Thejaswi Shivanand is a library educator at Champaca Children’s Library, Bengaluru and faculty of the Library Educator’s Course in English run by Bookworm, Goa. He is a consultant to several schools and organizations that work with libraries. He has an abiding love for picture books and is continually astounded by their ability to reach and embrace readers, irrespective of age and background, with the wholeness of life.