About the Book: Magical Wishes: The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha Banished by their unappreciative villages, Goopy and Bagha aredelighted to meet each other in a dark forest. They create musicalduets, happily, loudly and freely. But they also encounter magicand mystery. Find out in this retelling of the adventures of GoopyGyne and Bagha Byne. This story is based on UpendrakishoreRoychoudhurys Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. About the Authors: Gulzar, Shilpa Ranade Gulzar, an eminent writer of rare talent, is also a leadingfilmmaker, lyricist-and scriptwriter. The prestigious SahityaAkademi Award was conferred uponlim in 2002 for his collection ofshort stories, Divan. Gulzar has authored several collections ofpoems and short stories in Urdu. Well-known for his books forchildren, his creative repertoire also includes plays, ballets,translations and music albums. Gulzar was honoured with theLifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema in2002 and with the Padma Bhushan in 2004. He also received an Oscar(2008), and a Grammy (2010) for his song in the film .S7unidogMillionaire. His boso.tevfor Scholastic include, Kgada, Ek Mein Do,Pot .Baba ki Kabani: Mangu aw-n/16mb and Poth Baba ki .Kabani:Goopy Gine Baba Bine. Illustrated by Shilpa Ranade After studying animation at theRoyal College of Art, London, Shilpa Ranade directed shortanimation films for Channel 4, UK. I ler films have travelled allover the world, winning accolades at prestigious film festivals.She is a founding member of Damaru, a project involved in creatingcontent for children. During the last decade, Shilpa hasillustrated numerous childrens books for various publishers. She iscurrently teaching animation at MC, IIT Bombay, and is making Coop!Ga.aiyaa Bagba Berjaiyaa, an animated feature film for theChildrens Film Society of India.