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Book Details
One poet and twelve tribal storytellers, some of Indiaís most loved illustrators! They encourage you to ñ Think. Ask questions. Discuss and then swing into ACTION as an Earth-Carer! All books in this series carry a StoryPedagogyTM page for you to TA-DAA! away with your young readers!
ISBN: 9789388284141
Pages: 36
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Sheela's Two Homes
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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.
Shoo, Crow!
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Kavitha Punniyamurthi
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- Description: The crows of Rajipuram are eating up all the corn in the fields. Can Velu and Akif find a way to shoo them away? About the Hook Book Series In a world where children’s books often feel cut from the same cloth, Hook Books stand out as a vibrant blend of imagination, humour, and heart. Crafted as a bridge between picture books and early chapter books, this series delivers stories that spark joy and wonder, while remaining rooted in age-appropriate learning. Hook Books keep the fun going with: Short, digestible bits of text (perfect for budding readers) Bright colour illustrations that pull kids into the story Themes that speak to the everyday lives of children—plus a sprinkle of whimsy! From fantasy tales to those that touch on more advanced ideas, Hook Books ensure that young readers are always in for a treat, no matter their reading level. Even better, these books take children on journeys through different parts of India, giving them a taste of the rich diversity of our world through local flavours, landscapes, and cultures. Whether the story takes place in bustling cities or quiet villages, Hook Books make every setting feel like home.
Same and Different
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Manjula Padmanabhan
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- Description: In each group of creatures on a page, one matching pair does not look like the others there. With chirpy rhymes and cheerful pictures, this puzzle book invites the reader to find similar and different creatures — a sometimes easy, sometimes challenging task! In her set of three books in the series, the well-known artist and writer, a puzzle lover herself, celebrates the idea of being different
A SILLY STORY OF BONDAPALLI
- Author Name:
Shamim Padamsee
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- Description: There was once a prince who hated food. One day the royal cook gives him something new to eat – a hot golden ball, crisp outside, soft inside... a bonda! After that there is no stopping either the prince or this mad tale that rolls its jolly way to an inevitably happy, bondaful end. The jaunty illustrations pick up all the comic clues along the way, to make it a truly 'silly' story.
Kuch Aata Na Jata
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Rajesh Joshi +1
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- Description: कौवा कितना काला है? जैसे कि रोशनी उल्टी हो गई हो, मशहूर कवि राजेश जोशी जवाब देते हैं। उनके जैसा स्थापित कवि अवलोकन की बारीकियों को व्यक्त करने के लिए नई भाषा का निर्माण कर सकता है। यह एक अनोखा संग्रह है, जो बच्चों को बहुत पसंद आएगा। वे पूरे दिन आपके साथ या अकेले इन्हें गाना चाहेंगे। युवा चित्रकार शिवम चौधरी के चित्र ताज़ा हैं। वे दिखाते हैं कि चित्रण में रंगों की अपनी आवाज़ होती है, आप ध्यान से सुनना चाहेंगे।
Ek Bajarbattu Ka Geet
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Suddhasattwa Basu +1
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- Description: What happens when the scarecrow decides to leave his field to discover the world? This beautiful, moving story shows children that everything in our world has a role to play and we are all responsible for one another. A great read-aloud book for classroom reading.
Poonchh
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Gulzar +1
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- Description: इतराती है देख गिलहरी गोल घुमा के पूँछ को पहलवान उँगली से जैसे बल देता है मूँछ को गुलज़ार की यह नज्म पशुओं की पूँछों के बारे में है। शेर अपनी पूँछ शान से ऊपर उठाकर चलता है। लंगूर, घोड़ा, बिल्ली और गिलहरी अपनी अपनी पूँछ को कैसे बरतते होंगेॽ
Lunar Soil
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Shiraz Husain
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- Description: शिराज़ हुसैन की खासियत यह है कि उनको अपने अनुभव जगत का एक एक दृश्य और आवाज़ ऐसे याद है जैसे कल ही की बात हो। लूनर स्वाइल की कहानियों की बुनाई इन्हीं से हुई है। ये कहानियाँ पुरानी दिल्ली की बाशिन्दा हैं। इनका समय शिराज़ का बचपन है। इनमें ऐसा चुटीलापन और व्यंग्य है कि पढ़ते समय होंठों पर मुस्कराहट आए बिना नहीं रहती। शिराज़ गिटार बजाते हैं, अच्छी फिल्में देखते हैं और चित्र भी बनाते हैं। इन रोशन चीज़ों के असर से उनका लेखन भी जगमगाता हुआ है।
Courage with Anandibai Joshee
- Author Name:
Pervin Saket
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- Description: This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book. Discover COURAGE with Anandibai Joshee, one of the first Indian women to become a doctor. This simple text written in verse is the perfect way to introduce little readers to BIG VALUES. This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book.
Mini The Hippo Learns To Jump
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Herminder Ohri
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- Description: From an author who believes in magic, this charming fantasy tale transports the children into a world where anything is possible. Hippos who jump on the moon with gravity defying derring-do! Herminder Ohri’s books have been hugely popular with young readers. With lavish illustrations, this book is a sure-fire winner.
Andaman's Boy
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Zai Whitaker
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- Description: Tired of life in Mumbai with his Chacha and Chachi, Arif runs away. He hops onto a train to Chennai, then smuggles himself onto a boat going to… the Andaman islands! Rich with adventure and humour, full of the wonders of nature, this book is also filled with details about the unique, misunderstood world of the Jarawa, a tribe in the Andamans whose very survival is being threatened, especially by the forces of so-called development. Nature drawings by Indraneil Das are beautifully offset by Ashok Rajagopalan’s soft pencil sketches.
Five Friends
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Shireen Rizvi
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- Description: This is a story about dogs and duck friendship written by Shireen Rizvi.
Aankh Khuli Aur Sapna Gir Gaya
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Shashi Sablok +1
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- Description: Can you and your mom too meet in your dreams? Shashi Sablok’s story comes alive in Uma Ketha’s colours. Even the fishes and the water seem to have a character. Just like the artist, her characters also love to talk.
Paper Chor
- Author Name:
Varun Grover +1
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- Description: वरुण ग्रोवर की जादुई भाषा ने कई युवाओं को प्रभावित किया है। इस किताब की मदद से कोई भी अपने प्रशंसकों की सूची में बच्चों को भी शामिल कर सकता है। सात कहानियाँ. रहस्य, रोमांच, आश्चर्य और सपने- उनकी भाषा सभी शैलियों में समान जादुई गुणवत्ता बरकरार रखती है। कभी-कभी, वह इतना कम लिखते हैं कि ऐसा लगता है कि विचार भाषा की नोक तक पहुँच गए हैं। फिर किसी और चीज़ के लिए कोई जगह नहीं है. वह कहानी को इस तरह से कहते हैं कि ऐसा लगता है कि वह दर्शकों के साथ एक हो गए हैं। इसलिए, आप खुद को एक पाठक की संगति में पाते रहते हैं। घटनाओं और लोगों के बारे में उनका वर्णन एक बार भी आलोचनात्मक नहीं बनता। यह एक अविश्वसनीय उपलब्धि है. वह तो बस हमारी जिज्ञासाओं को पोषित करता रहता है। वह पाठक को अचानक किसी रहस्य से रूबरू कराने के लिए रहस्य पैदा नहीं करता। इसके बजाय, वह रहस्य को उजागर होने देता है, जिससे कहानी को आगे बढ़ने के लिए जगह मिलती है। चंद्रमोहन कुलकर्णी के चित्र पाठक के अनुभव को समृद्ध करते हैं। वरुण ग्रोवर ने लंदन मैगजीन से पेपर चोर के बारे में बात की।
We Are Different
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Manjula Padmanabhan
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- Description: There are many chickens, ants, pots and snails that are different. The verses say how many – but which, and how? Manjula Padmanabhan takes spotting odd ones out to the next merry level of stimulation and challenge, while remaining true to her pet theme of identity and plurality. The brilliantly rendered pictures and designs point to ways of perceiving similarity and difference through structure, detail and perspective. Children, and grown-ups, too, will have their cognitive skills excitingly teased.
The Rooster That Would Not Crow
- Author Name:
Cheryl Rao
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- Description: Our rooster came when he was small With bristly crest and comb and all… We watched him strut, we watched him grow, And waited – waited – for him to crow. But this young rooster simply refuses to. Until one momentous day in his life – when he lays an egg, and the kuk-roo-kooos burst out of him! Lilting verse rides us jauntily along, bringing us to a sudden head on with this most unusual situation. Or is it so strange, after all? And does it matter? A cleverly spun allegorical tale with joyous pictures that is about facing, and embracing, possible gender realities.
Snoring Shanmugam
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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!
Farmer Falgu Goes Kite Flying
- Author Name:
Chitra Soundar +1
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- Description: Farmer Falgu’s trips never go smoothly. In this third book of the series, he is on his way to the annual kite-flying festival with his daughter, Eila. But…. Whoosh! She loses her kite to the strong wind. Will our ingenious Farmer Falgu come up with a solution to make his daughter happy
Kaan-Kaan Kumari
- Author Name:
Mahashweta Devi
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- Description: 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
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.
