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What happens when you are too much obsessed with story books � you read read and read. Come.. let�s get lost into the fantasy world as this book worm did and see what she went through. Malini Venkataraman as known to the world but for us she is fondly called as kadhakatti meaning storycreater/churner in Tamil Ever since she started to speak, she would narrate incidents in the most expressive manner� That slowly paved her interest into creative writing which led her to indulge in writing tiny short stories� Some of her poems and short stories are published in online platforms and magazines. Adding feather to her cap, one of her story on environmental awareness has been included as a part of curriculum in Cambridge Global English Learner�s book level 4 (edition 2020). She is currently a student of Lakshmi School, Madurai.
ISBN: 9789392665325
Pages: 26
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 18+
Country of Origin: India
Are You a Fish
- Author Name:
Shabnam Minwalla
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Aankh Khuli Aur Sapna Gir Gaya
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Shashi Sablok +1
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- Description: Can you and your mom meet in your dreams? Shashi Sablok’s story comes alive in Uma Ketha’s colours. Even the fish and the water seem to have a character. Just like the artist, her characters also love to talk. Age group 6-8 years
Coming Home
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Priti David
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- Description: Coming Home is a story set in a beautiful valley where a small community of farmers and their families live and work. Over the years, many of the young people have begun to migrate to earn a living. Everyone wishes there was a way in which these young people could stay back and earn a living right here. It’s a young boy, Selva, who has an idea which could do just that. But will it take shape and will it bring his older brother home? Read the book to find out just how a small idea can lead to big changes. Written by Priti David, this is a story about migration and home, seen from the eyes of 11-year-old Selva. age 10- 15 years
Out In The Moonlight
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Perumal Murugan
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- Description: A little boy runs excitedly in the darkness, lit only by the light of a bright, bright moon. He is going with his mother and baby brother to the millet fields. As his mother works, he tries to make the most of the moonlit night with his newfound friend, a stray dog, while his brother sleeps... It takes an exceptional writer like Perumal Murugan to narrate this vignette from his own life, evocatively and unsentimentally. Mood-filled illustrations bring the unfamiliar close in a nightscape redolent with anticipation and danger. Originally in Tamil
The Fourth Friend
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Manoj Das
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- Description: It was evening. The three village lads had just witnessed the miracle of their life, a movie courtesy of a touring enterprise, when, on their homeward journey, another strange experience engulfed them in the form of a flash flood, pushing them up to two entangled trees. Dawn breaks and the three friends are joined by an unusual, awful, gentle companion who becomes their new friend. Amazing and amusing, The Fourth Friend is a beautiful gift from one of India's best-loved storytellers.
Who Wants Green Fingers Anyway
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: Amma’s plants are the best in the world, or so she thinks. Mud flies, pots break when a challenge is thrown. Appa’s attempt to prove his point leads to well…complete unrest. What will it take to restore the peace? Find out, as a little girl shares her funny family saga, which is also an eco-tale! “This book is the best and most fun way to educate children about the varied facets of our amazing capital.” For age 8+
What shall I wear today
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Natasha Sharma
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COME!
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Reshmi Dastidar
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- Description: The stars give way to the sun, the clouds to rain, the egg to the little bird… Things change. This truth is brought to children in a charmingly simple way. Dramatic pictures flow into each other to give a sense of movement, of the idea of change.
Kitabon Wala Ghar
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Jasbir Bhullar +1
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- Description: "एक नया देश बन रहा था", वयस्क चर्चा कर रहे थे। मुझे पता चला कि जब एक नया देश बनता है, तो आइसक्रीम और कैंडी बेचने वाले हमारी सड़क पर आना बंद कर देते हैं। यह एक अच्छी चीज नहीं है।" जसबीर भुल्लर ने कहानियों के इस छोटे से संग्रह में 1946-49 के दौरान अपने बचपन की यादों को बड़े प्यार से संजोया है। उनके कोमल शब्द सड़कों पर हल्के-हल्के चलते हैं और आपको एक हल्का सा खिंचाव देते रहते हैं जैसे कोई बच्चा आपको अपनी नई खोज का रास्ता दिखा रहा हो। उसकी खोज एक मरता हुआ पौधा है जिसे वह घर या किताबों से भरा घर लाता है। चंद्रमोहन कुलकर्णी की कलाकृति पाठ को एक धार, एक रंगीन और जीवंत धार देती है। एक नज़र आपको इसे दोबारा देखने के लिए आमंत्रित करेगी।
Finding Tree
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: "What would you do if you lost your friend? How far would you travel to find your friend? Journey with Nachi as she travels with Parrot beyond the far reaches of this world and our imagination to find her friend, Tree, and meets many magical, mystical and mythical beings along the way. Stand with her as she comes face to face with Emmeraja, the God of Death. Be with her as she finds some answers and returns to her Pattikutti, her world, the sea and a surprise. Geeta Dharmarajan weaves a magical tale about love and loss, while Rajiv Eipeís illustrations carry you off into marvellous worlds to unravel lifeís greatest secrets!" Unravel the swirling magic in I am Najar-Am-Radh, charmingly written and wondrously illustrated. A truly captivating story! For Age 13+
Yen Nilaththai Naan Kaappaattruvaen
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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.
Janaalaykkarikil Poochandi
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Meghaa Gupta
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- Description: There is a BIG monster that only Montu can see, that shows up whenever he’s angry or sad, and makes him even more angry, even more sad. One day, when he hurts his leg and is stuck at home, he starts to draw. He draws the window, the tree outside and… the monster! But as he keeps drawing, the monster gets smaller and smaller. What’s happening? Pictures and text gently tell this story of a boy who learns to deal with his inner demons, illustrating how art can heal.
A Home Of Our Own
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Meghaa Aggarwal
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- Description: “Let’s play house-house!” decide Sunehri and her friends. So they put together some old plates and bowls, empty packets of chips, plastic bottles, a broken helmet… things they’ve collected going about their work in the city on whose streets they live. The game loved by children everywhere takes on a poignant layer when played by those who have never known a home¬. Pictures full of exuberance and detail bring out their spontaneous joy in a make-believe world, which trips side by side with the harsh reality of their lives.
Sheela Ke Do Ghar
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Nina Sabnani
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- Description: Sheela is any happy child growing up in Sukkur, Sind – playing with friends, sewing dresses for her dolls... She lives with her uncle whom she calls Baba, father, just across the road from her real parents. The turbulent times in the run up to Independence don’t touch her. Till suddenly, there’s Partition. The gentle unfolding softens realities of a childhood quite far removed from today’s readers. Springing from yet another animation film by Nina Sabnani, it is her mother’s own story, and she continues that connection with the choice of visuals – fragments of cloth, touches of embroidery, that tell of a life across two countries, with two fathers, in two homes.
The Why-Why Girl
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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
The Banyan Tree
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Neela Subramaniam +11
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- Description: To every Indian, the Banyan tree is very sacred. This collection of 15 stories epitomizes all that the Banyan tree stands for and more. This book aims to instil in children strong, moral values. This is a collection of 15 value based stories.Edited by Navin Menon and illustrated by Saurabh Pandey.
Maharani The Cow
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Christy Shoba Sudhir
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- Description: Lined up on a street are noisy motorbikes, honking cars, crowded buses, impatient autos... In their midst sits a queenly Maharani! At the heart of this funny little vignette is a cool-as-a-cucumber cow, an all too familiar character of an Indian streetscape. Nancy Raj’s full-of-life pictures bustle with detail and drama, capturing the bovine and the boisterous as everyone tries to unseat her highness. 2018: The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award – Best Picture Book 2018: Honor Book, South Asia Book Award
Orbit- Textile
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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. Every issue also carries a supplement called Campus Capers which features articles exclusively by students of selected schools.
Malli Chandakku Pokunnu
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Jeeva Raghunath
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- Description: It’s the day of the local market in Malli’s village. Cotton candy, peanut balls, stick ice, rose soda – there’s so much for Malli and her friends to try! But some of them don’t have enough money. Then, Malli has an idea… Friendship and sharing are at the heart of this third book in the Malli series, with pictures that take you around a village in Tamil Nadu and into the bustle of a market filled with treats.
Chandni Ke Pankh
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Mamang Dai +1
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- Description: Four delightful tales from Arunachal Pradesh on how the world came to be ñ two brothers create the world; a river wanders over the mountain; the dove sings a lullaby; a wayward sun tries to scorch the earth.
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