Electric Birds of Pothakudi

(Hardback)

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Karuppu Raja dearly loves his small village of Pothakudi. He takes great pride in being responsible for its only source of light, switching the circuit breaker on every night to power the streetlamps. But one evening, he discovers a bird's nest buried deep inside the box. He's faced with a terrible dilemma: to turn the switch on and destroy the nest or to leave the village in darkness until the fledgelings are born.

Author Bio

Karthika Nar is a poet, playwright, fabulist and dance scenarist. Les Oiseaux lectriques de Pothakudi (ditions Hlium/Actes-Sud, 2022) - her latest children's book illustrated by Jolle Jolivet - won the 2023 Prix Felip for "ecological children's literature", and is shortlisted for the 2023 Prix Franco-Allemand de la littrature de jeunesse.

Jolle Jolivet is an illustrator who works mostly in linocut. Her books have been published internationally.
She lives and works in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.