ही प्रेरणादायी कथा आहे, बॉलिवूडच्या एका सुप्रसिद्ध हेअर-स्टाइलिस्टची. दारिद्य्र आणि अपमान यांच्या संगतीत लहानाचा मोठा झालेला शिवराम भंडारी पुढे चालून बॉलिवूडचा लोकप्रिय हेअर-स्टाइलिस्ट होईल, शिवाज् या नावाने मुंबईत स्वतःच्या सलॉन्सची शृंखला निर्माण करेल, असं कोणाला कधीच वाटलं नव्हतं. या पुस्तकात शिवाचा अद्भुत जीवनप्रवास मांडण्यात आला आहे. यामुळे त्याने लहानपणापासून भोगलेल्या यातना आणि घेतलेले कष्ट आपल्या समोर येतात. आज शिवाज् हा ब्रँड असला, तरी त्यामागची कठोर तपश्चर्या या पुस्तकात आपल्या समोर येते.

After a school trip to the zoo, Amma is surprised that Meera has seen no animals – not a monkey, a lion, or even a giraffe... But why did Meera see no animals there? Her lively mother forgets to ask! Zestful pictures capture the hilarious inversion of role play.

Small noses catch small colds. Big noses catch big colds. Gajapati Kulapati the elephant has a big nose and catches a great, big, mighty cold! And what happens when he sneezes – Aaaaachoooo….? With repetitive sounds and words that roll rhythmically through the pages, this bestselling series about the adorable elephant puts the zing back into storytelling and reading aloud. Bright, zestful pictures and dynamic visual text echo the lilt, making these big, happy books of fun.

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

The old snake is punished – the frogs will now ride on him. The frogs jump for joy – but they had better watch out! This unusual bilingual retelling of a Panchatantra favourite swings sympathy in favour of the snake. Stunning pictures are based on wooden folk toys from Channapatna in Karnataka, a craft style that came centuries ago from Persia.

Yak yak yak... the tortoise loves to talk – and learns the hard way that keeping his mouth shut is sometimes very necessary! The clipped narrative style pares the original fable from the Panchatantra down to its essence with dramatic effect in this bilingual retelling. It is offset by decorative, detailed illustrations in the style of kalamkari textiles from Andhra Pradesh.

Moyna lives in a little tribal village. She cannot go to school because she has to tend goats, collect firewood, fetch water… But she is so full of questions that the postmaster calls her the ‘why-why girl'! In this inspiring and delightful story, her first picture book, acclaimed Jnanpith award-winning writer Mahasweta Devi tells us how she meets Moyna (and her mongoose) and helps her find answers to all the why-whys – in books, that Moyna herself learns to read. Some of the translations have been done by well-known writers: Malayalam by Paul Zacharia, Tamil by Ambai, and Kannada by Girish Karnad. CBSE recommended

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.

There is a BIG monster that only Montu can see, that shows up whenever he’s angry or sad, and makes him even more angry, even more sad. One day, when he hurts his leg and is stuck at home, he starts to draw. He draws the window, the tree outside and… the monster! But as he keeps drawing, the monster gets smaller and smaller. What’s happening? Pictures and text gently tell this story of a boy who learns to deal with his inner demons, illustrating how art can heal.

લોકતંત્રનું ગળું ઘોંટી દેવા તત્કાલીન વડાપ્રધાન ઇંદિરા ગાંધીએ દેશમાં કટોકટી લાદી હતી. લોકતંત્રની રક્ષા અને કટોકટી સામેની લડતમાં ગુજરાત હંમેશાં મોખરે રહ્યું. આ સંઘર્ષના અગ્રેસર કાર્યશીલોમાંના એક શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ પોતે લોકશાહીની લડત અને તેના અંતિમ વિજયની ગાથા આ પુસ્તકમાં આલેખી છે. કટોકટી કેવી રીતે આવી એ વિશે ઘણું લખાય છે, પરંતુ કટોકટી ગઈ કેવી રીતે એ વિશે ખાસ કંઈ જ લખાયું નથી. આ વિચારમાંથી જ આ પુસ્તકનો જન્મ થયો. કટોકટી પછી ચૂંટણીઓ આવી અને જનતા પક્ષ વિજયી થયો તે નર્યો ચમત્કાર માત્ર હતો? ચૂંટણીઓ દ્વારા થયેલ ક્રાંતિકારી પરિવર્તન એ અચાનક જ આવી મળેલી સફળતા છે એવો પણ એક મત પ્રચલિત થયો છે. પણ વાસ્તવમાં નિશ્ચિત પરિણામો પ્રાપ્ત કરવા ૨૦ માસ સુધી લગાતાર સુનિયોજિત સંઘર્ષ કરવો પડ્યો છે અને તે સંઘર્ષનાં કેટલાં-કેવાં વિવિધ સૂક્ષ્મ, જ્ઞાત-અજ્ઞાત ક્ષેત્રો હતાં તેની પણ એક ભવ્ય ગાથા છે. આઝાદીની પહેલી લડાઈ કરતાં લોકશાહીના રક્ષણ માટેની આ આ બીજી લડાઈનું મૂલ્ય આ રીતે જરાય ઓછું નથી. અને તેમાં ગુજરાત પણ પ્રારંભથી લડતું રહ્યું છે. તેની ગાથા આ પુસ્તકમાં છે

ભારતના યશસ્વી વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદી એક કુશળ પ્રશાસક, દૂરદર્શી નેતા, સહ્દય કવિ-લેખક તરીકે સમગ્ર દેશમાં ખૂબ લોકપ્રિય છે. લાંબા સમય સુધી ગુજરાતના મુખ્યમંત્રી તરીકે રહેવું એ એમની લોકપ્રિયતાનો સૌથી મોટો પુરાવો છે. પોતાના મુખ્યમંત્રી સમયના કાલખંડમાં તેમણે સર્વાંગીણ વિકાસ માટે અનેક કલ્યાણકારી યોજનાઓ પ્રારંભ કરી. ભારતના વડાપ્રધાન પદે બિરાજમાન થયા પછી શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીએ અનેક લોકકલ્યાણકારી નીતિઓ, સર્વસમાવેશક દ્રષ્ટિ અને દ્રઢ નિર્ણય શક્તિના આધારે ભારત વર્ષના સર્વાંગીણ વિકાસમાં નવા કિર્તીમાન પ્રસ્થાપિત કર્યા. તેમના નેતૃત્વમાં ભારત આંતરિક અને બાહ્ય રીતે સુરક્ષિત છે. એક કરિશ્માઇ નેતા તરીકે વિશ્વમાં તેમનો પ્રભાવ અપ્રતિમ છે. પરિણામે ભારત પ્રત્યે વિશ્વનો જોવાનો દ્રષ્ટિકોણ સકારાત્મક બન્યો છે. ભારતના સાંસ્કૃતિક પુનર્જાગરણ અને નૂતન ભારતના નિર્માણના તેઓ શિલ્પકાર છે. ગુજરાતી ઉપરાંત હિન્દી, પંજાબી, બંગાળી, મરાઠી, અંગ્રેજી ભાષાના જાણકાર શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઇ મોદીએ અનેક મૌલિક પુસ્તકોનું સર્જન કર્યું છે.

When a herd of elephants creates trouble in the jungle, do the little rabbits run away in fear? No! From Aztec to Chinese, there are many versions of the story about the rabbit in the moon. The illustrations for this bilingual retelling are based on the pithora folk style of central India, which derives from cave art.

Ilham has a problem. Her Papa has given her a crisp fifty rupee note for her birthday, and she doesn’t know where to keep it absolutely safe. A pocket would be best, but her new frock doesn’t have one. So she runs to Salma Chachi the tailor to get a pocket stitched — but that leads to another problem. A charming little nugget of a story with the flavour of old Hyderabad captured warmly in the pictures!

Boodabim floats in the sky, he swims in the ocean and he simply glows in stripes! Who is he? A cloud? A fish? A tiger? Boodabim can be anything he wants to be! Minimal text and rollicking illustrations make this a most endearing book for little ones.

Mati pesters her grandmother and father for her own plot of land. When she does get it, she works hard. And then she hears that a company wants to make a coal mine in their village – the enormous black pit that will eat up all their lands, like it has in the next village… As always, Rinchin powers her questions through irresistible storytelling. The little girl’s anxiety about losing her land to “a monster machine” cuts close to the heart as it takes head-on an issue that is ravaging tribal Chhattisgarh, where this story is set, and every other place where there is ‘development’ at a cost.

Dhum Dhum Dhum… dhup dhup dhup… Dungi dances to a dhinchak beat in this foot-tapping story that will make young readers move and groove, clap and tap! Big sheep, small sheep, bored sheep, happy sheep… eye-catching visuals bring to life the dance and drama in a woolly world.

Yasmin’s home is a tin box, burning hot in summer and freezing cold in winter. But Dubki, her stray dog friend, has no home at all. How unfair! So Yasmin decides to build one for Dubki, just like she has seen her Ammi and Abbu build for others. A heart-tugging story on a child’s idea of home, centred round a family of migrant workers who construct big houses while living in hovels themselves, displaced and longing for their own home far away. Told in the voice of little Yasmin, it speaks straight to the child reader. Illustrations evoke a gentle glow of joy and hope.

It’s a hot, hot day. Shouting people, thirsty puppies, honking cars – everyone is rushing to get away from the heat, except for one big cow… How will they all cool off? Crisp text, and furiously frantic illustrations, capture the chaos and cacophony of a scorching summer day.

It’s the day of the local market in Malli’s village. Cotton candy, peanut balls, stick ice, rose soda – there’s so much for Malli and her friends to try! But some of them don’t have enough money. Then, Malli has an idea… Friendship and sharing are at the heart of this third book in the Malli series, with pictures that take you around a village in Tamil Nadu and into the bustle of a market filled with treats.

Muthu’s constant companion is a rooster called Goondi. But her grandfather tells her not to get too attached to Goondi, since he belongs to Selvi Paati. And the village head wants to buy him for his son’s wedding feast… Muthu can’t bear the thought! So, she makes her move and Thatha makes his, in this tender story about what a dear friend is worth. Pictures add richness and depth to this layered narrative set in an Irula fishing village in Tamil Nadu. Their varying tones and textures capture the setting, the people and the moments.