animals and sounds. Thus education goes along with entertainment. It is excellent as a gift to the child for exploring by oneself or for reading to a child.

The book is designed and printed well on acid free non-glossy paper. The illustrations by the author are eye catching in a pleasant way.

A short note to the parents and to the teachers and a little biography about the author would have added value to the book. Here is a brief biographical note about the author from the material sent by the publicist.

"Manjula Naraynan is a writer and illustrator living in Chennai, Southern India. She has a degree in corporate secretaryship from the University of Madras. She plans to follow The green Green Pear with two more titles in her Color Trilogy for children."

Since the story is meant for little children (the book does not specify but I would think 5 to 8 years would be the ideal age group for this type of book), it could have been brought out as an audio book or a video book or a DVD could be produced and added as a bonus (at a slightly higher retail price of course).

I am happy to say the child in me enjoyed the short and sweet story in the book.

I strongly recommend this to teachers, parents and other care givers of children.

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