Quirky rhymes about a pizza passing off as Mona Lisa and a noodle that twirls into the shape of a woolly poodle fill the pages of the latest children’s book in the market. My Book of Me, as it is titled, is adorned by a wonderful set of illustrations. But the book’s most endearing trait is that it was written not only for children, but by children too.

The book is the first of its kind launched by Bangalore-based Timbuktoo Publishing, which was set up last year with the specific aim of publishing stories written by young authors between the age of six and 14. Founder Aparna Raman, who has been conducting creative writing workshops for children in Bangalore for about two years, had her light-bulb moment when she received a tremendously encouraging response for the children’s work she’d shared on social networking sites.