Grace - Kannada
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Grace had many questions. Why did she have to sit outside her classroom? Why did she have to wear pants instead of a dress? Why could transgender persons not study engineering? She wondered why science and technology education was not accepting of differences in people. And she decided to find answers in the courtroom. This is the story of Grace Banu, who is working towards making science and technology education more accessible for all. She was written by Sayantan Datta, Illustrated by Priya Dali and Kannada Translator by Hema Hebbagodi. Henkel Anand India Private Limited has supported the development of this book.This Book is Library of Congress Literacy Award Winner 2020 (Special Response award)
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Grace had many questions. Why did she have to sit outside her classroom? Why did she have to wear pants instead of a dress? Why could transgender persons not study engineering? She wondered why science and technology education was not accepting of differences in people. And she decided to find answers in the courtroom. This is the story of Grace Banu, who is working towards making science and technology education more accessible for all. She was written by Sayantan Datta, Illustrated by Priya Dali and Kannada Translator by Hema Hebbagodi. Henkel Anand India Private Limited has supported the development of this book.This Book is Library of Congress Literacy Award Winner 2020 (Special Response award)
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GRANDMA'S EYES
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Sandhya Rao
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- Description: Naani, Paati, Ajji, Aaji, Daadi, Mutthashi... So many names for Grandma, who is indeed grandmother to all around, with her songs and stories and watchful eye. In just a dozen lines of simple text that lilt with the rhythm of a song, the book captures all the warmth of a grandmother as experienced by a child. This unique bilingual book also has exciting 'moving' pictures that work in the style of animation.This is a bilingual book
Ek Bada Achcha Dost
- Author Name:
Babak Saberi +1
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- Description: Like Kabuliwala's fragrant dry fruits, this story has come from Iran with Babak Saberi's story and Mehrdad Zayeri's illustrations. Every moment is a moment of friendship. A tiny bird becomes a friend of a huge elephant. A young bird tells her mother bird- Ammi, see, the size of our shadow is the same...same to same. What will any mother in this world say to this? This is a story of friendship between a crow and an elephant. Mehrdad Zayeri shared that she has faced rehabilitation too often in her life. Her mother used to worry about how she would adjust in a new place, in a new country. This story is like a memory of my frequent displacement and rehabilitation, she says. Age group- 0-6 years
Duniya Meri
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Gulzar +1
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- Description: छोटी-सी दुनिया मेरी इतनी बड़ी है, आँख की कटोरियों में आके खड़ी है... The second book in the 'Samay Post' series. Gateway to Gulzar's lyrical world. Duniya Meri...is a picture book about a father and his daughter. Their colourful, expansive universe, sometimes confusing but always fun, serves as its background. Brilliantly visualised by Sushil Shukla, written by Gulzar and illustrated by Allen Shaw and a five-year-old Frida Shaw. It is a book you will cherish for years to come! Age group 6-8 years
One's Own, Yet Different
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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+
U Sier Lapalang
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Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih +1
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- Description: Lapalang, a young deer, loves adventure. He sets off in search of something different, not heeding to his motherís words or to the voice inside him. This is the tragic and unforgettable story of U Sier Lapalang, from the cloud land of Meghalaya.
Uma Versus Upma
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Meera Ganapathi
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- Description: Awaited
Ombhattu Putta Marigalu
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N.T. Rajeev
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- Description: This book has no desc
Zamin Humko Ghumati Hai
- Author Name:
Gulzar +1
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- Description: मैं कलम से, एलन रंगों से और सुशील काग़ज़ के खिलौने बनाकर बच्चों को बहला रहे थे। जब क्लास ख़त्म हुई तो देखा बच्चे रंग, कलम और काग़ज़ के खिलौने से हमें बहला रहे थे। ~गुलज़ार Age group 6-8 years
Baby Mongoose Goes Looking For a Frog
- Author Name:
Samidha Gunjal
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- Description: Deascription of the book is awaited
Naavibbaru Bere Bere
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Ramendra Kumar
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- Description: This story is about a Giraffe and a Squirrel who enjoy spending time together. Although they differ in appearance and in what they can do, they remain good friends.
Brahma's Butterfly
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Meena Raghunathan
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- Description: With great imagination, Brahma the creator has fashioned all things on earth, even the greedy caterpillar. One day, however, it chomps its way through his colourful garden and Brahma gets very angry. But then, it was Brahma himself who gave the caterpillar its huge hunger, wasn’t it? So what was the caterpillar to do? And now, what will Brahma do? An amusing story of what happens when the creator makes a small but big mistake!
Gajapati Kulapati-Chhabaak
- Author Name:
Ashok Rajagopalan
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- Description: After his big-big sneeze, Gajapati Kulapati is back with a SPLASH! Like the very popular first book, sounds, rhythm, and repetition make this too a perfect read aloud for little ones.
Siriyin Sirippu
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R. Amarendran +1
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- Description: Little Siri slips away from home one day and goes around asking whomsoever she meets to smile. Find out why in the pages of this bright and cheerful book that evokes a world of colour and things to discover. CBSE & NCERT recommended
The Open Trunk
- Author Name:
Akhilesh Srivastava Chaman
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- Description: The Open Trunk
THE 13TH RIDDLE
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Nadine D'Souza +1
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- Description: Mayor Piloo Paheliji loves to show off by asking riddles no one can answer. But someone is more than a match for him and confounds confusion by riddling him! A book that celebrates riddles with illustrations that capture all the fun. Age 6+
Orbit - Cinema
- Author Name:
Rajnish Sharma
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- Description: DESCRIPTION AWAITED
Kaan-Kaan Kumari
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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
Devis
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Wonder House
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- Description: This delightful collection of stories from Indian mythology introduces young readers to our enriching and ancient culture and wisdom. Various myths, legends and stories in this series will enthral its young readers. Gorgeous illustrations and simple sentences in these books will inculcate the love for reading and our culture among the early beginners.
Peacocks And Pakodas
- Author Name:
Mala Kumar +1
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- Description: From listening to a melodious Kajari to watching tiny waterfalls and from the lovely scent of moist soil to the smell of Amma's pakodas, Meenu loves every bit of the monsoon
Online Encounters and more 12 Teenage Stories
- Author Name:
Dipavali Sen +11
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- Description: Komal is shocked to learn that her parents, as youngsters, had exchanged letters before they had met each other. Then why is her mother dead against her seeing a person she had met online? Much against her wishes, Minu is all set to be a child bride, not if the bicycle brigade can help it. The girls set an example in the village for the others to follow. Bullied by Dhruv, Varun's life becomes miserable, so much so, he is ready to leave the school. What does Amit do to help both the boys? Can a shy and reticent boy like Sukhi become the centre of students' unrest and be ready to sacrifice his life? But wait...! There's someone who is keeping him out of harm's way? Who is it? And, is the person safe? These are some of the myriad themes depicted in this bunch of teenage stories.
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