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Biji's In The Kitchen
By Natasha Sharma
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta Vaswani
Publisher : Duckbill - Penguin Random House India
Biji’s in the Kitchen! (Hook Book): A funny, illustrated story about a Punjabi grandmother who cannot cook | Perfect for 5+ years
Slimy bhindi curry, anyone? Biji is freestyle and fun. But when she is in the kitchen, everyone, beware!
Thank God
It's Caturday
A Collection of Cool Cat Stories
By Lubaina Bandukwala
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta Vaswani
Publisher : Red Panda (Westland)
A collection of 10 short cat stories written beautifully by 10 amazing Indian authors
* Lavanya Karthik
* Shabnam Minwala
* Nalini Ramachandran
* Nandini Nayar
* Neha Singh
* Harshikaa Udasi
* Khyrunnisa A.
* Nalini Sorensen
* Vaishali Shroff
* Lalita Iyer
Move over Friday, it’s Caturday! A day to celebrate Cool cats with stories by some of India’s foremost Children’s authors. There’s Pharaoh Itinramen who considers all cats ‘sneaky and unreliable’ in ‘Along Came a Wild Thing’. Then there’s the resident ghost of Bright Minds School who hates the horrid boys in ’The Yellow Cat’. And Billu, the cat who has famous friends. Meet them and many more ubercool cats in Thank God it’s Caturday!
One, Three, Five HELP
Written by Kuzhali Manickavel
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta Vaswani
Published by Pratham
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A coconut beetle loves to count. He loves to spot patterns of odd numbers and even numbers. One day, he falls on his back. How many friends come to help him? An odd number of friends or an even number of friends?
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Pratham Books is a non for profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish high-quality affordable books in many Indian languages. Our books have spread the joy of reading to millions of children. To see how you can contribute to the mission to put "a book in every child's hand" please visit www.prathambooks.org
The Very Shocking
Report Card
Written by Jane De Suza
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta Vaswani
Published by Pratham
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What would happen if report cards were not all about studying and writing exams? What marks would you get then?.
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Pratham Books is a non for profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish high quality affordable books in many Indian languages. Our books have spread the joy of reading to millions of children. To see how you can contribute to the mission to put "a book in every child's hand" please visit www.prathambooks.org
Dipa Karmakar -
In Perfect Balance
Written by Sreelata Menon
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta
Published by Pratham
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Dipa Karmakar was the first Indian female gymnast to compete in the Olympic Games. In 2016, she finished fourth at the event held in Rio. She grew up in Tripura and began learning gymnastics at the age of five. Read about her journey from Agartala to Rio.
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Pratham Books is a non for profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish high quality affordable books in many Indian languages. Our books have spread the joy of reading to millions of children. To see how you can contribute to the mission to put "a book in every child's hand" please visit www.prathambooks.org
Moongphali
Written by Neha Singh . Mukesh Chhabra
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta Vaswani
Publisher : Rupa Publications India 2017
Nandu wants to go to his school fancy-dress competition dressed as a king, but his mother makes him wear a foolish-looking watermelon costume instead.
Dolly and Sunny are leading a happy life as a pair of genius twins, till they wish for their clones.
All Poonam wants is the perfect pair of blue and white slippers and she finds them too, except that they belong to someone else.
Sher and Samandar are best friends till a piece of mysterious rock turns them into sworn enemies.
Meet these kids and many others like them in this very delightful collection, Moongphali. Funny, adventurous, smart and mischievous, these are children from all parts of India. They speak different languages, eat all kinds of food, live in homes that look totally unlike each other—yet you will find a bit of yourself in each one of them.
Relish these stories and relive your childhood with your kids.
Why Does A Poori Puff Up?
Written by Varsha Joshi
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta
Published by Pratham
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Round, fat pooris are a treat in most Indian homes. Why do they puff up? There is a whole lot of science behind this simple question.
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Pratham Books is a non for profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish high quality affordable books in many Indian languages. Our books have spread the joy of reading to millions of children. To see how you can contribute to the mission to put "a book in every child's hand" please visit www.prathambooks.org
The Wednesday Bazaar
Written by Neha Singh
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta
Published by Karadi Tales
Nominated for "Jarul Book Awards" 2017
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Bela's lost her Ma! With the help of a whole new host of friends including an intrepid goat and a man who walks on air, Bela sets off to find her Ma.
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Karadi Tales is a children's publishing house based in Chennai, India. I got an oppurtunity to work with them. This was my first illustrated story book.
Bela Misses Her Train
Written by Neha Singh
Illustrated by Sonal Gupta
Published by Karadi Tales
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Bela gets lost again! This time, at the railway station. Has Nani boarded the train that she just missed? Will the kind ticket collector help reunite her with Nani? Take an exciting journey with Bela and her friends in Neha Singh’s endearing sequel to The Wednesday Bazaar, illustrated by Sonal Gupta.
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Karadi Tales is a children's publishing house based in Chennai, India.
