Abokali Jimomi is the author of the picture books Bobo and the Worms and What's My Mother Tongue? published by Pratham Books. Her short story and poems have been published in the anthology by Zubaan Books, The Many That I Am. She has also co-produced Yenguyelei Qa - The Silent Field, a documentation of agricultural songs and stories of the Sumi oral traditions. She loves looking at cloud-covered mountains and enjoys reading with her children.

ILLUSTRATOR:

Rajiv Eipe:

Rajiv Eipe lives in Bangalore and works on animation and illustration projects. He also likes to doodle in his sketchbook, drink more coffee than is good for him, maintain an untidy workspace and gaze into vacant space at short intervals.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Anengu, the leopard cat, has nowhere to go - his home has been burnt to ashes and all his food with it. Hungry and weak, he asks Achighe, the otter, to help him steal some delicious chickens and eggs from a human village close by. Will this mission save the starving cat?

AUTHOR: Abokali Jimomi 

ILLUSTRATOR: Rajiv Eipe

SPECIFICATION: This story is adopted from the Sumi folktales documented by the British ethnographer J.H. Hutton in his book The Sema Nagas ( Macmillan and co., limited 1921)

ORIGIN: Nagaland

DELIVERY: PAN India