MONKEYS ON A FAST
Posted 15 August 2018
by Goodbooks
Monkeys on a Fast is a fun, chuckle-inducing story adapted from a Buddhist fable. Chakrapani (Chakku), a monkey chieftain, and his band of...
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GAJAPATI KULAPATI GURRBURRRROOOM!
Posted 7 October 2016
by Sudeshna
The Gajapati Kulapati stories by Ashok Rajagopalan have become quite a favourite among picture book readers. Two books have been published in the...
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THE BOY WHO SWALLOWED A NAIL AND OTHER STORIES
Posted 15 September 2016
by Goodbooks
Children’s book publishers are constantly trawling the slush piles in search of fresh, original voices. One imagines that when Lalita Iyer’s...
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TALES FROM BENGAL
Posted 15 September 2016
by Goodbooks
Folktales, epic narratives and legends connect people to their land, to an identity and to each other. Tales from Bengal is a classic collection...
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UMA, NOT-SO-PERFECT
Posted 15 September 2016
by Goodbooks
Uma, Not-So-Perfect. A perfectly captivating title, calculated to raise a lot of expectations. So does it live up to its promise? Penned by...
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RADHA’S FAMILY
Posted 15 September 2016
by Goodbooks
Since Madhuri Purandare won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2014 for her contribution to Marathi literature, I’ve been wanting to get...
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MONSTER GARDEN
Posted 15 September 2016
by Goodbooks
A draw-it-yourself picture book. What could that be? Enter Jerry Pinto’s Monster Garden to find out. Reading Monster Garden was an experience that...
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DREAM WRITER
Posted 1 September 2016
by Anil Menon
Writers are often asked where their stories come from. It truly is the most important question in the world, right up there with how to make a...
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TIJI AND CHEENU
Posted 1 September 2016
by Goodbooks
Once your kids are past the input-output stage (food in-poop out), and they venture into the big bad world where other people exist, their (and...
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SQUIGGLE GETS STUCK: ALL ABOUT MUDDLED SENTENCES
Posted 1 September 2016
by Goodbooks
Squiggle Gets Stuck attempts to fill a gap where, unfortunately enough, our school curriculum miserably falls short. While our children speak...
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FOXY FOURSOME
Posted 1 September 2016
by Goodbooks
This is my first time with the Foxy 4 and I have to admit I’m charmed. Even if we know some major and minor tweaking has been in play to render...
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EXPLORING INDIA BOOKS
Posted 1 September 2016
by Goodbooks
When Chandragupta Maurya left his palace in a procession, there were, apparently, in addition to the elephants, chariots, soldiers, women...
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