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Do you know that there were once seven cities within the city of Delhi? Can you imagine that Delhi once ran a tram service? Have you ever heard about the drool-worthy sixteen-layered paratha that you get only in Delhi? Can you believe that Delhi runs the largest fleet of environment-friendly buses? All of this and a lot more abound in this anything-but-typical travel book for the young. Just like the city of Delhi, there’s nothing ordinary about it!
ISBN: 9789382454281
Pages: 40
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Choomantar
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: Jivuba wants to become a singer but she cannot because she has to get married. Luckily, Dammu, the wise apsara of the forest, casts a spell to remedy the situation! But what happens when the spell breaks?
HANUMAN'S RAMAYAN
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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.
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.
The Ghost who played tennis and other stories
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Santhini Govindan
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- Description: It is a matter of concern when a bottle of liquor, some leftover food and other trash items are found strewn on the floor of a temple..... It is a matter of concern when an old unused room that has long lain silent reverberates with the sound of tennis balls giving a creepy feeling..... It is a matter of concern when friends on a midnight adventure get caught in a storm and the so-called Tag Along hastens to brave strong currents just so he can reach out for help... It is a matter of concern when the explosion of Diwali crackers outside drowns the explosion of emotions within, making the deafening silence inside scream for attention... These are just glimpses of a few realistic stories in this collection. There are more, each dealing with and overcoming some conflict or another as they race towards a conclusion. A compendium of 15 short stories for the 9-12 age group written by multiple writers and illustrated by Ankur Mitra.
Forgetful Dida
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Himanjali Sankar
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- Description: Dida has a forgetting illness. She almost went to the grocery store wearing just one sandal, instead of both, and she forgot the numbers between three and ten. What will Dida forget next? A tender story of memory told by a young girl about her grandmother. Reading Level:3;for children who are ready to read on their own.
Mallipoo, Where are You?
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Radhika Chadha
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- Description: When Paytu the pig goes on a sugarcane walk with Amma the elephant and Hutoxi the horse, she asks Anna and Akka to look after her babies. But the two elephant teenagers get busy in a game of coconut-football... and the piglets disappear! The muddy-buddy fourth story in the ever popular series about Bahadur the baby elephant!
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.
HICCOPOTAMUS
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: Late one night, as all the animals of Gulmohar Jungle were settling in for a quiet sleep under the silvery moon, a most enormous thing fell into the White Lily Pond Ö a hiccuping hippo called Hawasi. Join the Gulmohar jungle-wallahs for some madcap fun as they come together to help Hawasi with his hiccups and get him back home. Giggles and chortles guaranteed!
ANYA AND HER BABY BROTHER
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Jerry Pinto
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- Description: Pouting and shouting – that’s what Anya has been doing ever since her baby brother came along. Because he is a “special child”, her mother says, and needs special care all the time. And Anya is fed up. Then along comes a butterfly – no, a butterbeing! – who takes her up into the clouds, where she sees how a bit of this and a bit of that is mixed together so that every child is special. Anya too!A highly original picture book on inclusiveness – with a bit of sci-fi, a bit of humour, a large bit of inventiveness, and cheerful pictures that bring it all together.
ADITI ADVENTURES - MEETING GRENDEL
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Suniti Namjoshi
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- Description: Looking for a Deep Rose that may make Aditi’s grandmother feel better, the adventurers go to the coast of Devon in England. There they meet the little boy Grendel who lives under the sea, prowls around at night scaring others, can’t remember anything and doesn’t care about it. Re-casting ‘monster’ characters from the Beowulf story, the author wonders if what we see depends on how we see it. Do stories make you look at things differently? Could you be you today, if you didn’t remember who you were yesterday?
Yenakku Thookkam Thookkama Varudu
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Radhika Chadha
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- Description: Bahadur, the little elephant has forgotten how to sleep. Worried and very, very sleepy, he goes to his animal friends for help. But they all sleep in their own different ways – elephants don't sleep like that! What will Bahadur do? The snoozy-woozy first story in the ever popular series about Bahadur the baby elephant! Available in Mundari. For more details, please contact us.
Andhiyare Se Atkheli
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Margaret Mahy +1
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- Description: Winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing and two coveted Carnegie Medals, Margaret Mahy is recognized as one of the worldís most original re-inventors of language. And now, here is her favourite sneaky-peeky cat poem ó for every child. Available in Hindi and Tamil also. Beautifully illustrated by Anvadya Khatri, a student of Sanskriti School, New Delhi. Enjoy this playful book with your young book lover!
Pishi and Me
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Timira Gupta +1
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- Description: Chutku returns from his walks with his aunt, his pocket full of treasures and stories. Narrated from a childs point of view, this is the story of the heartwarming relationship between an aunt and her nephew.
Gajapati Kulapati
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Ashok Rajagopalan
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- Description: Small noses catch small colds. Big noses catch big colds. Gajapati Kulapati the elephant has a big nose and catches a great, big, mighty cold! And what happens when he sneezes – Aaaaachoooo….? With repetitive sounds and words that roll rhythmically through the pages, this bestselling series about the adorable elephant puts the zing back into storytelling and reading aloud. Bright, zestful pictures and dynamic visual text echo the lilt, making these big, happy books of fun.
Aaloo Raja Kitne Achchhe
- Author Name:
Ramesh Dave
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- Description: short stories for children's about 8 to 14 year of age by senior hindi writer ramesh dave
Tales from Indian Classics Book III
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Savitri
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- Description: The stories presented and retold in this book are some of the best from Indian classics.
Jhuplini Madh Peti
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Achintyarup Ray
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- Description: બાબા ક્યાં છે? તે હજી પાછો કેમ નથી આવ્યો? સાંજ પડતાં જ ઝુપલી બેચેન છે. તેના પિતા ગાઢ જંગલમાં મધ એકઠું કરવા ગયા છે અને તે ડરી ગઈ છે. કારણ કે જંગલમાં વાઘ છે. કારણ કે લોકો ક્યારેક અંદર જાય છે અને ક્યારેય બહાર આવતા નથી. બાબાને રોજ જોખમમાં જવું જોઈએ? ઝુપલીને એક વિચાર છે – મધ બોક્સ! મૂડથી ભરપૂર ચિત્રો અને લખાણ ઝુપલીની સતત ચિંતાને ભવ્ય સુંદરબનની સફાઈમાં વણી લે છે, એક એવું સ્થળ છે જેટલું તે સુંદર છે, એક વાર્તામાં જે તેના મધ એકત્ર કરનારાઓની દુર્દશા તરફ નિર્દેશ કરે છે.
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.
A Trip To Heaven
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Leelawati Bhagwat
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- Description: Awaited
Dungi Dance
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Bhavna Jain Bhuta
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- Description: Dhum Dhum Dhum… dhup dhup dhup… Dungi dances to a dhinchak beat in this foot-tapping story that will make young readers move and groove, clap and tap! Big sheep, small sheep, bored sheep, happy sheep… eye-catching visuals bring to life the dance and drama in a woolly world.
