The Smile of Vanuvati

The Smile of Vanuvati
Author: Harini Gopalswami Srinivasan
Publisher: Tulika Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2007
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9788181461698

Ecological Messages in Indian Children’s Literature

Ecological Messages in Indian Children’s Literature
Author: Shobha Ramaswamy
Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
Total Pages: 135
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9361720295

ECOLOGICAL MESSAGES IN INDIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE:CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CREATORS -----Dr.Shobha Ramaswamy Indian writing in English for children and young adults has come of age, with a plethora of talented and dedicated writers contributing their creative efforts towards the growth of this new field. The book is based on the author’s interviews with the creators of English-language fiction for the young in India. Specially selected are those who have a deep love for nature. Writers, illustrators, publishers, editors and also environmentalists have been interviewed. The University Grants Commission, New Delhi’s grant of a Major Research Project to the author made these interviews possible. The galaxy of those interviewed include: Meeting the Authors • Nilma Sinha • Ira Saxena • Shamim Padamsee • Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan • Benita Sen • Deepak Dalal • Zai Whitaker • Ranjit Lal • Leela Gour Broome • Sreekumar Varma • Sandhya Rao • Dr.Graeme Macqueen • Ken Spillman • Anushka Ravishankar • Asha Nehemiah • Harini Gopanswami Srinivasan • Radha H.S. • Sowmya Rajendran • Niveditha Subramaniam • D.Ronald Hadrian Views of the Illustrators • Ashok Rajagopalan • Maya Ramaswamy • Priya Kuriyan • Januka Deshpande What the Editors and Publishers Have to Say • Himanshi Sharma, TERI Books, New Delhi • Maegan ,Tara Publishers,Chennai • Mala Kumar, Pratham Books, Bangalore • Saraswathy Rajagopalan, Mango Books, Kochi • Shobha Viswanath,Karadi Tales,Chennai • Mini Krishnan, Editor ,OUP,Chennai. • Sandhya Rao,author and former editor, Tulika,Chennai) Some Suggestions from Environmentalists • Payal B.Molur (Author and Wildlife Educator) ‘OSAI’ Kalidas, Conservat

Let's Play

Let's Play
Author: Harsha Bhogle
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0143331590

Get ready for some fabulous fun with these action-packed stories from the sports field! Fancied Orchid School is already 33 for no loss in the three overs before lunch. Can Model School successfully unleash its secret weapon, Anshuman the chess nerd, and win the match? The two towns of Dilshan and Deewar have their prides at stake at the annual kabaddi competition, and when Lt. Aaron, owner of Tasty Buds and baker of delectable cakes, announces he will eat his hat if his town actually wins, it spurs the Dilshan-ites to greater heights. Neeru decides to start playing hockey like her mother to deal with her loss, and discovers there's no therapy like getting some dirt on her spotless whites. Hockey, TT, cricket, golf, basketball; winners, losers, underdogs, bullies, heroes and cheats, Let's Play! The Puffin Book of Sports Stories has them all, and more. Funny, uplifting and moving, this unique collection vividly portrays the heartbreaks and triumphs that are an essential part of playing sports, and is an absolute must-read.

Siril and the Spaceflower

Siril and the Spaceflower
Author: Suniti Namjoshi
Publisher: Tulika Books
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2009
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9788181467805

Siril the ant is not his practical, rational self at all. He gazes at the sky all night, mumbles to himself, doesn't answer when spoken to... Beautiful is puzzled and upset. Is he in love? She is even more startled when she discovers that he intends to build a spaceship and fly to one of Jupiter's moons, in response to a sad cry for help! In spite of Beautiful's misgivings, the adventurers do zoom into space with the help of anti-gravity pads, the scientific genius of the Techno Sage, and some very useful mind power from the other sages. But can they really help a moon correct its path? A sci-fi fan herself, Suniti Namjoshi takes the genre way beyond its usual orbit, combining the thrill and beauty of the world beyond with gentle sentiment and unusual insights.

Just a Train Ride Away

Just a Train Ride Away
Author: Mini Shrinivasan
Publisher: Tulika Books
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2006
Genre: Children's stories, Indic (English)
ISBN: 9788181461674

Santosh travels alone from Mumbai, where he lives with his mother, to Kolkata, on holiday. But he has secret plans to look for his father whom he barely remembers. The train ride brings him into contact with people quite outside his sheltered world - an eventful prelude to another, deeper, journey. With a refreshingly light and honest touch, Just a Train Ride Away explores the emotional dilemma of young boy who craves the space for both parents in his life and faces the bitter-sweet reality of estrangement and belonging. A short, quick-read, coming of age novel.

Gardy in the City of Lions

Gardy in the City of Lions
Author: Suniti Namjoshi
Publisher: Tulika Books
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2009
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9788181467782

Is Gardy the lost lion cub prince who, legend says, will return to save the City of Lions? He isn't quite sure but rushes there all the same in response to an urgent email, along with the other adventurers. They find that the city is indeed under threat from its very own haughty, crotchety, bickering guardians, Sir Leon and The Old Woman Under the Sea. The first book in the third set of the series sees the friends in a different part of the world Singapore, the 'city of lions'. And this time their challenge is far from straightforward. How do they make the two venerable guardians see that they themselves are the problem? In another entertaining story, the author opens up our eyes to what seeing clearly is all about.

Gind

Gind
Author: Harini Gopalswami Srinivasan
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2009-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 818475826X

When Ongchu, a young vanara princess, is kidnapped by a rakshasan, Rishi Agastya entrusts Gind, a bold young vanara, with the dangerous mission of restoring her to Baulpur, her home beyond the Himalayas. As Gind, his father Karuppan, and Ongchu set out on their long, arduous journey from the island of Poompuhar, they are stalked by wild animals and magical beings, waylaid and terrorized by rakshasas, and thwarted by a wrathful Indra, the god of thunder. They meet an army of vanaras on a mission to rescue a human princess from the clutches of the wicked rakshasa king; help a giant vanara in his search for the magical herb sanjeevini; and winter with a band of yetis in the high Himalayas. Mysterious and momentous things are happening around the vanaras, but they are clueless about their own part in these events. What is Agastya’s secret purpose? Will the three vanaras make it to Baulpur? What are the shadowy forces at work? Gind’s exciting adventures will have you rollicking from one escapade to another in this action-packed fantasy. Meet delightful, strange and magical characters, and follow the trail of the vanaras as their light-hearted adventure turns into an odyssey...

Monkeyji and the Word Eater

Monkeyji and the Word Eater
Author: Suniti Namjoshi
Publisher: Tulika Books
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2009
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9788181467799

Danger! That's what the digital butterflies seem to be spelling out. There is a Word eater at large who snatches words as soon as they are uttered and makes them disappear. The 'monster' turns out to be just a little boy. Otto, Grendel's cousin -but he has formidable mental powers that can be matched only by Monkeyji. Armed with an ammunition of words hoarded by Siril and Gardy, the adventurers roam Hong Kong the city of dragons in search of him. There is tension and taut excitement as they finally take on little Otto and his platoon of crows, in the midst of which the author throws up an interesting idea: does something exist only if it has a name?