Friends Of The Children Of Orissa

This A5 size (21 x 15 cm) book includes thirteen chapters of personal experiences of daily life in Orissa, lavishly illustrated with drawings, and including a full twelve months diary, which can be used for any year. The stories of Orissa life have been written by Uschi Kraus-Harper, and the drawings are by Susan W. Harper, a well-known artist and illustrator from West-Sussex.

Chapters include:

The baking tin and other rare objects

National highway number five

Shopping

Ganesh Puja

Monsoon

A week with Kadambini

Of four-legged and crawling creatures

Vizianagaram platform four

The book costs £9.50 including postage and packing. Discount of 5% for orders of five copies or more. All proceeds will go to Friends of the Children of Orissa and thence to Pally Unnayan Seva Samiti (PUSS).

It will be available from the 10th of December 2004. For orders please email u.krausharper@btopenworld.com or phone 01234-711764. Copies will also be sold by 'Ganesha' in London; see their website www.ganesha.co.uk

This is an ideal present for Christmas, New Year, birthdays or any occasion. It is perfect for anybody who is interested in any aspect of India, and it is a way of helping 350 children to lead a better life.