Chalo! Let’s Go!

Climb in the rickshaw! Chalo! Off we go, go, go! Experience the magical sights, sounds, and delicious smells of India in a rollicking picture book begging to be read aloud.

Beep beep! Honk honk! Watch that rickshaw go?zigging and zagging, darting and weaving?all through the boisterous, bustling city streets. Wandering cows, traffic jams, potholes, wallahs hawking their wares?nothing will get in the way of the perfect finish to this busy day. With a spirited text, fun sound words, and colorful scenes full of dazzling detail, every child who has ever recited Chicka Chicka Boom Boom or sung every verse of “The Wheels on the Bus” will be clamoring to climb on board. Readers hankering for more will find back matter offering an author’s note and a glossary of Indian words.Namita Moolani Mehra is the author of Superfoods for Superheroes, illustrated by Cecillia Hidayat; Anni Dreams of Biryani, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat; The Light Within You, illustrated by Kamala Nair; and The Magic Spicebox: A Children’s Cookbook with an Indian Twist! In addition, she is the creator and owner of the Indian Spicebox Company, whose mission is to provide hot lunches to underprivileged children in India. Namita Mehra grew up in the UK and India, spent time in Chicago and New York, and currently lives in Singapore.

Navya Raju studied architecture but rediscovered a love of storytelling, which led her to pursue a career in picture book illustration. She is the illustrator of The Twirly Wiggly Dance by Farrah Riaz and Not Now, Goldilocks! by Holly Ryan. Navya Raju lives in Hyderabad, India.