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, […]
Flying with Grandpa
Author: Madhuri Kamat Publisher: Duckbill Books and Publications Pvt Ltd Illustrator: Niloufer Wadia About the book: We need to take him out of here. Xerxes will never grow up with Mamavaji around. ‘Xerxes’ mother wants him to be like JRD Tata, but all Xerxes wants is to be like his Grandpa – his beloved Mamavaji. […]
The Rise of the Midnight King
Author: Olivier Lafont Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited About the Book: In the shadow of the Himalayas, a fantastic saga has begun. With zombie clowns, flying gods, exotic animals and a curious bunch of children who refuse to be defeated… Every summer, twins Shari and Tal Kandhari, sisters Iti and Trikaya Pillai, and Safir […]
Nadya
Author: Debasmita Dasgupta Publisher: Scholastic India About the book: Thirteen-year-old Nadya lives a happy, carefree life nurtured by the love of her parents and the home they have built together. But, one day, things start to fall apart, which eventually leads to her parents’ separation. Heartbroken and distraught, Nadya can’t believe that her father would […]
Flyaway Boy
Author: Jane De Suza Publisher: Puffin About the book: Kabir doesn’t fit in. Not in the wintry hill town he lives in, and not in his school, where the lines are always straight. Backed into a corner with no way out, Kabir vanishes. With every adult’s nightmare now coming true, finding this flyaway boy will […]
All of Me 🏆
Author: Venita Coelho Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s About the book: London, 1854: Castor is discovered locked away in a basement. He has been there for five years, but he hasn’t been alone. The Family has kept him company. These are his multiple personalities that have emerged out of the dark. Mr Pickwick is the father figure […]
Journey to the Forbidden City
Author: Deepa Agarwal Publisher: Puffin About the book: Nineteenth-century Tibet was an unknown entity, a complete geographical mystery to the West. Where did its capital city Lhasa lie? Which rivers, lakes and mountains stretched across this land? Where were its fabled monasteries and legendary goldfields? And did the magical flying lamas actually exist?
Young Pandavas: The City of Elephants
Author: Anupam Arunachalam Publisher: Hachette About the book: Nine-year-old Sahadev and his four brothers – Yudhishthir, Bhim, Arjun and Nakul – are happy in their little forest home, until a forgotten curse changes their lives forever. They return as princes to Hastinapur, a city full of riches. . . and secrets. Soon enough, the young […]