Everyone buys books based on their personal preferences; choosing authors, subjects, and publishing houses they like.
Children also show the same enthusiasm, they also create their own world of imagination with their favorite books.
Many of them are obsessed with comics, fairy tales, science fiction, or books by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.
However, as a publishing house, the center of attraction for children has been the Sisimpur stall.
On Saturday, the 11th day of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, children were seen gathering around Sisimpur's booth. The children, accompanied by either their parents or guardians, visited the book fair and selected books that they preferred.
According to the people who manage the stall, children have been visiting the stall daily. However, during holidays, the number of visitors increases significantly.
One of the stall managers, Moushumi, said the Sisimpur stall sees the most crowd than the other children's book stalls at the Shishu Chottor.
Sanwar Hossain, the salesman of the stall, said that Sisimpur is the main attraction among all the stalls in the children's area of the fair.
“They come to the store holding their parents' hands to see and buy the books. We also try to meet their needs,” he indeed.
Parents at the fair said that the children have started to love the characters from the TV program “Sisimpur”.
As the books from the publishing house use the TV show's characters in their books, children get excited to buy books from there.
They noted that they also do not shy away from purchasing books for the children, as it can cultivate a reading habit in them.
Rahela Akter, who came to the book fair with her son from Mirpur, said that her children watch Sisimpur on TV, and hence they want to buy books from its stall.
Meanwhile, Sanjida Tabassum, who came to the book fair with her father, said: “I regularly watch Sisimpur. I love Siku, Tukuki, Ikri, and Halum from the show. So, I bought three books from the Sisimpur stall.”
