My First Hanuman Chalisa: A Translation that Kids can Read, Unterstand and Enjoy

The Hanuman Chalisa is a prayer that is loved by many across the world. This simple translation (with word meanings) is created especially so that children from all over the world may be able to read, understand and enjoy this prayer. Each sentence has been checked for readability at grade level 1-2. The book also includes the original Awadhi text along with transliteration. For parents unsure of the pronunciation, a QR code is provided which leads to the original verses being sung out. The stunning illustrations will transport both parent and child into a realm of magic and wonder.

Chitwan Mittal holds an MA in Values in Education from the University of London. Actively involved in children’s education since 2005, she was part of the committee that established the Indian Institute of Teacher Education and the Children’s University by the Government of Gujarat, India. She is now foraying into the field of writing children’s picture books. Her books encourage engagement and diversity and focus on value-oriented education, bi-lingual learning and South Asian culture. She lives between India and Singapore with her husband and two sons.
Aparajitha Vaasudev is a published illustrator, passionate art director and graphic designer, and dancer who loves creating beauty whichever medium she is working in. She loves the challenge of taking a project and transforming it into something that adds beauty and joy to the world and meaning to the viewer, something that elevates and inspires. She is an ardent devotee of art in all its forms, and has unwavering faith in its potential to make a better world.
Sarita Saraf is a writer and an artist, with an intense passion for reading. Art has been central in her life which led her to work as a Graphic designer in an architectural firm for a few years. She has authored three monographs, Nachiketas, Socrates and Abraham Lincoln, and has recently translated Sri Aurobindo’s ‘Hymns to the Mystic Fire’ in Hindi. Children’s books is another avenue which opened new doors. Having penned seven-eight children’s stories earlier (not yet in print), she has begun dabbling in verse and loves it!