Book: Inku Chomps, Gobbles and Slurps

A children’s book about the food habits of Great Hornbills, for Pratham Books’ STEM series. Flying food, crawling food, hopping food – no food is too crazy for Inku, a Great Hornbill hatchling.

Some months ago, I often uttered unintelligible sounds and wondered whether a lizard was tastier than a bat, causing those around me to worry. However, the kind people at Pratham Books indulged me, and I am chuffed to have my first ever book published. That too about the Great Hornbill, one of my favourite birds.

Thank you to the Pratham Books team for believing that I could write for children, and for their patience as I unlearnt writing as I knew it and re-learnt how to write more simply. My gratitude to Dr. Divya Mudappa for answering all my questions about Great Hornbills and fact-checking my story.

The print version of the book can be purchased online. The online version can be read on StoryWeaver’s website:

https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/66024-inku-chomps-gobbles-and-slurps