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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 forest walk is the most wondrous experience for every child and that is how Tulsa and her friends feel when they are invited for a special walk with caring forest offcials to steer them around. They touch, feel, smell, listen to, and get to know so many creatures. The illustrations are rich and resplendent with colour. At the end you hear this is a true story and you feel enriched by this experience too.
The Village with the Long Name
A fun and funny picture book full of endearing characters from a unique village that thinks it has a problem, and tries to solve it, with hilarious results.
An honest and insightful teenage novel about growing up in an adivasi community, being a part of its culture as well as its ominously threatened future. The young hero is in over his head in events he just about understands, where the peaceful world of the Gonds clashes with the greed of the commercial world outside.
This quirky story turns the princess trope upside down, while recognising that girls are smart and feisty but may like pink dresses and shiny things too! The exciting adventure takes the reader along on a roller coaster ride, leaving us dizzy and happy at the end.
Strange Worlds! Strange Times!
A perfect introduction to science fiction for young readers, this collection ranges from JC Bose to modern writers including Jerry Pinto and Manjula Padmanabhan. With stories that challenge and fascinate, the book weaves alternative worlds and possible futures through satire, humour and through provoking situations.
This is certainly a feel-good book but fortunately does not hit you on the head with a do-good message. A simple story, told from the perspective of Tenzin, a young monk, it has a good mix of adventure, encounters with the powers-that-be and beautiful descriptions of nature and animal life in Arunachal Pradesh. The illustrations are tasteful and add to the ambience of the place.
In this collection, Amma’s tales flow one into the next seamlessly – you too may fall asleep in the middle of one of them and get another one as a bonus when you wake up! The narrator’s voice is earnest, and the stories paint a vivid picture of Amma’s childhood. The drawings are exquisite and have a dream-like quality where one is not sure where fable ends and truth begins.
