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Akela Lekhan Coot is a writer who desires peace and quiet. He believes that the noise on his street is preventing him from being imaginative. So, he decides to leave the constant commotion and seeks solitude. Will the silence help him find the inspiration he needs to write his story? Through Ruchi Shah's stunning artwork and Richa Jha's poetic writing, Akela encourages readers to reflect on whether isolation is necessary for creativity or whether community life is needed to inspire it. The book explores various themes, including isolation, escapism, community living, creative blocks, creative enablers, self-discovery, and transcendence. It also touches upon the idea that people shape us, and we shape them.
Picture Book
Author: Richa Jha
Illustrator: Ruchi Shah
ISBN: 9788194102915
Pages: 32
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Ende Bhoomiye Gnaan Rakshikkum
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Rinchin
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- Description: 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.
SULTAN'S FOREST
- Author Name:
Kamla Bhasin
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- Description: Tiger cub Sultan and his Ammi have a special friend they call Junglee Bina, who loves the jungle, and wanders there on her own for hours, taking photographs. It is these stunning photos that show us Sultan's life in the Ranthambore forest, even as he tells us the story of a warm relationship between a woman and the wild. Images drawn from folk toys meld playfully with the photographs to tell the story of the local people - of their survival and concern for the forests, especially for the endangered tiger.
IT'S MY COLOUR
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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!
My Upside Down World
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Ken Spillman
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- Description: Big brothers are mean. Big brothers spell trouble. And Big Brothers are not to be trusted, especially if they turn your world upside down. That�s what the protagonist discovers one morning upon waking up. The book�s parallel worlds with their upside-downness and downside-upness weave a fantastic, troubled, creased co-existence, both exasperating and reassuring. Nothing is what it seems like. Read it as a quirky story of squabbling siblings or of something more global, more sinister; each page leaves us peeling multiple layers, especially in a world turned upside down by the pandemic. Ken Spillman adroitly plays around with words and situations both believable and unbelievable, while Silvana Giraldo spins a splendidly broken-but-beautiful world to bring alive a somewhat Orwellian dystopia into this picture book.
Dubki Saathi Ghar
- Author Name:
Priya Narayanan
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- Description: 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.
The Princess With The Longest Hair
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Komilla Raote +1
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- Description: This is the fascinating story of a princess who has the longest and the most beautiful hair in the whole kingdom. “Have you seen the princess with a gurgling river of hair? No? Ask the jungle birds or the fisherfolk. They’ll tell you who she is! Komilla Raote tells you a story you will never forget.” — The Hindu. For Age 6+ Recommended by CBSE and NCERT
Home
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Fausto Aarya De Santis +1
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- Description: Hasina and her family live happily in their rainy village. Until one day the tides turn, and Amma and young Hasina are swept away by fear. They join a river of escaping people. They become refugees in a new country, away from everything that is familiar. A story that explores the meaning of home.Written by Fausto Aarya De Santis and Illustrated by Ogin Nayam
Mai And Her Friends
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Durga Bai +1
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- Description: One dark stormy night, Konda wanders far away from home and is lost. Her family, a young calf and Mai, set out to look for her, and thus begins an extraordinary tale of caring and companionship. With its unlikely heroes, the story is sure to be loved by children and parents alike. With signature Gond patterns and tips on making natural colours, the book is a great resource for acquainting young minds to this amazing folk art form.
DOSA
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Sandhya Rao
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- Description: Who ate the dosas? Amma makes dosas but they keep disappearing! A story in which children have the last laugh! They will also experience the fun and excitement of making the pictures move. There are instructions on how they can do that at the end of the book. This is a bilingual book
Dancing Bear
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Jung A Park +2
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- Description: Somu the bear is unusual. He can dance! But Somu wants to be free and unchained. Can his friend Altaf understand that? This poignant story is about friendship between a young boy and an animal and the boy’s unique understanding of what the animal truly wants. This story describes the true predicament of dancing bears in India.
Ball Heaven
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Diego Castellanos +1
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- Description: Do you know where all the balls being tossed finally go? Join the journey of one such ball to an intriguing new world. The book can be read at various levels. In a very subtle manner it tells that you need to find peace from within.
Ayyo… That Parrot!
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Abhi Krish
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- Description: Murali is being chased… by a parrot! Like all parrots this one keeps repeating what he says, but also keeps copying what he DOES. What kind of a bothersome bird is this that has Murali in a flap? Find out in this charming caper of a story! Adding whimsy to the chase is the fun-filled use of different languages. Playful pictures capture what it means to be followed by a pesky parrot most children will recognise.
Picture Gandhi
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Sandhya Rao
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- Description: Who was this man who so mesmerised the world, born over a century ago but whose words and wisdom are still so current, so compelling? Films, plays, books, media images and news stories bring Mahatma Gandhi regularly into our homes. His birthday, 2 October, is the International Day for Non-violence. But how do we relate this familiar yet distant icon to a child of today? This book attempts to shake off the aura and reach the person behind it. Black-and-white photographs, along with little thought bubbles that float through the pages, give us an intimate glimpse of the man for all times.
Clouds And Waves
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Sunaina Coelho +1
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- Description: An endearing poem of a child who refuses tempting invitations, instead staying with her mother at playtime, blissful in her company. Words woven with great tenderness by the greatest poet of all times, a gentle verse for all the little ones.
Kindness with Mahavira
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Chitwan Mittal +1
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- Description: This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book. So, said he, “Be kind to all! Humungous or little or really, really small!” The Indian saint, Mahavira, believed that all living beings have a soul. And, that each soul is of equalvalue, be it an elephant, an ant or a person. He encourages us to be kind to all. This board book, Kindness With Mahavira will enable children to explore numerous ways of being kind to humans, to animals and to their own selves. The Series, Learning TO BE is a creative way to introduce your little ones to big values in an engaging manner. Written in simple text and magical verse, this series is perfect to read aloud to toddlers (2-4 year olds) and excellent for beginning readers (4-8 year olds). Look for other titles in this series: Service with Guru Nanak and Peace with Buddha. This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book.
Japanese Folktales
- Author Name:
Hema Pande
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- Description: Feel the warmth of the Land of the Rising Sun in this beautiful collection of tales. Japanese artist Keiko Tsuji's expert brush adds the final authentic touch. Written by Hema Pande Illustrated by Keiko Tsuji READING LEVEL: 04 For older children who can read with confidence.
Lachmi's War
- Author Name:
Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: The evil asura Tobakachi wants to rule the world by not educating girls. But Lachmi knows better than to give in to his wicked plan. “Challenging the prevailing constructs of gender in society, all the stories conclude with open-ended questions that encourage young readers to engage in thinking and dialogue within a peer group.” “The story very directly establishes that equity between both, or for that matter any of the sexes, is significant, and through equal opportunity is the only way humanity can get there.” for Age 8+
Jalebiyan
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Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi
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- Description: ìAs you sow, so shall you reap.î ìBig mouthfuls often choke.î All these were just aphorisms for me. But thanks to those irresistible, mouthwatering jalebis, I learned quite a lot.
Warrior Women
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Tara Anand
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- Description: Flashing swords, firing guns, charging on horseback, planning strategies and talking peace… These women did it all, and how! Sweeping aside the myth that it takes a man to fight and rule and protect, they led from the front, went fearlessly into battle, fought against injustice, and took care of their people. Some were royalty, some ordinary – but all had remarkable courage and determination. These twelve warriors burst powerfully out through the dynamic energy of the visuals. Brief word portraits and snippets give a peek into their turbulent and fascinating lives.
Flying Home
- Author Name:
Kavitha Mandana
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- Description: Every year the migratory koonj visit Kheechan for five months and the the village feeds and takes care of them. Learn to count days, weeks and months with little Raju as he waits for the bird to arrive.
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