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Two pop-up books for children launched
DHAKA, Jan 27, 2019 (BSS): Pragati Publishers’ launched two pop-up books for children on Sunday at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) premises.
The books, written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhaya, will be available at Ekushey Boi Mela-2019, from February 1 next.
Renowned cartoonist Ahsan Habib attended the programme as chief guest.
Both the books—‘Nishi Kobrej’ and ‘Kogramer Madhu Pandit’—belong to the horror genre and are specially made as ‘pop-up’ to encourage children.
Asrar Masud, proprietor of Pragati Publishers’, said a number of books of different shapes and types had been published since 2001 to encourage book reading habit among children.
Another owner of Pragati Publishers’ Solaiman Parsee Faisal said children would find the books interesting for its innovative presentation.
He also said currently many children are not interested to read books due to expansion of digital media.
Ahsan Habib said pop-up books are a great innovation of Pragati Publishers’, since 2005.
He said of the two new books, one had been prepared in an attractive way by incorporating lights in it.
“A light will automatically be switched on when kids open the book Nishi Kobrej,” he said.
Planning Editor of the Financial Express Asjadul Kibria said such initiatives will attract children towards books. Renowned artist Sumit Roy is the designer of both the books.
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