From Pillars to Palaces
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Dheera loves buildings. When Ma and Baba build her a little plane, she flies out to explore what buildings are made of.
ISBN: 9789353095475
Pages: 16
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Hanji Naji
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Swayam Prakash +1
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- Description: लेखक स्वयं प्रकाश कुछ भी कर सकते हैं. एक कहानी में, वह आपको इस तरह हंसा और रुला सकता है कि आपकी आंखें नम हो जाएंगी। सावधान, इस किताब में ऐसी कहानियाँ हैं जो आपको इतना हँसाएँगी कि आपका पेट दर्द करने लगेगा। इसका प्रभाव ग्लूकोज की तरह होता है। यह आपकी जीभ पर लगते ही घुल जाएगा और आपको हंसने पर मजबूर कर देगा. यह भी संभव है कि किस्सा आपके रक्तप्रवाह तक पहुंचे और आपके दिल को गर्म कर दे। यह आपको मास्टर कहानीकार चैपलिन की याद दिला सकता है। 30 बेमिसाल हास्य कहानियाँ.सुनी तो आपने होंगी लेकिन उन्हें इस शैली में केवल स्वयं प्रकाश ही बता सकते हैं. जो लोग लेखन शैली के मूल्य को कम आंकते हैं, उनके लिए हमारे पूर्वज ग़ालिब साहब याद दिलाते हैं कि इस दुनिया में कई अच्छे कहानीकार हैं... हांजी के बोलने के भाव, उनकी चारपाई, केश, टोपी और उनकी दाढ़ी, ठुड्डी ये सब अतनु रॉय के चित्रों में देखा जा सकता है।
Nanna Bhoomiyannu Kaapaaduve
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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.
Just Train Ride Away
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Mini Shrinivasan
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- Description: Santosh travels alone from Mumbai, where he lives with his mother, to Kolkata, on holiday. He has secret plans to look for his father, whom he barely remembers. The train ride brings him into contact with people outside his sheltered world – a prelude to another, deeper, journey. With a light and honest touch, this book explores the emotional dilemma of a young boy who faces the bittersweet reality of estrangement.
Hanumanthana Ramayana
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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.
MANY COLOURS OF US!
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Lavanya Kapahi
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- Description: “What colour shall I be?” wonders the baby bird. And as her feathered friends hop forward one by one to claim their own colour as best, they pick out hues from across the country. Pink like Kutch flamingos, purple like fiery Naga chillies, red like the Satpura’s palash, black like Bhadra panthers… Vibrant palettes take us on a visual journey across India, reflecting that it’s the diversity that is delightful, the medley that is most magical.
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.
Chandramadhla Sasa - Bilingual
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Indrani Krishnaier +1
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- Description: 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.
Miga Thidippaana Maambazham
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Malavika Shetty
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- Description: Raw, green, sour and crunchy. Or ripe, golden, plump and soft. Summer time is mango time, a time children wait for – blazing sun, sticky mango juice ringing their mouths and dripping down their fingers. The sweet, simple story and luscious pictures evoke delicious flavours of hot days, warm friendships and the smell of mango in the air.
Hungry on the steps
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Nandini Nayar
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- Description: Details awaited
ADITI ADVENTURES - THE MARINE SAGE
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Suniti Namjoshi
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- Description: On a visit to Australia, there is much excitement with hi-tech gadgets and journeys underwater and on dragonback. Only the elephant is worried — will she finally find her name?
Homebound
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Aaniya Asrani
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- Description: A part of the series called “Portraits of Exile” containing three throught- provoking books-Homecoming, Homeland and Homebound- looks at home and its meaning for Tibetan refugees living in Bylakuppe. intangible memories, interspersing them with regular sheets of paper to represent physical realities.” — The Alipore Post Book for Age group 8+ “This picture book [Homebound] … does the important work of telling stories that would otherwise go unheard, unnoticed.” — The Reading Caterpillar Recommended by Hindustan Times, 2020
Paati Goes Viral
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Prashant Soni +1
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- Description: “I’ve been calling you nonstop. Some actor shared our post about your grandmother last night and it’s gone viral now. It’s being forwarded, retweeted, and even being picked up by other publications. Now get up, call your Paati, and sit her down with your laptop!” In the next few minutes, my world as I knew it changed forever. Dhruv is as upset as his grandmother is to discover that her beloved camera, containing all her memories, has been lost on her solo trip to Europe. When she returns to India, she’s given up hope on ever getting it back. But Dhruv has a brainwave, something that could get people all around the world to help him lift her spirits. What surprises await his Paati?! Prabhu Viswanathan’s simple narration brings to life the tender affection among the members of a family while reaffirming everyone’s faith in humanity. age group-10-15.age group 10-15
Daddy's Mo
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Madhuri Purandare
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- Description: What does Anu like the most about her dad? His Mo! Do you know what a Mo is? Actually, Anu likes everyone with a Mo. So much so that when she sees a Mo, she gets funny ideas!
Orbit - Cyber Safety
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Rajnish Sharma
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- Description: TES Orbit provides a common platform for articles from teachers, students and their parents to be featured alongside the work by professionals, educators, writers, artists, activists, experts and the like. Each issue is themed on a subject of direct relevance to young thinking individuals and provides a good opportunity to collaborate and contribute to the magazine.
Boodabim
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Alankrita Amaya
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- Description: 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.
Dungi Dance
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Bhavna Jain Bhuta
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- Description: 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.
Goondi Gharey Aavshe?
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Adithi Rao
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- Description: 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.
The Night Sky/Raatri Aakaasam
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Samina Mishra
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- Description: It’s late at night. Tipu is fast asleep when his two black puppies, Layla and Jugnoo, bound into his room. Down comes his star-filled quilt – and it becomes a cosmic playground for the three of them. Anything is possible, even flying to the moon! With illustrations that reflect the blending of reality and fantasy, this is a story about the sheer joy of imagination, and the wonder of play.
How I Feel
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Varsha Sheshan +1
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- Description: How do you feel when Nani comes to visit? How do you feel when you spoil a library book? Read this book and see how you feel today.
A Treasure Box
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Puneeta Khatri +14
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- Description: Have you ever chased a rainbow for a pot of gold? Anirudh did and he was rewarded. Can a teen-ager from the village participate in an IT Contest? Ahalya bridges the gap between rural and urban children... These are some of the themes around which these stories have been woven. Collection of 15 short stories for the age 12-15, written by multiple writers.
