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This stunning illustrated book from Tara Books has been hand screenprinted and bound by hand using handmade paper by a cooperative in Chennai, Southern India. Waterlife features Mithila art, a vibrant and delicate form of folk painting from Bihar in eastern India. The artist Rambharos Jha grew up on the banks of the legendary river Ganga, and surrounded by lush fields and ponds, developed a fascination for water and water life. He frames his art with a playful text that evokes both childhood memory and folk legend.