The Hidden Year

For one whole year, the most famous princes in the land must hide in plain sight, or lose everything. A king becomes a dice player, a giant becomes a cook, and the greatest archer in the world becomes a dance teacher in bangles. Then a bully crosses the wrong cook, an army comes to steal cattle, and a bundle hidden in a tree is opened at last.

26 illustrated stories · 10 × 10 in · for ages 6 and up, and for reading aloud

Inside: Where to Hide?, Weapons in the Tree, Kanka the Courtier, Vallabha the Cook, The Stables and the Pastures, Sairandhri, Brihannala the Dance Teacher, The Cook Who Could Wrestle and more.

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Who's who

• Virata: The kind king of Matsya, who sheltered the Pandavas without knowing it.
• Kanka: Yudhishthira's disguise, a dice-playing courtier.
• Vallabha: Bhima's disguise, the palace cook and wrestler.
• Granthika and Tantipala: Nakula and Sahadeva's disguises, keepers of horses and cows.
• Sairandhri: Draupadi's disguise, the queen's hairdresser.
• Brihannala: Arjuna's disguise, the dance teacher.
• Kichaka: The queen's bullying brother, commander of Virata's army.
• Uttara: Virata's boastful son, who drove Arjuna's chariot.