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Oluguti Toluguti (English)
Welcome to the world of Oluguti Toluguti - and kosuguti too! it is a world of elephants, buffaloes, crows, cockroaches and hatttima tim tims. Listen to the birds call kau kau and kukre kuk. Watch pom pom motor cars and chuk chuk trains go by. Meet Tuaan -Tueen and Rolenga and Suraiyya. Play in the rain falling chham chham chham and dance thai thaka thaka with a crane standing on one leg. Meet Ammas and Abbus and Sister Moon. It is a chemma chekka world of dam padam pappadams and kahbdak khabdak rocking horses and lots more brought alive by Kshitiz Sharma's energetic and endearing illustrations. The 54 rhymes in 18 Indian languages celebrate the richness and vitality of India's multilingual character. Lively adaptations in English capture the sounds and rhythms of the original languages, which also appear alongside. For those who want to know how to read, there are transliterations in Roman script (of English) and Devanagari (of Hindi). Read more
Ammachi’s Glasses (English)
Ammachi can’t find her glasses one morning and everything goes topsy-turvy!Page after page spills with drama, humour, detail and local flavour as Priya Kuriyan spins a hilarious tale about a crazy day with unforgettable Ammachi— ‘the archetypal grandmother from memories of my own childhood in Kerala,’ as Priya says. A celebrated illustrator, she is at her best in this her first wordless picture book. Read more
Sorry, Best Friend (English)
Concerned by the divisive forces of communalism and its influence on children, the Centre for Science, Culture and Education conducted a workshop to examine ways of dealing with the situation. This collection of short stories focusing on communal harmony is an offshoot of this workshop. It is the first in a series on affirmative themes. Contributors: Zai Whitaker, Poile Sengupta, Shama Futehally, Githa Hariharan, Savithri Narayanan, Swapna Dutta, Hemangini Ranade and Sawan Dutta. Read more
