A picture book based on real people from Chana District, their local wisdom and activist works with structure, concept and some characters from L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’.
The title is a satire to local government’s document stating citizens inhabited where ‘(Chana) New Engine of Industrial Zone’ planned to be constructed, would be moved to ‘Happy Ville’. People has been asking for years where this ‘Happy Ville’ locates, there is no answer to date.
Written by Dharmasiri Dharmasaroja
Edited by Natchaya Sutthisawang and Rossanee Nurfarida Kaesaman
Illustrated by Warangkana Khwanthongyim
Published bySuthrak Montessori School, Chana District and Thai Health Promotion Foundation
‘The Journey of 4 People and a Cat’
A pocket book version of ‘Happy Ville’, compiled with short children’s stories by various authors in the book, ‘Creative Thinking and Writing for Children Literature’.
Edited by Makut Onrudee, Kanchana Bunnag, Wilai Trakulsin and Rossanee Nurfarida Kaesaman
Illustrated by Karuna Triyanond (cover) and Tamruja Dharmasaroja (story)