Contents

Preface                                                                                                                                                       01

Appy Ape, Ally Alligator and Mr. Ant                                                                                                   02

Beekoo’s Garden Party                                                                                                                           04

Coco the Cat                                                                                                                                             06

Dot, the Dog                                                                                                                                             08

Eggy the Egg and his Engine                                                                                                                  10

Fish, Frog and Fox                                                                                                                                    12

Gambo the Gorilla                                                                                                                                   14

Hippo, Hen and Horse                                                                                                                            16

Ikky the Insect and her Itchy Feet                                                                                                        18

Jazzy the Joker                                                                                                                                          20

Kangaroo and Koala                                                                                                                                22

Lazoo, the Lazy Lion                                                                                                                                24

Meekoo the Monkey                                                                                                                               26

Nina and the Nightingale                                                                                                                       28

Ocky Octopus and Olly Otter                                                                                                                30

Pooky Panda and Porky Pig                                                                                                                   32

Quackety Quack and Quail                                                                                                                    34

Rhino, Rabbit and Mr. Rat                                                                                                                      36

Sing-Sing, the Sea Lion and her little pup                                                                                          38

Mr. Ticky Tock, the Tiger                                                                                                                        40

Unka Trunka and little Brella                                                                                                                 42

Vazzu the Vase and Vama                                                                                                                      44

Waloo Whale and Wally Walrus                                                                                                           46

Exxy and her Tooth X-ray                                                                                                                       48

A Yak called Mr. Yackety Yak                                                                                                                  50

Zippy the Zebra and Zoozooloo                                                                                                            52

Anjali Mandal studied at Modern School, Barakhamba road, New Delhi, and at Lawrence School, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh. She completed her graduation from Hindu College, Delhi University. Anjali decided to follow her father’s and grandfather’s profession by becoming a chartered accountant, starting at Oxford Brookes University, followed by three years in London with a firm of chartered accountants. After four interesting years, she decided it was not for her and came back to Delhi to pursue her passion for teaching. She taught for almost two decades as a nursery teacher in a reputed school in Delhi. Over the years, she found that she had become a master at storytelling, mimicry, and even acting while teaching and entertaining her young students. She noticed that kids loved listening to her stories and watching the puppet shows which she wrote and conducted. She wrote several plays for older children as well. Thus, she embarked upon her new quest. Shifting from her teaching job, Anjali formed a partnership firm in 2019 to conduct teacher training workshops for primary school teachers. Ticky Tock and Other Tales came to life during one of the pandemic lockdowns when she was recovering from Covid. She lives in Delhi with her mother and children.