Chuskit Goes To School – Chuskit is 9 years old, and yearns to go to school, but because of her disability she cannot. After learning about human rights at the local school, Abdul, initiates an effort to change this. Everyone who wants to learn should have access to an education. A beautifully illustrated and heart …

Slip and Slide – A tale of friction – Seven sisters play in the snow, slipping and sliding, but when they try to get back in the house they can’t get back up the slope. This book explains the concept of friction by way of a story that is easy to remember. Here are the …

Mission Cycle is a tale of learning to ride a bicycle and at the same time an experience of Curfew through a child’s eyes. Author: Rohini Mohan, Illustrator: Jayesh Sivan Sample Text from Mission Cycle Is it morning already? Why didn’t Ammi or Abbu wake me up? Did they forget I have school? Did they …

The tiger is a big cat, and he needs to hunt often, but why does everyone know he is here? Find out in Watch Out the Tiger is Here, a short beautifully illustrated picturebook for young children about a tiger. This book is a creative commons book brought to us by Pratham and Storyweaver. The …

In Who Stole Bhaiya’s Smile – Picturebook about depression, Bhaiya used to love playing with his little sister, but now he doesn’t anymore, mostly because he has a monster on his back, DukDuk. The monster sometimes makes him angry, other days it won’t let him get out of bed, it takes away his smile. Bhaiya …

Avani and her Amma are making food, a pea escapes their notice and rolls out the door, the story unfolds as the pea finds a way to grow into a pea plant. Try planting a seed for yourself in the activity at the end of the book. Author: Shruthi Rao, Illustrator: Debasmita Dasgupta     …

Ringo the Rhinocerous is shy, Rhino Charge is a story about overcoming shyness. In Rhino Charge, Ringo learns to overcome his shyness by practicing to gain confidence. An endearing story for young children in kindergarten or early grades, and an important lesson, that more practice helps build confidence, and gaining confidence helps overcome shyness. This …

The woodcutter of Gura set out to chop wood one day. He climbed up a tree, perched himself on a branch and began cutting. The village priest who was passing by warned him that if he cut the very branch he was sitting on, he would surely fall down and die. Find out what the …

In Did you Hear? we hear a range of different bird sounds, the brahminy kite, the malabar the dove, the coppersmith and the racket tailed drongo who copies them all. You’ll love this book if you enjoy making fun sounds like bird calls. The book is level 1 suitable for young children, but it might …

A brother and sister wonder if there is such a thing as an invisibility cloak. Their search for information leads them to learn about all sorts of fabrics from linen and cotton to high tech fabrics, even a real potential invisibility cloak. Sample Text from Under the Invisibility Cloak   Arnav and Tanisha loved to …