The Child Who Played With Spirits – Linthoi Chanu, Illustrated by Rishita Loitongbam

Description

Piktru is a young girl, who is full of life. She lives with her parents and grandmother in a beautiful village called Khunou, in Manipur.

Piktru loves to play with her friends and doesn’t want to stop, But every day her mother asks her to come home at twilight.

Piktru wants to know why she has to stop playing at dusk. So her grandmother tells her the story of Meiri, the child who played with spirits…

A lyrical story about the innocence of childhood, the warmth of family and learning about accepting boundaries.