1. THE PATUA PINOCCHIO (for 8-12 year-olds) THE PATUA PINOCCHIO 2. THE DOLL THAT BOMMAKKA MADE (for 5-7 year-olds) THE DOLL THAT BOMMAKKA MADE 3. BEST FRIENDS (for 5-7 year-olds) BEST FRIENDS 4. PUPPETS UNLIMITED WITH EVERYDAY MATERIALS (for children and adults) PUPPETS UNLIMITED WITH EVERYDAY MATERIALS
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR “THE LOCKED DOWN BUT NOT OUT QUIZ”
1. The quiz will feature 15 questions – one every day beginning 30 April 2020 and ending 14 May 2020. 2. The quiz question of the day will go up at 12 noon IST every day as will the answer to the previous day’s question. 3. Participants have to answer the question of the day, […]
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Dear Friend of Funky Rainbow, Hope you are home and safe. As an avid reader, you know that books and bookstores, especially tiny independent ones like ours, are crucial in times like this. Books make us empathetic, books make us kinder, books prevent us from feeling too overwhelmed, and books build bonds. More so, in […]
GET, SET, START!
And we begin the new financial year with the Pai Piper of Indian children’s writers, Roopa Pai sharing sparkling nuggets of wisdom and fabulous life lessons from ‘The Gita for Children‘ and ‘The Vedas and Upanishads for Children‘ with the children of 8th Grade at PSBB Learning Leadership Academy! New beginnings for the children, who have just started […]
BOW-WOWS AND BOOKS
Rarely do you get a chance to recommend a book and get a bow-wow in return! At the South City Pet Carnival yesterday, that’s what Team Funky Rainbow heard a lot of, especially since our curated collection of books on animals, nature and the environment met with much approval. Doggies big and small walked the […]
INDIA @ 70
There’s no better way to celebrate Republic Day than with children, stories and books. Certainly nothing in the world makes us feel more liberated :-) Stories with Greystroke, colourful books from Funky Rainbow, children and parents browsing and buying books under the glorious Bangalore sun – what’s more to say but Indi-yay!
IT’S A LOONY SUNDAY!
VEDIC LORE SCHOOL in association with FUNKY RAINBOW presents IT’S A LOONY SUNDAY! Date: 23 December 2018 (Day 2, of the 10 Day Winter Camp) Time: 11.30am to 1.00pm Venue: Vedic Lore School, # E168-169, Manyata Residency, Rachena Halli Village, Bangalore – 560045 Ages: For 3+ year-olds and adults of all ages Block […]
A BIG LITTLE WORLD
Children’s literature in India is growing and how! From the simple single- and two-colour folk stories of the 1950s, through the pioneering indie publishing movement in the 1990s, to the brave new world of today where children’s publishers are experimenting with themes, narratives, genres, illustrations and production, books for children in English and the Indian […]
LOOK WHO STOPPED BY
Our bookstore looked so much more colourful and jolly when author Nandini Nayar stopped by yesterday. A prolific writer of different kinds of children’s books ranging from picture books and chapter books to novels for middle readers and non-fiction, Nandini wears her author’s hat so lightly despite having an impressive 44 children’s books to her name! What’s […]
BAND, BAAJA, BOOKS!
Celebrate books, music and a travelling bookshop’s fifth birthday with one of India’s best children’s choirs, The Harmony Chorus! Date: Saturday, 7 July 2018 Time: 11:00am to 1:00pm Venue: Hippocampus Children’s Experience Centre (Address: 525, 16th Main, 3rd Block, Koramangala. Phone: 080-25630206) Age-group: Children, adults and everyone else in between Join us for a scintillating medley […]
OH MY GOD!
On this day in 1633, the Church forced one of our greatest polymaths, Galileo Galilei, to take back his theory that the Sun and not the Earth is the centre of the universe. On this very day in 1986, in the course of a historic FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, genius footballer […]
TRY A BOOKASANA TODAY!
This International Yoga Day, here are some amazing asanas we recommend for a healthy lifestyle… Of course, we also recommend you inhale, exhale and then s-t-r-e-t-c-h to reach out for some super children’s books on yoga – ‘I Love Yoga’ by Anita Raina Thapan, published by Tota Books; ‘My Book of Yoga’ by Ira Trivedi, […]
TAKING REFUGE IN BOOKS
Why a collection of books on war and conflict? Well, it is World Refugee Day today. And one of the main reasons people leave their country to seek refuge, or protection, in another country is war. Held every year on 20 June, the day commemorates the “strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees”. In a world […]
LIFE’S A BROWSE!
There are days and days for everything in the world these days. But a World Sauntering Day celebrated on 19 June every year? Well, this one’s definitely a walk in the park! Or should we say, a walk in a bookshop? Here’s what Funky Rainbow looks like these days with its colourful collection of children’s books. Just […]
PRIDE AND NO PREJUDICE
Every year, organisations from across the globe celebrate Autistic Pride Day on June18. The aim of this day is to raise awareness about autistic people not as individuals who require our pity or sympathy, but instead as unique people with personalities of their own. Happily and coincidentally, an apt children’s book to send home this message landed on […]