Samit Basu
Novelist, film director, screenwriter, columnist
The Adventures of Stoob is a children’s book series, published by Red Turtle, illustrated by the wonderful Sunaina Coelho.
The first book in the series is called Testing Times, the second A Difficult Stage. Do click on the links to go the individual book pages.
Samit Basu 
i read this almost a month back and trust me,,it is such a cute and an interesting book,,,the best part are the sketches in it!!,,,i soo loved it,,being not such a voracious reader, i came across this one,,and i am suggesting it to eveybody whom i know,,and evryone is having their laughs and enjoy the funny sketches..:)..could i know when is the next in this series going to be published??
Posted by mrinalisingh | November 6, 2014, 8:09 pmSamit, I have been following you since your blogging days, I have a question, Is Stoob a shoutout to your friend? I remember you used to mention about him sporadically on your blog.
Posted by Guru Bhat | March 31, 2015, 10:41 pmThe name, yes. The character is based on a few kids who are kids now. My friend Stoob was initially quite concerned as his more sagaworthy exploits are not that childfriendly
Posted by Samit Basu | April 3, 2015, 7:07 am