The Unboy Boy
- Publisher : Pickle Yolk Books
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789351269403
- Imprint : Snuggle
- Age Group : Early Reader
- Language : English
Young Gagan is at ease being what he is: quiet, gentle, sensitive, and an animal book lover. But his family and friends ...
Young Gagan is at ease being what he is: quiet, gentle, sensitive, and an animal book lover. But his family and friends think of him as being not boy enough, and want to make him more boy-like. Gagan, however, has enough tricks up his sleeve to show the world that there are no boy-boys or unboy-boys. Just boys. And just girls. Gender stereotyping has strong under currents in the social fabric of India and in many cultures around the world.
Richa Jha is an Indian children's author and picture book enthusiast. Her books have been shortlisted for prestigious national literary and industry awards, won a popular award, and entered the Limca Book of Records. She often gazes at the sky and wonders what it would be like to live up there
Gautam Benegal, writer, National Award-winning animation film-maker, cartoonist and artist grew up in Calcutta. The milieu he explores in this book is of Calcutta in the early 1990s. He has been associated with various publications as a freelance columnist and illustrator from the age of sixteen, starting with Sandesh where he was invited by film-maker Satyajit Ray to contribute. Gautam has previously written a book of short stories, 1/7 Bondel Road, which received critical acclaim.
