Readomania is excited to announce the acquisition of the worldwide publishing rights to Mamathi Chari's work of Children's Fiction. The book will hit the stores in 2022 and will be released under the imprint, Reado Junior.
What’s a girl to do when her hero is a detective?! What’s a pup to do when he wants to help all the creatures in trouble?!
Well, they have no choice but to see their dreams through!
Meet eight-year old Zoe Gowda, the intrepid girl, who solves mysteries big and small in her world. Zoe, a child of divorce, moves to Switzerland with her mother. She joins a new school and also gets a brand-new baby sister. Here in Bern, she meets her ‘Best Friend Forever till Eternity’, Rita. Both girls believe in righting wrongs and solving the seemingly unsolvable. Most importantly, they believe in each other. Together they have many adventures from nabbing Newspaper Purloiners to Classroom Thieves to even a Royal Imposter! On their final adventure in this book, they find their other best friend Alex.
Scruffy is Zoe’s pup and Zoe is Scruffy’s girl. Scruffy though, is a pup with a very big secret! He is actually Super Scruffy! Shh...! Even Zoe doesn’t know this!
Scruffy and his best friend, Outstanding Oliver, the mouse, help animals who need saving, across the world. From reforming Killer Snakes to stopping the Extinction of Lapwings to rescuing Kidnapped Baby Animals, the two do it all with their secret powers!
Mamathi Chari is a multilingual master of many trades. A pioneer and much-loved show host in Indian satellite television, she has also been a celebrity RJ and actor. She is especially renowned and celebrated for her exquisite Tamil and English. Mamathi holds an MA in English and does not remember a time when she not writing or reading, from Asterix to Pope to Kalidasa. She is a little old-school in that she writes every work entirely by hand and then types them in on her laptop at which time her edits happen.
Her bilingual, in parallel work, Kural Mudhal, is a philosophical exploration of the oneness of human thought through the comparative analysis of the ancient Tamil work Thirukkural, with ancient and contemporary thoughts worldwide, unlimited by their language, medium, time, and geography. Currently being curated on YouTube, she plans to release the written document soon.
She has founded two successful companies, one in media content and the other in real estate. She was also the director and head copywriter for an advertising agency.
She is actively passionate about animal rescue and welfare, safeguarding children from abuse, working against domestic violence, and emergency medical aid among her many other causes. An avid sportsperson, she shoots and sails. She also runs marathons to support awareness initiatives. She paints oils, embroidery, and sings. Currently, she is trying to break the mysteries of IT by learning to code and is exploring the world of film sub-titling.
In her author avatar, all her children’s and YA works will be released under the pen-name ‘Maya Spark’.
The author says, 'Zoe, Scruffy and their friends are an inspiration. They are smart, scrappy and unafraid to stand up for what’s right. They love each other and make a great team. Every villain and crook that knows of them, fears them! I want to be like them when I grow up.'
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