Scavenger Hunt

Conceptualized and illustrated for the book Scavenger Hunt. ©Pratham Books.

Written By Ajit Narra

Art directed by Nafisa Nandini Crishna

Published by Pratham Books.

Scavenger Hunt is my first illustrated book! Its about a little girl called Lajjo and her family who are caught in a flood. While waiting for help to arrive, Lajjo’s grandfather sets her on a scavenger hunt in order to solve a puzzle.

Army personnels helps Lajjo get her doll back

Lajjo and her mother looks over in fear as muddy water floods their house

This book is a Level 4 book, which means that the reading ability of the target audience is fairly advanced. Therefore, our goal for the illustrations was to be fun and engaging, as well as descriptive so they act as visual cues to the text. The concept we are trying to explain in this book filtration and creating clean water.

After my art director Nafisa Nandini Crishna shared the script with me, I conceptualised the characters in various poses and with different expressions with each having their own specific colour palettes.