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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.
ISBN: 9788181468826
Pages: 20
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
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!
Girls To The Rescue
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Sowmya Rajendran +1
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- Description: Move over, petrified princesses in towers. Stand back, sword bucklers. These audacious girls are their own saviours! What do you think happens when Snow White, Cinderella and gang meet an author who wonders: "Now what would any red-blooded girl with brains do in such a situation?" Six leading ladies decide not to stick to the script, and take us instead through some riveting retellings that sizzle with humour as they toss around notions of beauty, perfection and strength. Armed with real-world skills, they rewrite their happily-ever-afters. Rescue themselves. And save the fairytale!
Birbahuti
- Author Name:
Prabhat +1
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- Description: यह उस समय की कहानी है जब पेन में स्याही भरी जाती थी। दो स्कूल जाते बच्चे बेला और साहिल दोस्त हैं। प्रेम के बिना दोस्ती नहीं होती; तो कह सकते हैं कि एक दूसरे से प्रेम करते हैं। दोनों साथ स्कूल आते-जाते हैं। साथ खेलते हैं। एक के पेन की स्याही खतम हो जाये तो दूसरा भी अपने पेन की स्याही उड़ेल देता है ताकि स्याही भरवाने भी साथ जा सकें। गरज कि प्रेम में उन सब कामों में मगन रहते हैं जिनमें दोस्ती में मगन रहा जाता है। पर स्कूल जाते बच्चे जिनके सामने जीवन के कई साल पड़े हों, कब तक साथ रह सकते हैंॽ बीर बहूटी इसी की कहानी है। किताब के चित्र प्रशान्त सोनी ने बनाये हैं। प्रशान्त सघन विवरण वाले चित्र बनाते हैं। उनका बनाया बेला और साहिल का गाँव देखना, वहाँ के पेड़, नदी, परिन्दे और घास देखना। आपको चित्रकार का ‘देखना’ दिखेगा।
A SAREE FOR AMMI
- Author Name:
Mamta Nainy
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- Description: Ammi weaves the most beautiful sarees, but never gets to wear any of them. Her two little daughters decide to do something about it – break their piggy bank! But is there enough in it to buy Ammi her very own saree? This gentle story goes into the home of a weaver’s family, and lets warmth and affection add colour to their lives. Engaging visual details in vivid shades complement the simple, elegant text for a touch and feel experience of a village in Kota, Rajasthan, its sarees and its people.
Ari
- Author Name:
Vaishali Shroff
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- Description: Ari may be shy, but he knows he will make a wonderful lion in the class play. But he is neither noticed nor chosen. Then, suddenly in his room a roaring, growling, prowling creature comes to life! The flat illustrative style with its strong kitschy palette gets away from usual depictions of the ‘soft, sensitive' child, and captures the energy and fun of play-acting.
Vee Loved Garlic
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Richa Jha
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- Description: When Miss Vee Noonie falls in love with garlic, there is pandemonium in the house. She is a vampire, after all. Her parents do their best to urge her to stay away from it. Garlic, they tell her, is fatal for vampires. Freethinker Vee's research tells her that's not true and she leaves no stone unturned in convincing her folks. Does she succeed? Richa Jha celebrates a young thinking mind's spirit of inquisitiveness, questioning the given, persuasiveness and non-conformist free will in this pacey picture book that is packed with sharp dialogues, intense passion, and chic humour. The breathtaking sweep of Kunal Kundu's detailed etching and dramatic artwork lingers on till long after the book has been put aside.
Ajjammana Patthedaari Thanthragalu
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Vinayak Varma +1
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- Description: Someones been stealing all the unniappams. Help detectives Ammachi and Sooraj as they look for clues, set traps, and catch the thief.Written by Vinayak Varma and Illustrated by Rajiv Eipe and Kannada Translation by Sujith Kamath.The development of this book has been supported by Oracle.
A Moon Full of Ants
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Aparna Kapur
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- Description: A lake with seven shoes, a bowlful of autumn, and a set of teeth that’s home to a unicorn. What a delightful, topsy-turvy world to live in. Here’s your invitation.
Panch Pairon Wali Hathi
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Piyush Sekseriya
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- Description: ये कुदरत से प्रेम की कहानियाँ हैं। पीयूष सेकसेरिया कहते हैं कि जंगल, पेड़-पौधे, जानवरी, पक्षी, कीट-पतंगों, नदी, पहाड़, रेत-मिट्टी और लोगों में कुछ ऐसा है कि मैं उन तक बार-बार लौटता हूँ। एक अजब सी खुशी है जो उनको देखने, सुनने, सूँघने, छूने से मिलती है। ‘पाँच पैरों वाली हाथी’ से उन्होंने इन खुशियों को सबके साथ बाँटा है। किताब की रचनाएँ कल्पनाओं से अधिक सरस और रोमांचक हैं।
ADITI ADVENTURES - THE CITY OF LIONS
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Suniti Namjoshi
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- Description: Gardy isn’t sure if he is the lost lion cub prince who will save the ‘City of Lions’, Singapore. But he rushes there with his friends, all the same. They find that the city is indeed under threat – from its very own haughty, crotchety, bickering guardians, Sir Leon and the Old Woman under the Sea. What is seeing clearly all about – guessing the future, seeing things how they are, or seeing things how they should be?
WHEN ALI BECAME BAJRANGBALI
- Author Name:
Devashish Makhija
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- Description: Mr Moochvaala and his mechanical monsters are going to cut down Bargad chawl, and its residents are worried. They are in danger of losing their homes – their nooks and crannies, shelters and perches in the big banyan tree. It is left to Ali the monkey to find a way out. He swings, jumps and leaps into action, and comes up with a monkey trick that gives a new twist to the phrase ‘playing god' in this hilarious and heartwarming story with wonderfully animated pictures!
Andaman's Boy
- Author Name:
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.
BOONDI'S STORY - WATER
- Author Name:
Shubhangi Goel +3
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- Description: Boondi is a little drop of water who rolls and tumbles in the river. One hot day he feels himself being lifted up, up, up into the sky into a big, heavy cloud. What now? This is one of five First Look Science books, perfect for a child’s first introduction to basic concepts about the world around because they were conceived visually. The stunning pictures convey the beauty, vastness and mystery of nature, enriching the storytelling experience. At the end of each book is a summing up of facts related to the stories.
Where Is Goggayya?
- Author Name:
Kollegala Sharma
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- Description: Deascription of the book is awaited
Dubkigondu Mane
- 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.
Nanammal and Kamalathal Travel by Road
- Author Name:
Menaka Raman
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- Description: Nanammal and Kamalathal love to travel. They need to catch a train to get to Goa. Explore different modes of transport with the two friends and find out if they make it in time to the station. READING LEVEL: 02 For Children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help. Written by Menaka Raman Illustrated by Sushant Ahire
Cobalt Blue
- Author Name:
Students of DPS
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- Description: A collection of short stories written by students at DPS
Kali Mattu Kere Haavu
- Author Name:
Zai Whitaker +2
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- Description: Kali hates school. And school hates him, he thinks, for he has no friends. His classmates find him strange. He wishes his father were an ‘ordinary' bus-conductor or postman instead of a snake-catcher, even if one of the most celebrated in the Irula tribe. He worries that others will see him eating fried termites (his favourite snack!) and laugh. And then one day, a large rat snake creates havoc in the classroom... A simple, sensitive story crafted by a writer deeply involved with environmental issues. Best of Indian Children's Writing: Contemporary
Secret Wild Vet Kalyani
- Author Name:
Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: Secret Wild Vet Kalyani is a book inspired by N Kalyani, Tamil Nadu’s first woman veterinarian who graduated from Madras Veterinary College in 1952, challenging gender norms within the profession. Through a cheerful poem set in the Nilgiri hills, the author and Katha’s Founder President Geeta Dharmarajan imagines her Irular protagonist as a kind of superwoman who helps rescue animals, birds and reptiles in danger. Filled with everything from guns to ropes and jungle antics, this adventure story truly comes alive with the help of lively illustrations by designer Boski Jain. According to the book, the DNA analysis (2018) of a skeleton from the Indus Valley Civilisation found in Rakhigarhi showed greater affinity with the Irula people than any other ethnic group in India. “A study by Yelmen et al (2019) found that the Irula were the closest likely proxy for the indigenous “AASI”, or Ancient Ancestral South Indian, one of the presumed founders and autochthonous original populations,” informs the book.
Gedde Bitte
- Author Name:
Nivedha Ganesh +1
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- Description: It traces the story of a disabled swimmer who represents India in the Paralympics. The 13-year-old has no formal training and only practises in her village pond. Nivedha Ganesh, the author of the book, spins an inspiring story. Santhosh Tamraparni translates it. It is based on the article ‘From Cotton Fields to the Paralympics’.
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