CLEVER RABBIT & PON-TIGER

རི་བོང་བློ་ལྡན་ཤེས་རབ་དང་སྟག་དཔོན།
by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya
Illustration: Ugyen
Paljor Publications, New Delhi
www.paljorpublications.com
ISBN:81-86230-50-5 / Rs.60/-

The book received nomination to the SCBWI's 2011 Crystal Kite Members Choice Award from Asia category. A popular Tibetan folk tale beautifully presented with illustrations. It is a Tibetan way of teaching the children through folk tales that it is not a matter of size and strength; you need brain to conquer your enemies. Even brute force has to bend before the wise and intelligent.

Rabbit is often depicted in Tibetan folk stories as a small, but intelligent. He fights for the justice and againts bullies in the jungle. The story here tells us how Rabbit through his wit conquers Pon-Tiger, the bully. But Rabbit is also known for his mischief, and it is said because of his mischief, he became shoto, cleft lip. The story tells us one of the many versions of cleft lip theory. For the first time the children will see this popular Tibetan fable in pictures.

The book is bilingual, in Tibetan and English. You can read more about Rabbit's adventure in another book "Clever Rabbit Adventures" by the same author.

ENGLISH-JAPANESE-TIBETAN CONVERSATION HANDBOOK

དབྱིན་བོད་དང་ཉི་འོང་སྐད་གསུམ་ཤན་སྦྱར།

チベット語と日本語・英会話の本
by TG Arya
Paljor Publications, New Delhi
ISBN:81-86230-27-0 / Rs.160/-

English-Japanese-Tibetan Conversation Handbook;
A simple and easy to use trilingual book. This precise and easy guide book is first of its kind wherein Japanese speakers can learn Tibetan with help of English; Tibetan speakers can learn Japanese and English. And English speakers can can learn Tibetan and Japanese. The author based this book on classes he conducted in various institutions. This revised edition has taken many feedbacks from Japanese students studying Tibetan language. Conversations are based on the topic related to day to day experiences. It is a precise and easy guide to get oneself acquainted with the languages.

LIFE OF BUDDHA

Script: TG ARYA
Illustration: Ngawang Dorjee
Palor Publications, New Delhi
ISBN: 81-86230-62-9 / Rs.85/-

This comic book introduces children to the life of Buddha and his teaching. It is hoped that the children around the world will be encouraged to read more about this apostle of non-violence. The book will help children learn and enjoy reading the life of the great saint who came to teach us the power of love and compassion, and deliver the world from samsara.

WISDOM'S PILL

རིན་ཆེན་བློ་ཡི་རིལ་བུ།

by TG ARYA
Illustrtion: Ugyen
Paljor Publications, New Delhi
www.paljorpublications.com
ISBN:81-86230-46-7 / Rs. 75/-
This Tibetan folk tale tells us about the time when all the animals, including men, lived together, and how a wisdom’s pill granted by God or Buddha changed everything. It tells us about how man became intelligent, but aggressive; why dogs are men's best friend; why rabbits have cleft lips; why Demong, a Tibetan bear has short intestines. It is one of those old Tibetan folk tales, which has not seen the light of publications. The book is bilingual, in Tibetan and English, with color illustrations.

CLEVER RABBIT'S ADVENTURES

by TG Arya
Illustration: Ugyen
Paljor Publications, New Delhi
ISBN:81-86230-49-1 / Rs.60/-

The book contains two popular adventures on the exploits of Ribong, Clever Rabbit, well-beloved Tibetan folk tale character. Despite being small and weak, Ribong outwits other animals in the wild. The tales also explain how his lip became cleft (Shoto). Both tales have the moral that no matter how small or weak you may be, with your wit and intelligence you can overcome your enemies, unless, of course, there is too much mischief! The book is bilingual, in Tibetan and English, with illustrations.

KAGUYAHIME

Kaguya Hime

by TG Arya
Illustration: Sondhon
Paljor Publications
ISBN:81-86230-39-4 / Rs.55/-

KAGUYAHIME (A Japanese Folk Tale)
Kaguyahime is one of the oldest and most popular folk tales still told and enjoyed in Japanese homes. Japanese children are very familiar with the story. It is said that the story originally came from Tibet. The story has a spiritual message that reminds us of the impermanence of everything in this world. The book is bilingual, in Tibetan and English, with color illustrations.

THE MOUSE KING

ཙི་ཙིའི་རྒྱལ་པོ།

by JADHUR SANGPO & TG ARYA
Illustration by Kalden

This lively story is about a community of mice living peacefully and in unity under their wise leader, Zari-Ngoyung. This Tibetan tale examplifies how unity leads to deliverance from the fear, disease, famine and wars. The book is bilingual, in Tibetan and English, with color illustrations. This Tibetan folktale could be seen as a Tibetan version of Tom & Jerry.
Paljor / ISBN:81-86230-40-8 / Rs.75/-

TIBETAN TALES OF FAITH & MINDFULLNESS

ཡིད་ཆེས་དང་དད་སེམས་ཀྱི་ནུས་པ།

by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya
Ilustration : Ugyen
Published by Paljor Publications Pvt. Ltd. India
ISBN:81-86230-65-3 / Rs.75/-

A collection of two Tibetan spiritual folk tales as told to the Author by his mother. The tales will take the readers to the ancient world of faith and wisdom. The tales reconfirm the power of devotion and faith in Dharma. It tells us about how we should conduct ourselves before expecting the blessing of Dharma. Highly recommended to the children of all ages. The book is bilingual, in Tibetan and English, with illustrations.