Kanika Nair

Preview of the Children's Book:  

'I for You You For Me'

The story is about 2 friends – Chingu and Water. Being a true friend, Water always fulfills Chingu’s needs and wants, thus Chingu starts taking him for granted. He never listened to his friend “Water” and used to do all possible naughty things using him, without realizing that he is actually losing his friend day by day. The story takes a dramatic turn when Water decides to teach Chingu a lesson.

The story mainly talks about making the child conscious about the importance of Water Conservation. Leaflets on “How to conserve and recycle Water” are also given with the book which the child can distribute around.

Age: 6-8 years
Author + Book Design + Illustration: Kanika Nair

Explorations for the Book ....

 CHINGU

- A 7yr old chubby little boy. Joyful, friendly, naughty, loves to do all sorts of unusual things, plays whole day

WATER

-Soft rounded body like a  droplet with splashes on his head, Friendly in nature, wise, caring, sensible, responsible, knowledgeable, magical

PRE - RESEARCH INCLUDES

•Why a storybook? •Why this specific target audience is chosen?  •What are the Social objectives to be fulfilled by this project? •What is the Need of this book? •What are the Challenges? •What are the

interesting characteristics of the Target audience? •What are the variety and important features of storybooks available in the market? •DILO (Day in the life of) of a child. •What is the Scope of communication?

The project proceeds further with story formation, character and layout design and exploration of illustration styles using the insights from the research.