Salim Mamoo and Me

Salim Mamoo and Me
Author: Zal Whitaker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2021-05
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9789350469279

Age range 6+ Zai's uncle is the famous 'birdman of India' Salim Ali, everyone in her family is a birding expert, and she herself can't so much as identify the pipit sitting right under her nose. A hilarious account of the author's early birding woes and how she 'winged' it!

Kali and the Rat Snake

Kali and the Rat Snake
Author: Zai Whitaker
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1933605103

Kali's father is a snake catcher - the best in the village. Kali knows that is really something to be proud of, but at school he sometimes gets embarrassed. The other children seem to think there is something very strange about having a snake catcher for a father and eating things like fried termites for a snack. Plus, Kali is the teacher's pet. How will he ever make friends?

The Fall of a Sparrow

The Fall of a Sparrow
Author: Sálim Ali
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 265
Release: 1988
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780195621273

This is the autobiography of one of the world's greatest ornithologists. Sálim Ali traces his fascination with birds from early childhood, and recalls his close association with a host of famous figures: Nehru, Ghandi, and Sidney Dillon Ripley among them.

Mohammed Rafi

Mohammed Rafi
Author: Yasmin Khalid Rafi
Publisher: Westland
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Singers
ISBN: 9789381626856

Mohammed Rafi, 1924-1980, Hindi motion picture singer.

The Wildings

The Wildings
Author: Nilanjana Roy
Publisher: Random House Canada
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345812638

A thrillingly original story of the adventures of a small band of feral cats in Delhi who communicate by whisker mind-link, and face an unprecedented threat to their tribe's survival; for readers of Life of Pi and Philip Pullman. In the labyrinthine alleys and ruins of Nizamuddin, an old neighbourhood in Delhi, India, lives a small band of cats. Miao, the clan elder, a wise, grave Siamese; Katar, loved by his followers and feared by his enemies; Hulo, the great warrior tom; Beraal, the beautiful queen, swift and deadly when challenged; Southpaw, the kitten whose curiosity can always be counted on to get him into trouble... Unfettered and wild, these and the other members of the tribe fear no one, go where they will, and do as they please. Until one day, a terrified orange-coloured kitten with monsoon green eyes and remarkable powers lands in their midst--the first in a series of extraordinary events that threatens to annihilate them and everything they hold dear. The Wildings is a gorgeous evocation of Delhi, a love paean to cats and a rich, often savage tale of survival and conquering one's fears.

Minu and Her Hair

Minu and Her Hair
Author: Gayathri Bashi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9789350464458

A heartwarming story about accepting one's hair (and oneself!) as it is A bird's nest? A cow with two horns? No, it's Minu's hair. And she does NOT like it. Her grandmother, her mother, her father try hard to tame it. But her grandfather is unconcerned... A story that will resonate with every child who is told that they are "different" because of their quirks.

Andamans Boy

Andamans Boy
Author: Zai Whitaker
Publisher: Tulika Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1998
Genre: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)
ISBN: 9788186895146

"Ten-year-old Arif lives with his Chacha and Chachi in Mumbai--they have been his whole life after his parents died in an accident. But it is obvious they are interested only in the money he will inherit when he turns 18. One day, he hops on to a train going to Chennai, and from there he smuggles himself on a boat going to...the Andamans!" --Page 4 of cover.

Maoo and the Moustaches

Maoo and the Moustaches
Author: Arunima Chatterjee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9789386667175

Age range 3+ Urmi's kitten Maoo looks up -- and there above Murali Mama's jolly smile is something thunderous and black, thick and curly...his moustache! Terrified, Maoo runs away. It takes more encounters with some fuzzy, reedy, bushy moustaches and a few long, soft pointy whiskers for his hairy woes to end.