Publication Date: October, 2014
Description: 3 to 8
Shastriji is a wise old chicken who always has an answer for How.... until comes the vile crow Kaalia who is up to no good. All of Shastriji's ideas to deal with Kaalia one after other backfires. What if the right question was not "How" but “Why”? Could there be an end to the tyranny of Kaalia?
This is really a GREAT story for teachers to use for anti-bullying purposes as well as any parent to teach their child about bullies. But most of all it teaches us that a mothers love really CAN conquer any fear ... and that a mother will go to any length to protect her child :) Really loved it, if I could give it 10 stars I would! The illustrations were amazingly done, they were made to look like crayon drawings by children, and they were vibrant and really told the story through the illustrations. - Goodreads
I really liked this book. It tells such a compelling story. It could be used easily in classroom when addressing bulling or things that scare them. The illustrations are beautiful crayon drawings. The one thing that I see that would be a problem for the little ones is the Indian names. Children love to retell stories and I believe this would interfere in that process. - Goodreads
About the author & illustrator:
Subhash and Sujata Kommuru hail from India. They migrated to the United States along with their memories of childhood and youth. Now that they are parents, just like every immigrant they crave to introduce their child to the culture and values of their upbringing. Yet it is challenging to teach something while you are in the midst of adjusting to a different culture yourself. Subhash and Sujata both work in different disciplines and have different styles and backgrounds, but it is the upbringing of their son that brings them on the same page. That exact place where they meet is captured and reflected in their stories, where Subhash can express in words, and Sujata can illustrate them beautifully. Where he puts it in black and white, she adds color to it. You get the idea! These stories are their attempt to share a glimpse of their childhood days with their son. He is their inspiration to write short stories that have meaning to them and provide teaching in some shape or form. 
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