The Becoming

Siṃhī: The BecomingA literary novel in thirteen books · The complete English edition

When a great storm separates a young lioness from her pride, she runs through the rain and the lightning until she finds shelter in a cave. In the darkness, she meets a wise serpent — and the serpent begins to tell her a story.

Sarpa and Siṃhī: The Beginning is written for children and for the people who read to them. Because some stories are written for children and arrive like a gift for the adult holding the book.

Its language is simple. Its questions are not.

This volume contains two complete stories. The first is a picture book, illustrated on every spread — original black-and-white drawings accompanying each page of the young lioness Siṃhī as she finds her way through grief and fear toward courage and home. The second moves into chapter book territory — the language deepening, the illustrations stepping back, the story beginning to carry its own weight.