As we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October 2019 and commemorate 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary let’s take a look at a few captivating books for children on Gandhiji
The gap between education and real-life is often wide. However, as a woman reporting conflict on the ground, the craft of survival is a different story. How can one ever prepare for this role?
Madhu Gurung’s heartfelt chronicles brings forth voices from Tibet… we hear these in “Tibet with my Eyes Closed” and find that peace-loving Tibetans have been waiting and yearning for autonomy for decades….
One of the blessings of having a space to nurture plants is access to fresh home-grown produce from your own backyard or window sill! A mastery of simple vegetable garden techniques is hence called for!
Vibrantly illustrated by tribal artists from across India, “a tree!”, published by Katha Books, is much more than a picture book. It is cry for survival- written in a manner that can be heard by a child.
When we ‘learn’ about Jallianwala Bagh in books of history as students, it is nowhere close to experiencing even a fragment of the pain and terror that the fateful massacre unleashed. At the centenary of this devastating incident, we pay homage to those who perished and those whose lives were never the same again!
What can a little ant do when every other ant in her colony thinks that ants don’t fly? But, she really wants to soar high! Sera Learns to Fly is a picture book that is a gentle lesson in believing in yourself.
The first book in a new Indian sci-fi series, The Great Moto-Matic House by Brijesh Luthra presents a celestial tale where the ten-year-old Ziptux and his robot Dibbly have some mind-blowing adventures!
How can you tell children about the power of faith? The Truth about the Tooth, a picture book published by Karadi Tales gently nudges the little reader into a world where the power of faith reveals itself to those who believe!
If you were a child in a mining town in the 1950’s, the scenes in Town is by the Sea would be strikingly familiar. If not, the emotions that the book evokes will resolutely strike a chord!