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Zai’s uncle is the famous 'birdman of India' Salim Ali, everyone in her family is a birding expert, and she herself can’t so much as identify the pipit sitting right under her nose. In this delightful portrait of childhood, Zai Whitaker recounts her early birding woes and how she winged it. Prabha Mallya’s pictures pick up the humour, and are an arresting collage of a bird-filled Bombay of the past, and a troubled little girl with a ‘superstar’ uncle!
ISBN: 9789350469279
Pages: 28
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
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Meghaa Gupta
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Sayantan Datta +1
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Richa Jha
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Malavika Shetty
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Wasimbarry Maner
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Devika Rangachari
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Proiti Roy
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Yasaswini Sampathkumar +1
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Rajnish Sharma
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Sayantan Datta +2
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Sandhya Rao
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We Are The Dancing Forest
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Raj Shekhar
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- Description: We are tall tumbling trees We are berries in the breeze We are tigers, we are hares We are rumbling rolling bears… The rhythm of the verse draws us beat by beat into a forest, lush and alive. But who are the ‘we’, so steeped in every part of it? Words and pictures sing together in this light and glorious ode to nature and those who live among it. Inspired by an Adivasi song from Telangana and with stunning art by a well-known Gond artist, this taps right into the instincts of children – fun with words and rhythm, and a yet unspoilt ability to be aware of the connectedness of the natural world.
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Bharti Singh
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Rajnish Sharma
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Vibha Batra
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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.
Food Monster
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Meenu Thomas
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- Description: From roti to dosa and chakli to barfi, there are different kinds of food you can eat across India. Food Monster explores the shapes of these food items. The illustrations in the book are inspired by Gyotaku or ‘fish rubbing’, an old printmaking technique used by fishermen to record their catch.
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.
Customer Reviews
April 9, 2023, 7:29 am
radhika kapoor
nice book with meaningful message, recommended for young readers.
