Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only...

“[A Tale of Two Cities] has the best of Dickens and the worst of Dickens: a dark, driven opening, and a celestial but melodramatic ending; a terrifyingly demonic villainess and (even by Dickens’ standards) an impossibly angelic heroine. Though its...

A story collection should make a reader to hook the book, how? I got the answer after reading this collection. Ruskin Bond with his style of wit and humour writes on pets, nature, tress, bear, leopard, tiger and above all...

The Best of Jataka Tales by Mrs Rungeen Singh consists of absorbing, precious and ethical stories from the previous births of Lord Buddha. The stories have been written in very simple and limpid language. Besides being entertaining, the stories also...

The Best of Panchatantra, compiled by well-known author Mrs Rungeen Singh, has outstanding stories from Panchatantra, an ancient inter-related collection of animal fables in verse and prose. The stories in the books are very useful for the parents to help...

The Best of Akbar and Birbal by Mrs Rungeen Singh is a unique compilation of absorbing and entertaining stories of Akbar and Birbal. The stories are full of humour and depict ready-wittedness of Birbal. The author has related the stories...

Sudha Murty is India's biggest selling woman author. Among her most popular non fiction works are Wise and Otherwise, The Old Man and His God, The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk and How I Taught My Grandmother to Read. Reading...

The Best of Tenali Raman by Mrs Rungeen Singh is a great compilation of interesting and entertaining stories of Tenali Raman right from his childhood to adulthood. The author has narrated the stories very beautifully using very simple and limpid...

Tenali Ramakrishna who was known as Vikatakavi (clown jester poet), was a Telugu poet who hailed from the present-day. He was one of the Ashtadiggajas or the eight poets. Reading level: 7 - 14 years Perfect Paperback: 72 pages Publisher:...

When Ali focuses on a spider's web through a camera, he understands the difference between looking and seeing. Photographs and illustrations take the understanding further. Reading level: 6 - 14 years Paperback: 20 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers (2009) Language: Telugu...

This book is living happily together becomes difficult, the creatures of the world decide that the largest group among them should rule the world. Reading level: 5 - 14 years Paperback: 24 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers (2012) Language: Telugu ISBN-10:...

Paytu the pig goes on a sugarcane walk with Amma the elephant and Hutoxi the horse. Reading level: 3 - 14 years Paperback: 28 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers (2010) Language: Telugu ISBN-10: 8181466292 ISBN-13: 978-8181466297

The kite tree changes. Its leaves fall, they grow back, flowers appear... But that's not all. Text and pictures celebrate the seasons and the special surprises they spring! Reading level: 6 - 14 years Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers...

The birds are gathering in Birdywood for The Great Birdywood Games and birds are coming in from all over the world to participate in events that will decide who flies fastest and highest. The art is well researched and captures...

Pappuram and Kojaram are kaavadiya bhaats, storytellers from Rajasthan. Each has his own favourite story about why Lord Ganesha is always worshipped first, before any other god or goddess. They open their kaavads, the beautifully painted storytelling...Reading level: 5 -...

This books is happiness has begun to leak out of the world… One old woman decides something has to be done, and the wind tells her to go to a certain fish in a green-green lake. A magical book from...

The thirteenth Riddle Day dawns... Author Nadine D'Souza is more than a match for Paheliji as she confounds confusion by cleverly drawing on something kids find fun all over the world. Reading level: 6 - 14 years Paperback: 24 pages...

the story is seamlessly woven into another story about the real lives of children in a small Andhra village, growing up playing, going to a typical government school, watching adults squabble, feeling hunger and understanding friendship and, most importantly, sitting...

if I were really very, very little, wonders Laali. Bold illustrations match the little girl's imagination. Reading level: 3 - 14 years Paperback: 24 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers (2013) Language: Telugu ISBN-10: 9350463709 ISBN-13: 978-9350463703

Her mother gives her a pair of pretty silver anklets. Reading level: 3 - 14 years Paperback: 20 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers (2012) Language: Telugu ISBN-10: 8181469844 ISBN-13: 978-8181469847

Do roosters sing ragas, Every time he opens his mouth he has a new tune but not the kukaroo-kuroo of the other roosters. This cheery, foot-tapping story invites big and little readers to move and sing, clap and tap along...

The Author is Sowmya Rajendran. The Snow King's Daughter is a charmingly imagined story that delicately explores the reality of exile and the longing for home. Charm and delicacy resonate in the illustrations as well, giving the story an endearing...

The girl lives by the Ganga in a fishing village. Two friendly dolphins come leaping in the water right through Putul's window. People share with nature when their everyday lives are so closely linked with it. Reading level: 5 -...

This book is em Choosavu, Amma is surprised that Meera has seen no animals at the zoo, not a monkey, or a lion, or even a giraffe. Reading level: 3 - 14 years Paperback: 20 pages Publisher: Tulika Publishers (2012)...