children's books
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Two new picture books introduce very young readers to Janaki Ammal and Vivekananda
Falguni Gokhale
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For young readers: The lives of three school friends become entwined in riot-ridden Darjeeling
Stuti Agarwal
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Valley of Words Book Awards announces its 2025 longlists across eight categories
Scroll Staff
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New picture books for children: An introduction to the Malayalam alphabet and Krishna in Indian art
Elizabeth Keyton Vineeta Kanoria Arvind Kanoria
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For very young readers: Four picture books about the true joys of childhood
Namita Gokhale Aprajita Ramsagar Singh Mamta Nainy Sanjana Kulkarni
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For children: Child widow Aru’s life changes when she’s offered a job at the landlord’s house
Aditi Krishnakumar
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Satyaji Ray at 104: In this horror story for children, a ghost finds a friend after 32 lonely years
Satyajit Ray Gopa Majumdar
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For children: The tale of how young Hanuman learnt to make fire and also control it
Dhan Gopal Mukherji
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For children: A magical mirror teaches young Riya an important lesson on self-love
Ashima Kaushik
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Indian history for children: The small kingdom of Bharatpur and its fabulous kings
Sreelata Menon
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For children: Sriya and Anandi write letters to each other and ‘post’ them in a crevice of a wall
Varsha Seshan
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For children: Dinu takes part in the Dandi march but, unbeknownst to him, a killer is on the loose
Lavanya Karthik
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For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India
Saisudha Acharya
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For children: Young Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is not happy about his uncle CV Raman coming to stay
Arundhati Venkatesh
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For children: The universe tells the story of Earth, its most special planet
Srijan Pal Singh
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For children: The legendary kings, formidable queens and fearless fighters of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
Bhakti Mathur
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For children: Who was Hansa Mehta, tireless feminist and ‘founding mother of the Indian republic’?
Karthik Venkatesh
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For children: How the national emblem of a free India came to be
Kavitha Mandana
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For children: Elephant calf Maula Bux is captured by humans and sold into hard labour
S Eardley-Wilmot
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Short stories for children: Bembem could not have guessed how hot the u-morok chilli is
Linthoi Ningthoujam