Tiger by the Tail | NBA Honour
NBA 2018 Honour Book | Young Readers Author: Â Venita Coelho Publisher: Hachette India About the book: Tigers are being reported missing from wildlife reserves across India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Several hundred tigers have vanished. Something, or someone, is taking them. And if they are not stopped, this could mean the end of the species. It […]
Dead As A Dodo
Author: Venita Coelho Publisher: Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltd About the book: Mission Brief: Somebody is on an extinction operation, stealing all the last specimens of highly endangered species. This mysterious crook has somehow managed to discover the impossible – a living specimen of Raphus cucullatus, aka, the dodo. Yes, the same flightless bird […]
Tiger Boy 🏆
Author: Mitali Perkins Publisher: Penguin Random House Charlesbridge About the book: Neel’s parents want him to win a scholarship, and go to the big city to study. But Neel doesn’t want to leave his beloved sundarbans, with its and then a tiger cub goes missing from the reserve! The evil Gupta wants to sell the […]
The Tree Lover
Author: Ruskin Bond Publisher: Puffin Books About he book: Everything that you’ve always loved about Ruskin Bond is back. His mesmerizing descriptions of nature and his wonderful way with words—this is Ruskin Bond at his finest. Read on as Rusty tells the story of his grandfather’s relationship with the trees around him, who’s convinced that […]
The Dwarf, the Girl and the Holy Goat
Author: Cordis Paldano Publisher: Hachette India About the book: A poor girl, a kind dwarf and a beloved goat – not to forget a gangster politician – meet in an action-packed tale of friendship and courage. Charlie the dwarf stops to console a girl crying by the roadside – and from there begins a friendship […]
The Curious Case of the Sweet and Spicy Sweetshop
Author: Nandini Nayar Publisher: Puffin Books About the Book: Making and selling sweets day after day is the life of Vishnudas Mithaiwala, the owner of The Sweet and Spicy Sweetshop. However, when Laddoo appears at his doorstep one night, claiming to be his estranged sister Revati’s son, Vishnu’s life is thrown into confusion. More craziness […]
The Cloudfarers
Author: Stephen Alter Publisher: Puffin About the book: Those footprints tell us of our origins, recalling the first Cloudfarers who came to earth, exiled from the sky. ‘ Paramount Academy is nothing short of a prison. As Kip comes to terms with this awful military-style school, he makes new friends who have a terrible secret: […]
Painters Potters Cooks and Kings | NBA Honour
NBA 2019 Honour Book | Junior Readers Author: Subhadra Sen Gupta Publisher: Scholastic About the book: Travel back in time and meet King Ashoka, Emperor Akbar, King Krishna Deva Raya, Princess Jahanara and other unforgettable people from Indian history. A dose of history, a dash of mystery and a dollop of adventure—find all of this […]
Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire: Adventures in Champak Bagh
Author: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar Publisher : Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited About the book: Is Jwala Kumar a bird? A bat? A chameleon? Or is he something no one has ever seen before? And did he really just fall out of the sky into Champakbagh?Mohan Chandar lives with his wife and three children in the […]
Ahimsa 🏆
Author: Supriya Kelkar Publisher: Scholastic India About the book: New Visions Award Winner! Can one girl make a difference in the destiny of a nation? It is 1942 and 10-year-old Anjali’s mother has joined India’s freedom struggle. Anjali gets unwillingly involved in the turmoil. She has to give up her biases against the Dalit community, […]