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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.
ISBN: 9788186895146
Pages: 148
Avg Reading Time: 5 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
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Ashok Rajagopalan
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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Nandita Jayaraj
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Jag Mohan Lal Khurana
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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
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Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai
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- Description: Published more than 125 years ago, The Life and Times of Pratapu Mudaliar is an adventurous journey to the realm of folk tales and fables, mythology and morality. A colourful expedition from one story to another, it moves from humour to satire, from failure to success, from tears to laughter. Splendidly translated by Meenakshi Tyagarajan and with an Afterword by Sascha Ebeling, Katha Proudhly presents the very first Tamil novel.
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Charu Anand +1
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Mini Shrinivasan
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Anupama K Benachinamardi
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Vernon Thomas
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- Description: Story about the adventure of Donkey.
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Meena Kakodkar +1
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- Description: This book reads as softly as a lullaby and as provocatively as a stereotype smashing handbook. A good read for younger teens about unfair proscriptions placed on young girls and how to spot and kick them aside, step by step. “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 have a dialogue within a peer group.” — Scroll.in “This book gives you the motivation to bring changes in society, however small it may be, so that everyone gets equal rights and opportunities.” — Hindustan Times For age 10+
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Chitwan Mittal
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Lisa Dias Noronha; Anjora Noronha +1
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- Description: Gatila does not think she is a pretty cow. But, she has a solution. And, so quietly in the night, plop goes her tail in the paint cans. What happens next? Find out in multicolour!
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B.G. Gujjarappa
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- Description: Gandhi himself believed that children are the best beginners to initiate any effective change, and hence the book aimed for Children.
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Savitri
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- Description: The stories presented in this book are some of the best from Indian classics.
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Priya Kuriyan
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- Description: Tesamma's beloved buffalo Sundari is missing. No one knows where she has gone. But soldier Jinsi is confident that she will find her. She searches the entire village, asking people about the buffalo and looking for clues. Will Jinsi be able to find Sundari? What is the mystery behind the disappearance of the music-loving buffalo Sundari?
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Shruti Hemani +1
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- Description: Navratri was Bhargav’s favourite festival. He loved everything about it – the twirling chaniyas, the steps of the popat dance, the sweet pendas after the aarti. But what he loved the most was the way the bangles on his wrist sang when he danced. This year, however, Bhargav wasn’t dancing. Papa had forbidden him from wearing bangles, a morose Bhargav tells Ba. Is there still a chance he can hear his bangles sing? Riddhi Maniar Doda gently pens an innocent yet profound conversation between a boy and his grandmother while Shruti Hemani’s vivid illustrations enliven the festive backdrop of a Gujarati Navratri night. 6+ years.
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: Surge and soar and swirl and roar with a little friend and the dust storm as they take you along for a magical ride across the skies. Perky pictures, catchy rhyme, foot-tapping rhythm and some fantastical creatures waiting to jump into the adventure, itís a fun read all the way!
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Prakash Manu
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- Description: "हिंदी के जाने-माने कवि-कथाकार प्रकाश मनु ने बच्चों और किशोर पाठकों के लिए भी खूब लिखा है। उनकी कहानियों में बच्चों की दुनिया का हर रंग, हर खुशबू है—उनकी शरारतें और नटखटपन, उनके शिकवे-शिकायतें, उनके सुख-दु:ख और छोटी-बड़ी परेशानियाँ; साथ ही उनके खेल-कूद, मस्ती, सपने और मिलकर कुछ करने का हौसला भी। यही वजह है कि बच्चे और किशोर पाठक मनुजी की कहानियाँ ढूँढ़-ढूँढ़कर पढ़ते और सराहते हैं। कोई पच्चीस वर्षों तक लोकप्रिय बाल पत्रिका ‘नंदन’ से जुड़े रहे प्रकाश मनु की कहानियों का यही जादू उनकी चुनिंदा किशोर कहानियों की पुस्तक ‘गंगा दादी जिंदाबाद’ में एकदम नए रूप और अंदाज में सामने आया है। ‘गंगा दादी जिंदाबाद’ संग्रह में ‘मास्टर जी’, ‘प्यारे अनुराग के लिए’, ‘जब चित्र बनाए पैरों ने’, ‘मेरे प्यारे नंदू भैया’ और ‘किस्सा घुमक्कड़राम का’ सरीखी मनुजी की बेहद चर्चित किशोर कहानियाँ शामिल हैं, जिन्हें एक साथ पढ़ना रोमांचक अनुभव है। इसी तरह ‘सरस्वती बाबू’, ‘रज्जो की सहेली’, ‘अंधा गायक’, ‘मैं जीत गया पापा’ और ‘तुम भी पढ़ोगे जस्सू’ ऐसी कहानियाँ हैं, जिनमें बचपन के दु:ख और अभावों की छाया है; पर इसके बावजूद जीवन के रास्ते कभी खत्म नहीं होते, और हर मुसीबत के बाद नई राहें निकलती हैं। विश्वास है, साहित्य अकादेमी के पहले बाल साहित्य पुरस्कार से सम्मानित प्रकाश मनु की चुनिंदा किशोर कहानियों का यह संग्रह बच्चे खूब रस लेकर पढ़ेंगे। "
Puchku Seeks a Song
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Deepanjana Pal
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- Description: Puchku is off on a new adventure. The Brilliant Plans Department by Boltu, Puchku and Dodla (BPD)2 is on a mission to find a song for a baby bird. But there are too many songs to choose from.
