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Our Team

Literary Safari develops, produces, and publishes inclusive children’s media rooted in an understanding of learning science, educational standards, narrative design, and good, old-fashioned fun! Our award-winning stories, games, and curriculum are grounded in the 4 C’s of 21st century education—Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration. Whether we are developing products for our clients or tinkering in our own studio, we are committed to mindful design that celebrates diversity and global citizenship.

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Literary Safari is an independent children’s media studio and consulting firm. We create award-winning, inclusive media for children and families rooted in an understanding of learning science, educational standards, narrative design, and play! Our podcast, stories, games, and curriculum are grounded in the 4 C’s of 21st century education—Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration. We are committed to mindful design that celebrates diversity and global citizenship.

We have our own studio near Lincoln Center, NYC where we innovate and produce our own products. We are also consulting and publishing professionals with over 15 years of experience producing games, books, apps, sound educational design and curriculum for our clients which include educational and entertainment companies like UNESCO, McGraw Hill Education, Sesame Workshop, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Scholastic, and Benchmark Education. We regularly work with large and small brands, developing new ideas and concepts for emerging projects, and have a wide network and expertise to build superb teams of publishing, design, interactive, and educational professionals for our clients.

Do you have a project you’d like us to help you build? Email us at info@literarysafari.com  

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Team

 

Sandhya Nankani
Founder and President


Sandhya has always been fascinated by the origin of idioms in the English language. One of the big moments of her life was learning to ride a bicycle as an adult, when she finally understood the meaning of the expression, “It’s like riding a bike.”

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Jena Detore
Early Childhood Curriculum Design & Development


Jena enjoys jumping in puddles in the pouring rain with her toddler and laying on the floor cooing and blowing raspberries with her rapidly growing infant!

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Sarah B. Boyle
Curriculum Design and Development


Sarah's ideal Sunday involves reading leisurely in the sunshine, baking an elaborate cake, and cooking dinner with her husband and kids.

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Kayla Fedeson
Special Projects


If she could be an eternal student she would, per her consumption of books, movies, and podcasts on a wide array of subjects.

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Anjali Sakhrani
Creative Producer and Product Manager


Anjali is pretty enthusiastic about doodling and can often be found attempting to clothe her stick figures in Talking Heads t-shirts.

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