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ISBN: 9788183615907
Pages: 48
Avg Reading Time: 2 hrs
Age: 18+
Country of Origin: India
The Girl Who Climbed Mountains: Bachendri Pal
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Lavanya Karthik
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- Description: Before Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mt Everest, she was a little girl with dreams as big as the sky.
The Life and Times of Pratapa Mudaliar
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Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai
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- Description: Published more than 125 years ago, The Life and Times of Pratapu Mudaliar is an adventurous journey to the realm of folk tales and fables, mythology and morality. A colourful expedition from one story to another, it moves from humour to satire, from failure to success, from tears to laughter. Splendidly translated by Meenakshi Tyagarajan and with an Afterword by Sascha Ebeling, Katha Proudhly presents the very first Tamil novel.
A Harappan Adventure
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Sunila Gupte
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- Description: 2570 BCE, Bagasra Village, Harappa, India Twelve-year-old Avani is a happy-go-lucky, adventurous Harappan girl, who loves to play with her friends Tavishi, Delshad and Ambar. The wedding of the Village Elder’s daughter Ketika brings fresh excitement into their lives. However, something sinister is afoot, as Avani realizes when she overhears a mysterious conversation between two men. Other incidents, like a bizarre robbery and a fire at the grain storeroom, add to the tension. Do these unconnected events point to a bigger plan? How is the monk from far-off China linked to all this? Will Avani and her friends’ quick thinking unmask this plan, and save the honour of Bagasra village and Harappa?
Sun Mere Bete Pyare
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Dinesh Kumar Jangid 'Sarang'
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Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories
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Smt. Sudha Murty
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- Description: A princess who thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees and a shepherd with a bag of words kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum. Sudha Murty's grandparents told her some of these stories when she was a child others she heard from her friends from around the world. These delightful and timeless folk tales have been her favourites for years and she has recounted them many times over to the young people in her life. With this collection, they will be enjoyed by many more readers, of all ages.
Ramcharcha
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Premchand
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- Description: भगवान श्री राम की कथा बहुत पुरानी है और इसे बहुत से लोगों ने बहुत तरीक़े से कहा है। एक तरीका महान कथाकार मुंशी प्रेमचंद का है और यह तरीका उन्होंने बच्चों के लिए विकसित किया है। उनके कहने का तरीका इतना सरल, कौतुकपूर्ण और जीवंत है कि जो लोग यह कथा जानते हैं, उन्हें भी पढ़ने में रस मिलेगा। मुंशी प्रेमचंद रामकथा के उन मार्मिक स्थलों को पहचानते हैं जो बच्चों के लिए रुचिकर और श्रेयस्कर दोनों हैं। लेकिन पढ़ते हुए यह ध्यान रखना ज़रूरी हैकि यह इतिहास या महाकाव्य नहीं, उपन्यास है।
Hitopadesh ki Lokpriya Kahaniyan
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Mahesh Dutt Sharma
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Ek Chor Ki Chaudah Raatein
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Arun Kamal +1
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- Description: प्रसिद्ध लेखक अरुण कमल ने युवा वयस्कों के लिए एक चोर की कहानी लिखी है। यह चोर बनने की पहली चौदह रातों की उसकी यात्रा है। इन रातों में उसका सामना शिक्षित-अशिक्षित, अमीर-गरीब कई लोगों से होता है। मजबूत उपपाठ के साथ पढ़ने में आसान भाषा में लिखी गई कहानी पढ़ने के लिए आकर्षक बनाती है। अतनु रॉय के चित्र पुस्तक और इसके डिज़ाइन को समृद्ध करते हैं। उनके रंगों का प्रयोग और उनकी रचना उल्लेखनीय है। पाठकों को उनकी कलाकृति रमणीय लगेगी। Age group 9-12 years
Ghadi Hai Bade Kaam Ki Cheez
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Subhankar Mishra
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- Description: ‘घड़ी है बड़े काम की चीज़’ वस्तुतः घड़ियों के विकास को बतलाने वाली पुस्तक है। यह बाल जिज्ञासाओं को बढ़ाती है। पहले धूप घड़ी के रूप में ही घड़ियों का विकास हुआ है। बाद में आधुनिक घड़ियाँ आईं। कई तरह की घड़ियों के आविष्कार में एक जलघड़ी भी है। लोग जलघड़ी का उपयोग भी समय जानने के लिए करते थे। इसके अतिरिक्त रेत घड़ी, गाँठदार रस्सी के जलनेवाली घड़ी, चिराग से समय का ज्ञान, धारीदार मोमबत्ती वाली घड़ी जैसे वैज्ञानिक आधारों से भी समय जाना जाता था। यह पुस्तक घड़ी के इन सभी रूपों की जानकारी देते हुए उसकी विकास-यात्रा को बताती है।
Jungle ki Kahaniyan
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Munshi Premchand
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- Description: जंगल की कहानियाँ - आपने सर्प मणि के बारे में ज़रूर सुना होगा लेकिन यह कहानी उससे ज्यादा मज़ेदार लगेगी। एक भालू ने अपने मालिक और कारिंदे की जान बचायी ।
Totaram
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Shri Krishna
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Ramesh Upadhyay Chuninda Bal Kahaniyan
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Ramesh Upadhyay
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- Description: रमेश उपाध्याय (01 मार्च 1942-24 अप्रैल 2021 ) हिंदी साहित्य के प्रख्यात लेखक, संपादक और आलोचक रहे हैं। वे दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय में प्राध्यापक और 'कथन' पत्रिका के संपादक रहे। उनके प्रकाशित कहानी संग्रह, उपन्यास, नाटक, निबंध आदि की संख्या पचास से अधिक है। केंद्रीय हिंदी संस्थान, आगरा, उ.प्र. हिंदी संस्थान, हिंदी अकादमी, दिल्ली सहित कई संस्थाओं से सम्मानित श्री उपाध्याय ने बाल साहित्य भी लिखा। पार्थ सेनगुप्ता बच्चों की 100 से अधिक पुस्तकों के चित्रकार हैं। उन्होंने गवमेंट कॉलेज ऑफ आर्ट एंड क्राफ्ट, कोलकाता से शिक्षा ग्रहण की और वे अब दिल्ली में रहते हैं। वे लगभग एक दशक तक हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स के लिए काम करते रहे।
Ektara Bole
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Dilip Chinchalkar +1
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- Description: Ektara Bole is a travel memoir in Hindi for young readers that features ten of the greatest travellers who visited India in the last two thousand years. This delightful historic non-fiction encapsulates their background, life story, travel route, and excerpts from as well as comments on their writings.
Jeevan Tere Roop Anek
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Pramod Joshi
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Masai Mara
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Kamala Bhasin +1
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- Description: Masai Mara is a famous sanctuary in Kenya. In this book, you will find stories and photographs of lions, leopards, panthers, giraffes, zebras and others. Two wonderful people with the dream of a free society have created this book. At the first glance, you will see forest and only forest in this book. If you take a closer look, you will find that it poses some questions about the way our world works. Hypocrisy and discrimination that exists in our world. Two women wander without a care in these forests. During an interview, a female guard at Kanha was asked, "Don't you feel afraid in the jungle?". "I feel fear when I return to the village'. This book would remind you of many such incidents. Kamla Bhasin has been working for peace for more than four decades. Bina Kak has been in love with forest animals and wildlife for many years now. She works towards its preservation and care. Read Masai Mara's photographs and see its words and dream about a free world for a few moments. There will come a spring when you will rid yourself of the load of sweaters and feel light...open...like a sparkle of freshness... This captivating design of the book is the work of Sujasha Dasgupta.
The Curse Of The Goddess
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Satyajit Ray
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- Description: A deserted temple. The death of a patriarch. An escaped tiger. An incident near the desolate Chhinnamasta temple on the rocky riverbank of Rajrappa leads to the death of Mahesh Chowdhury, the head of a Hazaribagh family. Adding to the mystery are a set of coded diaries, a valuable stamp collection that is missing and a tiger that is roaming the streets of Hazaribagh. One of Feluda’s most intriguing adventures, this shows the master sleuth at his best.
Hans Aur Rajkumari
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Sumitranandan Pant
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Mitti Ka Itra
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Dileep Chinchalkar
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- Description: मिट्टी का इत्र कहानी संग्रह एक गुदडी की तरह अलग-अलग रंगों और सुरों की कहानियों को जोड़ता है। दिलीप चिंचालकर की उत्सुकता और जिज्ञासा हर कहानी के ज़रिए हमें उत्साहित और प्रेरित करती है। बचपन के अनुभव, रोज़मर्रा की जिन्दगी, बड़ी हस्तियों से मुलाक़ात, कलाकारों की कहानियाँ , जानवरों के किस्से, क्या नहीं है इस किताब में! हर कहानी हमें सैर पर ले चलती है और पूरी किताब पढ़ने के बाद आपको लगेगा कि आप दुनिया की सैर कर आए! इस किताब को अपने दोस्तों और परिवार वालों के साथ पढ़ें और दुनिया की महक बांटे, मिट्टी के इत्र के साथ। Age 12+
The Serpent's Revenge
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Smt. Sudha Murty
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- Description: How many names does Arjuna have? Why was Yama cursed? What lesson did a small mongoose teach Yudhisthira? The Kurukshetra war, fought between the Kauravas and Pandavas and which even compelled the gods to choose sides, is well known. However, countless stories from before, after, and during the war offer new perspectives and are largely unfamiliar. Award-winning author Sudha Murty reintroduces the captivating world of India's greatest epic through extraordinary tales in this collection, each of which is sure to inspire wonder and amazement.
A Chola Adventure
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Kumar Anu +1
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- Description: 990 CE, Tanjore, India Twelve-year-old Raji is growing up during the reign of Rajaraja Chola in south India. Raji is a girl of spirit–brave, bright and bold. She is also a dancer, a warrior and a sculptor who models kingdoms in stone. Raji, however is not happy: she misses her family. Her mother is in exile and her father has left home in grief. On a dark night as a storm rages, Raji rescues a Chinese sailor at sea. This sets off a chain of events with unforeseen consequences. A Shiva statue goes missing, a prince disappears and there is a murder inside a temple. As Raji and her friends, the prince Rajendra Chola and his cousin, Ananta, try to help the Chinese mariner, they realize that he may have some of the answers Raji has been looking for. Will the Criminals be brought to justice? Will Raji’s family be reunited once again? Will peace be restored to the mighty Chola Kingdom?
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