Tenacity with Dadasaheb Phalke

Discover the meaning of TENACITY through the life of Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema. This simple text written in verse is the perfect way to introduce little readers to BIG VALUES.

The Learning TO BE series features biographies in verse about interesting South Asian pioneers and achievers. With beautiful illustrations and a graphic timeline, these are true stories that will both entertain and inspire young readers! It can be read aloud to toddlers and preschoolers (2-4 year olds) or read independently by emerging readers (4-7 year olds).

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

Neeti Banerji is an illustrator and visual artist. After completing a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design, she worked with publishing houses in Boston and New York as a designer before returning to India. Since going freelance full-time in 2020, she’s worked in a number of fields including editorial art, F&B, visual identity creation, and board game development.