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Nimesh the Adventurer

by Ranjit Singh Dhaliwal, illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini

Interest age: 4 to 7
Reading age: 5+

Published by Lantana Publishing, 2018

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Funny
  • Picture books

About this book

As Nimesh journeys home from school, his vivid imagination transforms the everyday environment into a thrilling world of adventure. His classroom is an ancient cave, home to a sleeping dragon. The corridor displaying pictures of sea creatures is transformed into the ocean depths, where Nimesh swims among sharks. Back on dry land, the street becomes the North Pole, where Nimesh’s sledge is pulled across the snowy terrain by a pack of lively dogs. And Charlie, the lollipop man, is actually a former guardsman for the Indian Maharaja, capable of performing spectacular backflips.

This captivating picture book will delight young children, encouraging them to invent their own imaginative adventures. The striking collage illustrations contain vibrancy and depth, drawing the reader into Nimesh’s exciting fantasy world.

Written by a British author of East Indian heritage and illustrated by an Iranian-born artist living in the UK, this wonderful picture book celebrates diversity and inclusion in Britain in a fresh, creative way.

About the author

Ranjit Singh Dhaliwal is a British Indian from a Sikh background. He produces work for anyone who wants to read it! There are no specifics to his approach, he just follows his inspiration. He likes stories that are funny or thoughtful. A financial professional by day, he is fascinated by how a picture book – like a balance sheet – can present a story with astounding brevity and depth of expression.

Nimesh the Adventurer is, he hopes, a humorous story about a boy’s compromise with the world around him. The story has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019 and was longlisted for the Cogan Diversity Picture Book Award, among others. Ranjit is based in Ealing in west London.

About the illustrator

Mehrdokht Amini is an Iranian-British children's book illustrator living in London since 2004. She has a degree in graphic design from Tehran University, working for children's magazines and books while still a student.

Her picture book, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns written by Hena Khan, was selected for the 2013 ALSC notable children's booklist. In 2016, Chicken in the Kitchen won Best Book at the Children's Africana Book Awards, was put on the White Ravens Honour List, and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Mehrdokht loves working with publishers who are interested in cultural diversity because it gives her the opportunity to study different cultures and communities, to gain a better understanding and appreciation of all people.

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