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Children’s favourite joke subject makes for a funny and very informative book about the variety of ways in which animal excreta is produced and used by a variety of creatures, from caterpillars to hippos. The puns add to the fun.
Anna’s Extrordinary Experiments with Weather
Nandita Jeyaraj has captured the very essence of the scientific temper through her charming and informative story of scientist Anna Mani known, among other things, for her work with weather. Written with a light touch and a sense of wonder that’s captured so movingly in Priya Kuriyan’s illustrations, the book is a much-needed yet rare treasure in the basket of science writing for children.
A charming, quick-paced story that plays with words and makes them fun, bringing alive the everyday in a magical way. The theme of a child always asking ‘Why?’ is explored in an imaginative way and there is fortunately no big moral in the story. The illustrations are full of quirky details, to be looked at again and again for new delights everytime! The craft of storytelling through both the words and the pictures makes this book a real keeper.
An exceptional book that blends text and illustrations to introduce pioneering woman photographer Homai Vyarawalla. The story moves briskly from one photo to the next on Homai’s limited roll of film, with illustrations that brilliantly capture the photography process. The biographical note and facsimiles of Homai’s images at the end adds valuable context. This book is a model biography, hopefully setting tone for others to come.
जसिंता की डायरी में झारखंड और ओडिशा के आदिवासियों के संग बिताए गए उनके अनुभव और उनकी कुछ कविताएँ संकलित हैं। जसिंथा स्वयं एक आदिवासी परिवार से हैं। शायद इसलिए उनके वर्णन में खास यह है कि हमें आदिवासी जीवन का एक ‘इन्साइडर व्यू’ देखने को मिलता है। उनके जीवन के कई पहलुओं का वह बड़े अपनेपन से वर्णन करती हैं। परंतु इसके साथ ही इस खूबसूरत जीवन के निरंतर होते विध्वंस के दर्द का स्वर लगातार सुनाई देता है। इसके बावजूद जसिंथा ने इंसानियत पर अपने गहरे भरोसे को बचाकर रखा है क्योंकि वह मानती हैं कि इस दुनिया को सिर्फ़ प्रेम ही बचा कर रख सकता है।
This unusual book attempts to banish the common perception that philosophy is not for children, though most of us can recognize that children make wonderful philosophers. The book is divided into sections where timeless and core philosophical concerns are transformed into common themes in a child’s life – seeing, thinking, reading, writing, mathematics, art, being good and learning – that they can relate to easily. The quirky illustrations animate and support the lucid text that makes philosophy contemporary, fun, relatable yet absorbing.
History Hunters: Chandragupta Maurya and the Greek Onslaught
History meets science fiction meets classic adventure story in this exciting time travel tale of a group of children and an unlikely pet finding themselves in a world 2000 years ago. Bringing the era of Alexander and the Mauryan rulers alive through the eyes of the children, it is an unusual and gripping journey through history, while also keeping the pace fast and tense, until the end.
Priya Kuriyan, the illustrator-writer of this book has woven a tale around an unusual pair of heroines – a sharp and brave rural policewoman and a music-loving buffalo. Beauty, the buffalo goes missing, and Jincy, the policewoman gets down to work to find her. The beautiful illustrations tell half the story, and the tightly written text conveys the rest, subtly and hilariously. This book is a treat for both early readers as well as older children.
