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CHILDREN’S BOOKS
BOOKS FOR CURIOUS MINDS, BRAVE QUESTIONS AND BIG IMAGINATIONS.
“Books made to meet young readers with intelligence, imagination and lasting care.”
THE IDEA
“Children deserve books that are clear without being empty, beautiful without being decorative and accessible without underestimating the reader. A young mind can encounter a great story. It can ask a difficult question. It can discover another culture, imagine an impossible world, learn something useful or simply spend an afternoon making a page its own. MANA EDITIONS Children’s Books begins with respect for that curiosity. We believe simplicity of language does not require simplicity of thought. A book can explain without patronising. It can entertain without becoming disposable. It can introduce history, literature, belief, practical knowledge and imagination while remaining a book a child genuinely wants to open. The subjects may change. The standard should not.”
COLOR & LEARN ABCs
Learn the alphabet through the world around us.
“Color & Learn ABCs turns colouring into a first encounter with words. Each book takes children through the alphabet using a familiar world — animals, nature, food, things that move, everyday objects and more. A letter is connected to an object or idea the child can recognise, name and colour.
The aim is deliberately simple: children are not only filling a page with colour. They are building associations between letters, words and images while developing familiarity with the vocabulary of the world around them. Learning happens through looking, naming, recognising and colouring — naturally, one page at a time.”
EXPLORE BY SERIES
“Different kinds of books. One commitment to young readers.”
GREAT STORIES, YOUNG MINDS
Great stories and enduring classics thoughtfully retold for young readers.
SACRED STORIES, YOUNG MINDS
The world’s great sacred stories and traditions thoughtfully introduced to young readers.
IMAGINATION, UNBOUND
Books created to encourage imagination, creativity and hands-on discovery.
LIFE, PRACTICALLY
Useful knowledge and practical skills for navigating everyday life with greater confidence and understanding.
BOOKS
“Books currently developed or published within the Children’s Books Publishing World.”
SERIES: GREAT STORIES, YOUNG MINDS
PINOCCHIO
“A classic journey through curiosity, temptation, consequences and growing up.”
“Pinocchio is funny, strange and adventurous, but beneath the extraordinary events lies a deeply recognisable story about choices and consequences. The journey asks what it means to learn from mistakes, whom to trust and how becoming more responsible can gradually change who we become.”
SERIES: GREAT STORIES, YOUNG MINDS
THE ODYSSEY
“A legendary journey through courage, intelligence, temptation and the long road home.”
“Odysseus crosses seas filled with extraordinary dangers, strange creatures, difficult choices and encounters that have survived thousands of years of storytelling. Beneath the adventure lies a story about ingenuity, perseverance, consequences and the powerful desire to find the way home.”
WHAT WE MAKE
STORIES
Classics, myths and enduring narratives that open doors to other times, places and ideas.
KNOWLEDGE
Books that explain unfamiliar subjects without making young readers feel that the world is too complicated for them.
CREATIVITY
Books designed not only to be read, but coloured, drawn in, completed, changed and made personal.
PRACTICAL LIFE
Useful knowledge that helps young readers become more aware, capable and increasingly independent.
COLOUR & LEARN
Colouring books that connect letters, words and images, turning a creative activity into an intuitive way to recognise and learn.
OUR APPROACH
01
RESPECT THEIR INTELLIGENCE
Clear language does not require shallow ideas.
02
MAKE BEAUTIFUL BOOKS
Children’s books deserve the same care in typography, illustration and physical design as books for adults.
03
EXPLAIN THE UNFAMILIAR
A difficult word, historical context or unfamiliar idea can be explained rather than removed.
04
LET STORIES REMAIN STORIES
Educational value should not suffocate adventure, humour or imagination.
05
MAKE CURIOSITY FEEL WELCOME
Questions are not interruptions. They are part of reading.
06
CREATE BOOKS WORTH KEEPING
A children’s book can be enjoyed now and remembered much later.
BOOKS TO READ, DISCOVER AND SHARE
“Some children read independently. Some listen while an adult reads aloud. Some stop every few sentences to ask a question. Some want to look at the picture for five minutes before turning the page. All of these are ways of reading. Our books should leave room for the child, the story and the conversation that sometimes happens between them.”
IN DEVELOPMENT
“MANA EDITIONS is developing additional books for young readers, including creative activity and colouring publications, practical everyday knowledge and thoughtfully presented sacred stories and traditions.”
CONTINUE EXPLORING
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
“Small readers. Big worlds.”