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by Pervin Saket (Author), Prerna Roy (Illustrator)
Discover RESILIENCE with Indian open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma. This simple text written in verse is the perfect way to introduce little readers to BIG VALUES.
Bhakti Sharma's remarkable dream of swimming in all the world's oceans began when she was just a little girl. Read all about how she made a splash on the world stage!
This board book biography features simple text written in verse and colorful illustrations.
Author Biography
Pervin Saket is the author of the novel 'Urmila' and of the poetry collection 'A Tinge of Turmeric'. She is the 2021 Fellow for the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, and was shortlisted for the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2020. Her novel has been adapted for the stage, featuring classical Indian dance forms of Kathak, Bharatnatyam and Odissi. Her work has been featured in 'The Indian Quarterly', 'The Joao-Roque Literary Journal', 'Paris Lit Up', 'Singapore Unbound', 'Usawa Literary Review', 'Tiferet', and elsewhere. Pervin works as an editor for textbooks for primary, middle and senior school Prerna is a visual designer, architect, illustrator, and animator, made of all things fiction. Apart from giving life to imagination through illustrations, she is also quite a daydreamer by the night. Art for her isn't only a medium of expression but also a deep-rooted call from the world of the unknown, waiting to be explored. Reading between the lines of human emotions could be one of the most important components of her art style.
