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* Rhyming verse makes for a delightful read- aloud experience as children follow this little polar bear - with an impatient curiosity so much like their own! - in her adventures * Poet, writer and feminist Kamla Bhasin throws in a gentle gender comment about girls, about what girls can do too * Bindia Thapar's lovable illustrations bring colour, vibrancy and warmth to the snow-white landscape of the North Pole * Malu's intrepid spirit will inspire children to be daring and adventurous - and also show them that a little bit of caution and obedience isn't a bad thing either!
* Award-winning writer Niveditha Subramaniam's verse compellingly evokes the casual carelessness with which we destroy the natural world * Aindri C's illustrations put a clever spin on a traditional art form - the fish and sea creatures used as printing plates in the Japanese art of ' Gyotaku' are replaced with plastic objects like bottle caps and bubble wrap * Combines hard facts with rhyme and rhythm to show children the consequences that our actions have on the environment * Shows children how they can take small steps to make more sustainable choices
* Encourages children to think about their relationship with the environment * Shows the importance of coexisting sustainably with the other inhabitants of our planet * Mita Bordoloi's engaging text will keep children curious to find out how Bumoni finds a solution * Tarique Aziz's beautiful, dramatic pictures bring the Assamese landscape to life * This story came true about five years after it was first written!
Stories and fascinating facts take the reader on a double-decker ride across 15 states of India. They emerge distinct and different, like pieces of a jigsaw that create a magnificent whole - India!
A bird's nest? A cow with two horns? No, it's Minu's hair. And she does NOT like it. Her grandmother, her mother, her father try hard to tame it. But her grandfather is unconcerned...
Summer time is mango time - of blazing sun, sticky mango juice ringing the mouth and dripping down fingers. A time children wait for! But can any mango be sweeter than friendship? Unfamiliar words from the local Tulu language are explained with the help of Wordbirds that hop through the pages, giving readers access to a multicultural, multilingual vocabulary
Wherever Shabana goes, there goes Kajri the little goat. The problem is, Kajri likes to chew - rope, the teacher's book and even Phuppo Jammo's burkha. Just as things start getting out of hand, Shabana has the perfect idea to put Kajri'schewing skills to good use!
A picture book which unobtrusively raises questions of politics, gender and class within the context of a simple, positive story of a young tribal girl and her quest for learning.
Ten-year-old Advik comes from the US to India, and what is meant to be a quiet trip is about to jolt him! Did he ever imagine he would be called upon to help the gods?
He was a superstar in the world of animals and birds. He was friends with kings and queens and many Important People. Nehru and Indra Gandhi. And he went to London and Germany and all those kinds of places. He knew big-big people and went to big-big places, said everyone. 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 humor, and are an arresting collage of a bird-filled Bombay of the past, and a troubled little girl with a 'superstar' uncle!
A twelve-stop trip to monuments, sites and wonders of the world with a lively family of six. But that's not all. There's detective work to be done! * A picture puzzle book from the multifaceted Manjula Padmanabhan after the award-winning I am Different and the wacky Same and Different * Quiet hints in the jottings of the travellers and helpful clues in the spectacular pictures invite readers to guess where the family's just been - and no, it's not to the place on the previous page! * Vivid, detailed replications give children (and adults!) close glimpses of monuments, sites and wonders of the world, with interesting clues, pops of colour, and groups of entertaining tourists * Explores identity creatively and uniquely, with the artist's trademark humour tickling readers of all ages, everywhere * Perfect for family puzzle time, with pictures that make the readers observe closely and think in logical sequence
Aditi and friends set out to help the twins Roshan and Rohit who live in London. The River Thames has been poisoned and they are shocked to find out that a River Dragon is dying in its waters.
A modern fairytale about an ant, an elephant, a monkey and a girl, who set out to tame a supposedly fiery dragon.
Age range 3+Impish little Mala loves creeping up from behind and scaring everyone. Then her mother gives her a pair of pretty silver anklets...so now she goes chik chik chum, and everyone gets to know when she's coming! What does Mala do next?
Welcome to the world of Oluguti Toluguti--a world of elephants, buffaloes, crows, cockroaches, and hattima tim tims. Listen to birds call kau kau and kukre kuk. Meet Tuaan-Tueen and Rolenga and Suraiyya. Play in the rain falling chham chham chham, and dance thai thaka thaka with a crane standing on one leg. Meet Ammas and Abbus and Sister Moon. It is a chemma chekka world of dam padam pappadams, khabdak khabdak rocking horses and lots more! This collection includes 54 traditional and familiar childhood rhymes in 18 languages drawn from across India. It celebrates different childhoods as well as the richness and vitality of India's multilingual character. Lively adaptations in English echo the cadences and rhythms of the originals (which also appear alongside, with transliterations in Roman/English and Devanagari/ Hindi scripts).
A picture book about the childhood of the best tabla player in the world, Grammy Award-winning Zakir Hussain Just a day and a half old, the very first words Zakir hears from his famous father, Allarakha, are bols -- rhythms played out on tablas! These rhythms sing and dance in his head, on Amma's cheeks, on pots and pans... The author follows these beats, stringing together little vignettes from his life. From a childhood around music to the highs of a performer who took the tabla to the world, this joyous story introduces children to a musical genius, whose busy fingers and flying curls make him the inimitable Zakir Hussain. The illustrations add their own magic with fine artistry and a subtle but striking use of colors.
On a trip to the Taj Mahal, Minnie secretly brings Pooni along - but the naughty cat slips off on her own adventure!
Graa-aaa-aaa-ooo-oon! Every time Beni Ram tries to sell his camel, Bholu promptly trots back. "The villagers use vans now instead of camel-carts. Nobody wants to give your old man a job anymore," says a gloomy Beni Ram. But fate has surprising plans for the out-of-luck Beni Ram and his beloved camel...
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