Kaliya, Serpent King: New Edition

Rich illustrations and lyrical storytelling illuminate this ancient Sanskit story from India about bravery and respect for nature.

Kaliya, king of ancient India’s serpent people, crosses the gods and must leave. He takes his serpentine wives and offspring and relocates to the pristine Yamuna River, which flows by young Krishna’s village of Vrindavan. The serpent king’s venom poisons the river. Birds fall lifeless to the ground, trees and vegetation dry up, and the lives of the villagers are ...