Mana the Mantis

By Mira Hasin

Mana was a Praying Mantis who lived happily by herself in a forest.

She loved to hunt, and would stalk her prey with great cunning and patience. After a successful hunting spell, she would sing in joy , to both celebrate and warn other insects of her presence among them, so sure was she of hunting down her next meal! One day a Bat, came to live in the same part of the forest. He decided to end his single state after he heard her sing .Mana’s music had a strange effect on his feelings. Do you know, that a Lady Mantis feasts on her Husband too? That is no fault of hers-you see, that is how Mother Nature has made her.

To see what happens, let’s turn the pages and find out .….

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Mar 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781543706611

Mira Hasin

Mira Hasin is a writer of children’s stories ,a visual artist and a trained theater educator and practitioner. She brings to her work an innate philosophy of the inter relationship between all sentient creatures with their environments and the symbiotic nature of that relationship. Deeply influenced by nature, she strives to produce work that touches upon themes of beauty, interdependence, harmony and impermanence that govern all living things.

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