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NoNo and Plink Plunk, who live by the sea, are often intrigued by questions about the oceans, tides and their surrounding environment.
But what happens when they go on a quest to find
the answers?
Come, join NoNo and Plink Plunk on their fantastical quest to uncover the marvels and mysteries of nature.
A delightful story by Vinalini Mathrani, laced with splendid illustrations by Nikita Jain, and interesting science fun-facts ñ this is a book that will stay with you forever.
ISBN: 9788195068197
Pages: 40
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Read Aloud Stories
- Author Name:
Ashok Rajagopalan
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- Description: Amidst jhamak-tamak sunsets and groves of Malgova mangoes, whirling winds and growling thunderheads, maxi taxis and leafy forests, meet a remarkable cast of two- and four-legged characters in 15 entertaining stories meant to be read aloud. Written in prose and verse by a list of well-known writers, all are rich with sound, rhythm and repetition, slipping comfortably into local language where natural. Ashok Rajagopalan's illustrations add fun and energy in his inimitable style.
Jhuplini Madh Peti
- Author Name:
Achintyarup Ray
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- Description: બાબા ક્યાં છે? તે હજી પાછો કેમ નથી આવ્યો? સાંજ પડતાં જ ઝુપલી બેચેન છે. તેના પિતા ગાઢ જંગલમાં મધ એકઠું કરવા ગયા છે અને તે ડરી ગઈ છે. કારણ કે જંગલમાં વાઘ છે. કારણ કે લોકો ક્યારેક અંદર જાય છે અને ક્યારેય બહાર આવતા નથી. બાબાને રોજ જોખમમાં જવું જોઈએ? ઝુપલીને એક વિચાર છે – મધ બોક્સ! મૂડથી ભરપૂર ચિત્રો અને લખાણ ઝુપલીની સતત ચિંતાને ભવ્ય સુંદરબનની સફાઈમાં વણી લે છે, એક એવું સ્થળ છે જેટલું તે સુંદર છે, એક વાર્તામાં જે તેના મધ એકત્ર કરનારાઓની દુર્દશા તરફ નિર્દેશ કરે છે.
The Tallest Tale
- Author Name:
Anushka Ravishankar +1
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- Description: Sometimes, people tell tall tales just for fun… Bundal was one such person. He spent his whole day telling tall tales – until one day, someone told a taller tale than him. Can you guess what this tall tale was? Anushka Ravishankar’s funny tale about a tall tale is colourfully illustrated by Chetan Sharma.
Chintu O Khandaanni Pogottaadu
- Author Name:
Vrinda Baliga
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- Description: It’s Monday morning. Time for school. And his model of the earth…? Chintu Chitnis suddenly remembers he hasn’t made it! There’s a last-minute scramble to finish the project, with his little sister Pihu pitching in not very helpfully. And then, in school, Chintu finds an entire continent missing! Where did it go? Set in a Konkani household, this light and humorous story with playful pictures is a quick first introduction to the continents of the world.
Thakavat
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Gurbachan Singh Bhullar +1
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- Description: Innocent, naÔve Aso has a huge burden to shoulder. Will she be able to do it alone?
Baby Mongoose Goes Looking For a Frog
- Author Name:
Samidha Gunjal
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- Description: Deascription of the book is awaited
Aapa Ki Aapdi
- Author Name:
Gulzar +1
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- Description: 'आपा की आपड़ी पानी में जा पड़ी...' This line will encourage children to make - 'पापा की पापड़ी पानी में जा पड़ी...' यह चंचलता दर्शाती है कि कविता की शाब्दिक व्याख्या उपयोगी नहीं होगी। इसके बजाय यह हमें छंद की प्रकृति से परिचित कराता है। निरर्थक तुकबंदी हमारे देश में एक अज्ञात क्षेत्र है। सुकुमार रॉय के अद्वितीय अबोल ताबोल के अलावा, बहुत से लोगों ने इस शैली में अपना हाथ नहीं आजमाया है। गुलज़ार हिंदी के एक ऐसे कवि हैं जिनके पास इस शैली को खोजने का कौशल और रुचि है। यह एक ऐसी किताब है. यह गुलज़ार द्वारा लिखित समय पोस्ट श्रृंखला की 14 पुस्तकों में से एक है। एलन शॉ ने इस उल्लेखनीय कविता का चित्रण किया है। उनके चित्र कविता को एक मज़ेदार पृष्ठभूमि प्रदान करते हैं।
Ped Nahi Baithta
- Author Name:
Vinod Kumar Shukla +1
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- Description: PEN/नोबोकोव पुरस्कार प्राप्तकर्ता, विनोद कुमार शुक्ला, हिंदी साहित्य के सबसे प्रसिद्ध लेखकों में से एक हैं। उन्होंने बच्चों के लिए कई अच्छी किताबें लिखी हैं। इन किताबों में एक जीवंत, संतुष्टिदायक दुनिया मौजूद है जिसका हर उम्र के पाठक आनंद ले सकते हैं। इस संग्रह में उनकी कुछ खूबसूरत कहानियाँ हैं जो कहानी कहने की कला का विस्तार करेंगी। सामान्य वाक्य संरचनाओं के साथ वह सबसे असामान्य कहानियाँ व्यक्त करता है। चंद्रमोहन कुलकर्णी ने अपने चित्रण के माध्यम से कहानियों का एक समानांतर पाठ तैयार किया है। कहानियाँ और चित्र एक साथ मिलकर अपनी दो भुजाओं वाली नदी की तरह चलते हैं।
Avakhala Dukaru
- Author Name:
Rohit Kulkarni +1
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- Description: Lalita is the pet pig of Mini Singh, the potter. She is a naughty pig and is always in trouble. One day, Mini finds all his beautiful pots broken and blames Lalita. Could you find out what happens next? This story is inspired by a real-life pig who lives in Pune with a real-life potter. Written by Rohit Kulkarni, Illustrated by Priya Kuriyan
Chhotuvum Vankaattum
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Nandini Nayar
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- Description: Playtime on the terrace takes a turn when a strong wind sweeps Chhotu off his feet and carries him up and away to the clouds and the birds! The light and lively illustrations whirl us to the sky and back.
Hanumanin Ramayanam
- Author Name:
Devdutt Pattanaik
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- Description: Valmiki has barely put down his pen after completing his magnificent creation, the epic Ramayan, when he realises he has competition. The sage Narad tells him that there is a better Ramayan, written by Hanuman. Valmiki is devastated! As the story of Hanuman's Ramayan unfolds, humorously and gently, so does the idea that there is no one version of the story, but many. Here, the quirky illustrations based on the style of Mithila folk paintings tell their own story.
Sheela Ke Do Ghar
- Author Name:
Nina Sabnani
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- Description: Sheela is any happy child growing up in Sukkur, Sind – playing with friends, sewing dresses for her dolls... She lives with her uncle whom she calls Baba, father, just across the road from her real parents. The turbulent times in the run up to Independence don’t touch her. Till suddenly, there’s Partition. The gentle unfolding softens realities of a childhood quite far removed from today’s readers. Springing from yet another animation film by Nina Sabnani, it is her mother’s own story, and she continues that connection with the choice of visuals – fragments of cloth, touches of embroidery, that tell of a life across two countries, with two fathers, in two homes.
Snoring Shanmugam
- Author Name:
Radhika Chadha
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- Description: Shanmugam the gentle lion does three things in a day. He eats, he sleeps, and he snores — khorhrhrh..... phshhew..... khorhrhrh..... phshhew..... One day, a tawny, brawny, nasty new lion comes to take over the jungle. The animals are afraid. They go to their king, Shanmugam — but he is, of course, sleeping! The roary-snory second story in the ever popular series about Bahadur the baby elephant!
Abu Aur Badi Hawa
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Shanti Krishnaswamy +1
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- Description: Tiny drops of water form vast seas, tiny grains of sand form gigantic deserts, and tiny tots and their wisdom form exciting stories. Come with us ... as we take you to meet our friends Abu, Nootan, Kokila, and Jishnu. Is there anyone like you?
IT'S MY COLOUR
- Author Name:
Nancy Raj
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- Description: Whose colour is GREEN? asked the little boy. “It’s mine!” preened the parrot. “It’s mine! It’s mine!” babbled the bitter gourd. Whose colour is RED, YELLOW, BLUE…? The little boy doesn’t stop, and award-winning illustrator Nancy Raj creates for little readers a wild, whimsical world of colours! As bright hues jump and dance across the pages in this little squabble over who owns which colour, it’s the sun who has the last laugh!
Dugga (Wordless)
- Author Name:
Rajiv Eipe
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- Description: Dugga’s days are full of exciting things to see and incredible things to sniff. She sleeps, eats and plays as only a happy dog can. Until, one day, her life is turned upside down. With no warning at all, Dugga is thrown into a very different, terribly bewildering world. This is the story of how, with the help of humour, empathy and care — her own as well as that of other kind souls — Dugga finds her way back to love, cheer and compassion.
Thatha at School
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Richa Jha
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- Description: It is Grandparents Day at school, and everyone is excited. Not little Oviyam, who is embarrassed at the thought of her schoolmates seeing her grandfather Thatha in a dhoti, a traditional wrap-around lower. She tries her best to convince him to skip the event but he insists on attending. Will Oviyam rise above her insecurities and own up to her dhoti-wearing Thatha in front of everyone? Richa Jha's light, breezy words, along with Gautam Benegal's soft playful colour palettes and vividly illustrated frames help the reader both empathise with Oviyam's fears and strongly hope for her baseless insecurities to rid her troubled mind.
Bioscope
- Author Name:
Mamta Nainy +1
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- Description: Join Guddu and her little animal friends as she takes you on a tour through her enchanting world, armed with a little imagination and a gift for seeing the absurd in the trivial. Gudduís warm-hearted and humorous narrative brings to life the characters of her village from her unique childlike perspective. An unforgettable experience!
Thakitta Tharikitta Pandum Chanduvum
- Author Name:
Jacob Samson Muttada
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- Description: Thom! It lands on Kuttan’s toes. Dheem! He kicks and up it goes. The pages of this book resound with the rhythm of dance as Abu's big red ball bounces in tune with the delightful illustrations. CBSE recommended
Mahapurushon Ki Shikshaprada Balkathayen
- Author Name:
Surendra Singh Negi
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- Description: "संसार में जितने भी सफल व्यक्ति अथवा महापुरुष हुए हैं, इसलिए नहीं कि वे अलौकिक प्रतिभा के धनी थे अथवा साधन-संपन्न थे, बल्कि इसलिए कि वे महान् व्यक्तित्व के स्वामी थे। विश्व में महापुरुषों और सफल व्यक्तियों की जीवनियाँ हमें बताती हैं कि सभी ने अपने व्यक्तित्व का विकास कर जीवन को अनुशासित किया और मानव-कल्याण का संदेश दिया। महाभारत काल के एक अत्यंत गरीब व साधनहीन बालक एकलव्य में व्यक्तित्व निर्माण के सभी गुण मौजूद थे। उसमें सर्वश्रेष्ठ धनुर्धारी बनने की इतनी ललक थी कि वह अपनी सकारात्मक सोच के साथ अंधकार से प्रकाश की किरण का आभास करता हुआ एकाग्रचित्त और कड़े अम्यास के बलबूते पर ही जीवन के उद्देश्य तक पहुँचने में सफल हुआ था। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक ‘महापुरुषों की शिक्षाप्रद बालकथाएँ’ में साहित्यकारों, राजनेताओं, दार्शनिकों, समाज-सुधारकों की प्रेरक कथाओं को समाहित किया गया है। ये कथाएँ मानवीय गुण, यथा परोपकार, सदाचार, सेवा, कर्मशीलता, धैर्य आदि का संचार करेंगी। विश्वास है कि यह कथा-संकलन सभी पाठकों के जीवन में नई स्फूर्ति का संचार करते हुए उनमें आत्मविश्वास पैदा करेगा।
