Machher Jhol
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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.
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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.
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Ek Do Teen
- Author Name:
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। Age group-0-6 years
Jhupliyin Thaen Petti
- Author Name:
Achintyarup Ray
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- Description: பாபா எங்கே? அவர் ஏன் இன்னும் திரும்பி வரவில்லை? ஜூப்லி மாலை வேளையில் அமைதியின்றி தவிக்கிறாள். அவளது தந்தை தேன் சேகரிக்க அடர்ந்த காட்டுக்குள் சென்றுவிட்டார், அவள் பயப்படுகிறாள். ஏனென்றால் காட்டில் புலிகள் உள்ளன. ஏனென்றால் மக்கள் சில சமயங்களில் உள்ளே செல்வார்கள், வெளியே வருவதில்லை. பாபா தினமும் ஆபத்தில் செல்ல வேண்டுமா? ஜூப்லிக்கு ஒரு யோசனை இருக்கிறது - தேன் பெட்டிகள்! தேன் சேகரிப்பாளர்களின் அவல நிலையைச் சுட்டிக்காட்டும் கதையில், அற்புதமான சுந்தரவனம், எவ்வளவு அழகான இடமாக இருந்தாலும், அச்சுறுத்தும் இடமாக, ஜூப்லியின் தொடர்ச்சியான கவலையை, மனநிலை நிறைந்த படங்களும் உரையும் பின்னுகின்றன.
Hum Jangal Ke Jagar Magar
- Author Name:
Raj Shekhar
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- Description: हम ऊँचे, झूमते हुए पेड़ हैं हम हवा में उगने वाले जामुन हैं हम बाघ हैं, हम खरगोश हैं हम गड़गड़ाते हुए भालू हैं... कविता की लय हमें हरे-भरे और जीवंत जंगल में खींच ले जाती है। लेकिन इसके हर हिस्से में इतने डूबे हुए 'हम' कौन हैं? प्रकृति और उसके बीच रहने वालों के लिए इस प्रकाश और गौरवशाली गीत में शब्द और चित्र एक साथ गाते हैं। तेलंगाना के एक आदिवासी गीत से प्रेरित और एक प्रसिद्ध गोंड कलाकार की शानदार कला के साथ, यह बच्चों की प्रवृत्ति को सही तरीके से पकड़ता है - शब्दों और लय के साथ मनोरंजन, और प्राकृतिक दुनिया की कनेक्टिविटी के बारे में जागरूक होने की अभी तक अछूती क्षमता।
Dubki Saathi Ghar
- 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.
Aao Bhai Khillu
- Author Name:
Prabhat +1
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- Description: Poet Prabhat's writings for children are unparalleled. His compositions are comprehensive. This collection consists of 47 marvellous 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 engage children for hours at a stretch. Children can manipulate words, use them as puzzle pieces, and stay engrossed in making and remaking poems. His compositions have a regard for nature and speak of coexistence. 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 watercolour illustrations make for a scenic neighbourhood in these poems. The poems and illustrations in the book seem so intimate as if they were composed together in the same moment. Age group- 0-6 years
A Cat, Tree, And A Bird In A Book
- Author Name:
Shilpi Sarkar +1
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- Description: Two furry friends find a book with pictures and a poem. Read along with them, take delight in the lively pictures, and find out what our furry friends discover.† This little book is for our very young readers but grown-ups too will enjoy the whimsy and the vibrant and evocative illustrations while reading along with youngsters.
Ilhaamno Janmdivas
- Author Name:
Aftab Yusuf Shaikh
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GRANDMA'S EYES
- Author Name:
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
So Many Leaves
- Author Name:
Harini Nagendra +2
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- Description: Some leaves are tiny, others are not. Some taste sweet, others bitter. There are so many different kinds of leaves around us. Leaf through the leaves of this book about leaves.
India Through Archaeology : Excavating History
- Author Name:
Devika Cariapa
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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!
Bihar Ke 25 Mahanayak
- Author Name:
Ashok Kumar Sinha
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- Description: इस पुस्तक में बिहार के अलग-अलग क्षेत्र के ऐसे नायकों के प्रेरणाप्रद जीवन को संकलित किया गया है, जिन्होंने अपने अथक प्रयास, सृजन, श्रम, अन्वेषण और संघर्ष के बदौलत विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में बदलाव का सूत्रपात किया। इसमें राजनीति, कला, साहित्य, संस्कृति, शिल्प, सामाजिक परिवर्तन और शिक्षा के साथ अपने प्रयास से बिहार को एक स्वतंत्र पहचान देनेवाले नायकों का जीवंत वर्णन है। जीवनी-लेखन न केवल शोधपरक और श्रमसाध्य कार्य है, बल्कि ऐसे लेखन में तटस्थता निवैक्तिकता और वैचारिक दृढ़ता की भी आवश्यकता होती है। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक ‘बिहार के 25 महानायक’ में उपर्युक्त मानकों का पालन किया गया है। संकलित आलेखों में विषय वैविध्य है। श्री सिन्हा ने डॉ. श्रीकृष्ण सिंह, भिखारी ठाकुर, कर्पूरी ठाकुर, गोपाल सिंह नेपाली, पीर अली खान, सच्चिदानंद सिन्हा और लोकनायक जयप्रकाश नारायण समेत 25 पुरोधाओं की जीवनी को बहुत परिश्रम से साहित्यिक अंदाज में लिखा है। पुस्तक में इन पुरोधाओं के व्यक्तित्व एवं कृतित्व के अनछुए पहलुओं को ज्ञानवर्धक तरीके से प्रस्तुत किया गया है। जीवनी के बीच-बीच में नायकों की अनसुनी कहानियों एवं संस्मरणों को उद्धृत करने से पुस्तक की महत्ता और रोचकता और बढ़ गई है। विश्वास है, यह पुस्तक पाठकों को पसंद आएगी और वे बिहार के पुरोधाओं के बारे में कुछ नई जानकारियों से भी अवगत होंगे।
Amma
- Author Name:
Kavita Singh Kale
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- Description: क्या तूसां इस मेले विच इक अम्मा दिखी, जिसा वल मिंजो साईं मुन्नु नी है? Age group- 0-6 years
Hallo
- Author Name:
Bageshree S
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- Description: Hello, says the sun to the bud. Hello, says the rain, the bees, the butterflies, the birds, and Thambi. "Hello," the flower replies, showing off its lovely petals. This beginner reader is part of the Thumb Thumb Books series, created around the common thumbprint and featuring Thumb Thumb Thangi and Thumb Thumb Thambi. Short sentences, bold type, and vibrant visuals make entry into reading easy and exciting. At the end is a page for children to make their own thumbprint drawings – and the line, ‘I can read this book,’ affirms the young reader’s confident place in the world of books.
Van Vaani Kalyani
- Author Name:
Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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Wet Paint
- Author Name:
Asha Nehemiah
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Munia Rani
- Author Name:
Gijubhai Bedheka
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- Description: Book Awating Description
Goondi Manege Baruvude?
- Author Name:
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.
Sound Town
- Author Name:
Vibha Batra
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- Description: ZIPZAP, SPLASH, POP, SIZZLE… It’s noisy in this town – even in the quiet of the night! Sound becomes action and character in this zany book through whackily imagined pictures that take you on a rip-roaring ride through Sound Town.
The Tale of King Shibi
- Author Name:
Uma krishnaswamy +1
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- Description: King Shibi is the noblest king in all the lands—so noble, in fact, that even the gods have heard of him! But one day, a hawk whose hunt was thwarted by the king demands his due, putting King Shibi’s sense of honour to the ultimate test. Charmingly adapted from Hindu and Buddhist mythology by Daya Subramanian, The Tale of King Shibi takes fight in bright, pastel illustrations in the traditional Mithila style by Uma Krishnaswamy, reflecting the timeless quality of his ancient tale. 6+ years
Customer Reviews
24/10/2024
Awantika Singh
nice one
What is Machher Jhol about?
Machher Jhol follows a young boy in Kolkata as he journeys across the city to get fresh fish for his father’s favourite dish. What begins as a simple errand turns into a sensory adventure filled with sounds, colours, street corners, and the pulse of Bengal. The book blends food, family, and city life into a heartfelt story that feels both local and universal.
Why should readers pick up Machher Jhol?
It’s a rich picture book that brings Indian food culture to children in a way that feels real and full of life. The illustrations capture Kolkata beautifully, and the story gently shows love expressed through everyday acts — in this case, cooking someone’s favourite meal.
Who is Machher Jhol ideal for?
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Kids aged 4–8
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Families who enjoy food-themed stories
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Classrooms exploring Indian culture, cities, or traditions
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Libraries building multicultural picture book collections
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Read-aloud sessions with sensory storytelling
Key Themes
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Family and caregiving
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Food culture (Bengali cuisine)
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City life and exploration
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Love expressed through everyday gestures
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Tradition and belonging
Where to read or buy Machher Jhol?
Here’s the link: https://rachnaye.com/books/picture-books/machher-jhol-english-by-pickle-yolk-books