Sheela's Two Homes
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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.
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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.
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- Author Name:
Alankrita Amaya
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Chandrunilo Kundelu - Bilingual
- Author Name:
Indrani Krishnaier +1
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The Spring of Life
- Author Name:
Lavanya Karthik +1
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- Author Name:
Rukmini Banerji +1
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- Description: Nobody in the city has time to tell a story, until Didi and a little girl start a tidal wave of stories, that washes over everybody. Read this fascinating fable of the transformation of a city into the City of Stories.
Lady Tarzan
- Author Name:
Lavanya Karthik +1
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- Description: लेडी टार्ज़न उर्फ जमुना टुडू ने जंगलों को बचाने के लिए अपनी जान दांव पर लगा दी. उनकी कहानी संघर्ष और प्रेम की कहानी है। लावण्या कार्तिक ने लेडी टार्ज़न की कहानी दोबारा सुनाई। कहानी पूछती है, "क्या हम किसी चीज़ से प्यार करते हैं?" यह प्रश्न हमें आशा देता है क्योंकि हम किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति के लिए खड़े हो सकते हैं जिससे हम प्यार करते हैं। समर्थन के लिए। राजीव ईपे के चित्र कहानी को ध्वनि प्रदान करते हैं। एक स्वस्थ जंगल की आवाज़. Age group 9-12 years
Travelling Seeds
- Author Name:
Lavanya Karthik
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- Description: Flyer, floater, trickster, hitchhiker! Did you know that seeds can take on the most amazing roles in their quest to keep their species alive? Read on to explore the different ways seeds travel, and also meet the animals that help them on these journeys. Longlisted for WWF Greenlitfest Honour Book Award 2021
The Freedom Sisters
- Author Name:
Menaka Raman
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- Description: Payoshni wants to do something big, spectacular, amazing and fabulous for the Independence Day celebrations in Godavari Colony. But there’s not enough time and Bandmaster Totoji is not being helpful, either. A story about finding and pursuing one’s passion. Leading Level ;3 for children who are ready to read on their own
Enu Nodide?
- Author Name:
Nandini Nayar
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- Description: After a school trip to the zoo, Amma is surprised that Meera has seen no animals – not a monkey, a lion, or even a giraffe... But why did Meera see no animals there? Her lively mother forgets to ask! Zestful pictures capture the hilarious inversion of role play.
Run Ranga! Run!
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: Ranga is a baby rhino who loves to wallow in the mud and play with her mother. Walk the grasslands with Ranga as she becomes a graceful young adult, keeping an eye out for her little brother and her mother whom she loves so very very much! Fearless Ranga however needs a friend. Will you save her? “Simple yet stirring, the tale blends text and image in a perfect synergy.” — Mint, Young Lit “Books such as these are a wake-up call and play an important role in creating an awareness about the fate of our wildlife and the dire need for conservation … Minimal text and great layout with a lot of white space, is sure to appeal to children of all ages.” — Young India Books
Van Vaani Kalyani
- Author Name:
Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: The extraordinary N Kalyani, a secret wildlife veterinarian with a heart as wild as the creatures she protects, is back on the job! This jaunty poem whisks young reaaders into the Nilgiris, where Kalyani swings on vines and partners with wild animals to outsmart trouble. Bursting with jungle antics, this adventure celebrates courage, friendship, and the magic of one womanís mission to save her wild neighbours!.
Dorje's Stripes
- Author Name:
Anshumani Ruddra +2
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- Description: A beautiful Royal Bengal tiger, Dorje, is missing his stripes. In a small Buddhist monastery in Tibet, Master Wu, a gentle-hearted monk tries to understand the secret of Dorje’s missing stripes. This story takes us to Tibet, Bengal and the heart of the Royal Bengal Tiger. for ages 7- 9 years.
Boom Boom
- Author Name:
Prema Revathi
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- Description: Powerful pictures run a visual narrative in this story about a young boy named by his mother after her favourite movie star’s super-flop film – Sura! Sura grows up selling stickers at the Velankanni Church, climbing tall palms and playing under the tamarind tree. Until the day his grandfather arrives. His Thatha is different – a boom boom maatukaarar who travels through towns with his bull and drums, telling people their fortunes. His is a dying breed. A robust coming-of-age story that weaves together real life stories told by the children of nomadic communities.
Stick Your Tongue Out
- Author Name:
Sheela Preuitt +1
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- Description: Details awaited
ROOSTER RAGA
- Author Name:
Natasha Sharma
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- Description: Do roosters sing ragas? This one does, but like all true artistes gets to it after a lot of struggle! Every time he opens his mouth he sings a new tune but not the kukaroo-kuroo of the other roosters. His friends skip and stretch, stamp and roll and try to teach him. Try as he might our rooster kuka-moooooos, kuka-heeen haaans, kuka-miaooows but can't kukaroo-kuroo. This cheery, foot-tapping story invites big and little readers to move and sing, clap and tap along with Priya Kuriyan's expressive characters.
Ganga Dadi Zindabad
- Author Name:
Prakash Manu
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- Description: "हिंदी के जाने-माने कवि-कथाकार प्रकाश मनु ने बच्चों और किशोर पाठकों के लिए भी खूब लिखा है। उनकी कहानियों में बच्चों की दुनिया का हर रंग, हर खुशबू है—उनकी शरारतें और नटखटपन, उनके शिकवे-शिकायतें, उनके सुख-दु:ख और छोटी-बड़ी परेशानियाँ; साथ ही उनके खेल-कूद, मस्ती, सपने और मिलकर कुछ करने का हौसला भी। यही वजह है कि बच्चे और किशोर पाठक मनुजी की कहानियाँ ढूँढ़-ढूँढ़कर पढ़ते और सराहते हैं। कोई पच्चीस वर्षों तक लोकप्रिय बाल पत्रिका ‘नंदन’ से जुड़े रहे प्रकाश मनु की कहानियों का यही जादू उनकी चुनिंदा किशोर कहानियों की पुस्तक ‘गंगा दादी जिंदाबाद’ में एकदम नए रूप और अंदाज में सामने आया है। ‘गंगा दादी जिंदाबाद’ संग्रह में ‘मास्टर जी’, ‘प्यारे अनुराग के लिए’, ‘जब चित्र बनाए पैरों ने’, ‘मेरे प्यारे नंदू भैया’ और ‘किस्सा घुमक्कड़राम का’ सरीखी मनुजी की बेहद चर्चित किशोर कहानियाँ शामिल हैं, जिन्हें एक साथ पढ़ना रोमांचक अनुभव है। इसी तरह ‘सरस्वती बाबू’, ‘रज्जो की सहेली’, ‘अंधा गायक’, ‘मैं जीत गया पापा’ और ‘तुम भी पढ़ोगे जस्सू’ ऐसी कहानियाँ हैं, जिनमें बचपन के दु:ख और अभावों की छाया है; पर इसके बावजूद जीवन के रास्ते कभी खत्म नहीं होते, और हर मुसीबत के बाद नई राहें निकलती हैं। विश्वास है, साहित्य अकादेमी के पहले बाल साहित्य पुरस्कार से सम्मानित प्रकाश मनु की चुनिंदा किशोर कहानियों का यह संग्रह बच्चे खूब रस लेकर पढ़ेंगे। "
Sachchi Aur Romanchak Kahaniyan
- Author Name:
Naresh Saksena
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- Description: जगह बदलते ही चीज़ें किस तरह बदल जाती हैं। डिब्बे के भीतर, मुझये सिर्फ चार पाँच इंच दूर हवा गुनगुनी थी। बिस्तर था, कम्बल था और मैं बाहर सिर्फ पाज़ामा कुर्ता पहने रेल के दरवाज़े से लटका ठण्ड से सिहर रहा था। सिर्फ चार इंच की दूरी ने जीवन को मौत की और धकेल दिया था। और ये चार इंच पार करना असंभव था। इस संकलन में नामचीन कवि नरेश सक्सेना के जीवन की सच्ची और रोमांच से भरी कहानियाँ हैं। इनमें जिजीविषा, साहस और बूझ भी है।
Uncle Moon Forgets Counting - Tamil - English - Bilingual
- Author Name:
Sanjeev Jaiswal 'Sanjay'
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- Description: This is an interesting fantasy tale which entertains and promotes the importance of number counting
Iravu Vaanam
- Author Name:
Samina Mishra
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- Description: It’s late at night. Tipu is fast asleep when his two black puppies, Layla and Jugnoo, bound into his room. Down comes his star-filled quilt – and it becomes a cosmic playground for the three of them. Anything is possible, even flying to the moon! With illustrations that reflect the blending of reality and fantasy, this is a story about the sheer joy of imagination, and the wonder of play.
Kuttan Ko Mili Khushi
- Author Name:
Serene Kasim +1
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- Description: Kuttan thinks he is grown-up now. Find out if he is able to handle his noisy little cousins who pester him with questions.
How Heavy Is Air?
- Author Name:
Yasaswini Sampathkumar +1
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- Description: Balloons are colourful and light. Does the air inside them weigh anything at all, you might have wondered. Lakshmi has. So she and her classmates find out how heavy air is. Peek inside the covers to see what they learnt.
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