Moutushi's song
Client
Pratham Books
Year
2019
Moutushi's Song is birdsong originally written in Bengali. Here a Sunbird wanders about interacting with nature for food and sleep along with a old lady who sits by on a warm winter sun enjoying moutushi chirping around sharing conversations with her. The book was originally written in Bengali and was translated into 15 different languages including English, Japanese, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Santhali, Kannada etc. Its a level 1 book meant for very young beginner level readers.
The book was written by Maitreyi Shome
Edited by Sudeshna Shome
Art directed by Aindri C
View the book here
The project started off with the written text which was divided into page wise sections. The illustration process started off with conceptual sketches of sunbirds in different poses. Since its a small bird and its supposed to be a female, the colour were subdued earthy shades like a Vigour Sunbird found commonly in the Indian subcontinent.
Dadima character exploration
Sunbird exploration sketches
