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Abol-Tabol

August 12, 2010Soobengal, bengali, books, childrens', classics, indian, literature, nonsense rhymes, sukumar ray 1 Comment

I found an old favorite book the other day – Abol-Tabol by Sukumar Ray. Like most Bengali children, we grew up with this book and know all the poems by heart. Though the original has drawings by the author himself, I really like the illustrations in this edition, and also the typographical titles for each poem. Here are some photos:

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