Those who like to drift into the world of books have enough reasons to cheer up at the book fair hosted by Pebbles, a multimedia education and infotainment player from Hyderabad, at Maharashtra Mandal near Asilmetta.
The venue has a stack of books covering a whole range of topics in both Telugu and English versions. From fairy tales to 3-D story books to pocket encyclopaedia and books like ‘100 Landmarks of the World’ to ‘1,000 facts that are freaky, scary, mind-blowing and strange but true’, the stalls will impress one with its wide collection.
Study materialStudy material in the form of CDs and DVDs, educational CDs catering to both State and Central board syllabus besides the fun and learn glitter books with the most eye-catching pictures form part of the fair.
Academic syllabus covering from Classes VI to X were on display at the mela. “There is a good demand for children’s section. Fairy tales and story books, available in different shapes and hues, are selling like hot cakes. Our objective is to nurture book-reading interest among people. Depending on the response received, we plan to feature similar events as an annual affair,” director of Pebbles G.K. Anand said.
As part of the mela, Swadesi Crafts have also put up their hand-crafted trinket jewellery, khadi shirts for men and trendy and fashionable footwear for women, among others.
Book lovers not only get an opportunity to browse through 7,000 books under various heads and digital formats close to 500 put up at the venue but also can avail discount of 20 per cent on CDs and 10 per cent on books. The mela is open between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. till June 15.