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Miss gave us some homework: collect an egg, keep it warm, keep it safe and watch it hatch. How could it turn out so badly?
About the Hook Book Series
In a world where children’s books often feel cut from the same cloth, Hook Books stand out as a vibrant blend of imagination, humour, and heart. Crafted as a bridge between picture books and early chapter books, this series delivers stories that spark joy and wonder, while remaining rooted in age-appropriate learning.
Hook Books keep the fun going with:
Short, digestible bits of text (perfect for budding readers)
Bright colour illustrations that pull kids into the story
Themes that speak to the everyday lives of children—plus a sprinkle of whimsy!
From fantasy tales to those that touch on more advanced ideas, Hook Books ensure that young readers are always in for a treat, no matter their reading level. Even better, these books take children on journeys through different parts of India, giving them a taste of the rich diversity of our world through local flavours, landscapes, and cultures. Whether the story takes place in bustling cities or quiet villages, Hook Books make every setting feel like home.
ISBN: 9780143452287
Pages: 40
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Asha's Voice
- Author Name:
Mathangi Subramanian
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- Description: Asha is too small to do many things. But she is big enough to do some things.A story about how you are never too small to have big ideas. Reading Level; 3 for children who are ready to read on their own. Written by Mathangi Subramanian Illustrated by Saheb Ram Tudu
Aao Bhai Khillu
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Prabhat +1
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- Description: Poet Prabhat's writings for children are unparalleled. His compositions are comprehensive. This collection consists of 47 marvelous poems, such as: ईख खेत की बोली, अपने पास वाली ईख से मेरे ऊपर क्यों गिरती हो, खड़ी रहो न ठीक से। It is a common sight in a sugarcane farm, yet never found space in children's literature! Prabhat's poems are fragrant with folk life and culture. For readers, his poems are like games that engages children for hours at a stretch. Children can manipulate with words, use them as pieces of a puzzle and stay engrossed making and remaking poems. His compositions have a regard for nature and they talk of co-existence. It comes across beautifully in the following lines: भँवरा बाँस के घर में तितली घास के घर में आदमी रहता है उनके पास के घर में Bhargav Kulkarni's water color illustrations make for a scenic neighbourhood of these poems. The poems and illustrations in the book seem so intimate as if they were composed together in the same moment.
A Bite Before Christmas
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Swarnavo Datta +1
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- Description: In the weeks before Christmas, Mom lovingly crafts twelve jumbo marzipans, each a sugary masterpiece. Not to be eaten until Christmas Eve, she puts them away in a tin. But when Kyra and Grandpa playfully mix up their tasks, mischief ensues. Nandita da Cunha writes a wondrous story of the whimsical chaos of Christmas, enfolded in the bright illustrations by Swarnavo Datta.
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!
Yaake-Yaake Hudugi
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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
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.
A SILLY STORY OF BONDAPALLI
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Shamim Padamsee
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- Description: There was once a prince who hated food. One day the royal cook gives him something new to eat – a hot golden ball, crisp outside, soft inside... a bonda! After that there is no stopping either the prince or this mad tale that rolls its jolly way to an inevitably happy, bondaful end. The jaunty illustrations pick up all the comic clues along the way, to make it a truly 'silly' story.
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.
Ek Do Teen
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Mukesh Nautiyal +1
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- Description: क्या जलमुर्गियाँ गिनती कर सकती हैं? ऊपर से देखने पर मुकेश नौटियाल की कहानी भले ही ऐसा कहती दिखती हो, लेकिन इसमें एक अंदरूनी दुनिया छुपी हुई है। यह एक जल मुर्गी की आवाज सुनता है। एक ध्वनि उसके लापता बच्चों को बुलाती थी। यह एक खूबसूरत किताब है. युवा पाठकों को यह पढ़ने में आनंददायक लगेगा। प्रोइति रॉय के चित्र जलमुर्गियों की दुनिया को जीवंत कर देते हैं।
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.
Aarna and Iris' Big Task
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Reshma Thapa-Gurung
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- Description: Aarna and Iris have a new task! There’s a new student in class, and they have to help him settle in. So they set about introducing Norgay to their school in a novel way — by using their senses. READING LEVEL: 03, for children who are ready to read on their own.
Machher Jhol
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Richa Jha
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- Description: When Gopu's father (Baba) falls sick, the visually impaired Gopu knows he would have to step out alone. He negotiates the crowds, the markets and the traffic of the city of Calcutta, all by himself, to reach his grandma's house to get her to cook Baba's favourite fish curry. Does he succeed in bringing it home to him? In this book, Richa Jha writes as much about the courage of Gopu as she does about the sounds and smells of a bustling metropolis. Sumanta Dey brings alive the city of Calcutta between the covers of this book and makes the readers feel they are walking alongside Gopu.
The Sweetest Mango
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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.
ADITI ADVENTURES - THE CYBERSPACE RUNAWAY
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Suniti Namjoshi
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- Description: Holiday plans for the adventurers go off track when a runaway computer programme, the naughty Mistress I, decides to hide with them. Hot on her heels is the scientist who created her, who threatens to put them in jail for kidnapping. And in the middle of all the commotion, Beautiful the Elephant is determined to become rational and logical. What do you do when others aren’t sensible? Is ‘getting updated’ the same as ‘growing up’?
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।
Sonam's Ladakh
- Author Name:
Manish Lakhani +1
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- Description: Journey through the magical land of Ladakh with Sonam.
Hanumanthana Ramayana
- Author Name:
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.
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
AMMAMA'S SARI
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Niveditha Subramaniam
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- Description: Oh-oh! Ammama’s sari has a hole in it! So she gets down to some snipping and stitching. And the sari becomes a pretty curtain, a snug baby-sling, a perfect plaything for the cat... Niveditha Subramaniam’s stunningly textured cloth collages weave through the pages of this wordless picture book with the touch and feel of the sari. To her, they evoke comfortable sensory memories of her own Ammama — the grandmother for whom upcycling was as natural as being in a sari.
No Ticket, Will Travel
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Subhi Jiwani
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- Description: I can’t buy a ticket, but I need to get on this train… Chandrasekhar waits for a job and dreams of being back home with a classmate he’s in love with. Aruna had lost a slipper, and it was her only pair. Balu wishes he could trade his jackhammer for a poetry book. Sadia and her son are sleeping beside their handmade dolls, wondering what the future holds. Anjanamma makes up a story to soothe the relentless sting of mosquitoes. Nagaraju sightlessly navigates the chaos of a train station and puts out a plea to the universe. Subuhi Jiwani traces six uncertain journeys from Andhra Pradesh to Kochi, where migrants were in search of work, survival, and belonging.
