By Kavitha Punniyamurthi. Illustrations by Niveditha Subramaniam

When she goes to her uncle and aunt in Madras for the holidays, she comes back as always with a great idea, and carrying an even greater box! What could be in it, her friends try to guess… No, it’s not Mysore Pak, it’s not an autographed cricket bat,


Reviewed by: Nita Berry
By Aparna Kapur. Illustrated by Krishna Bala Shenoi

The book’s cover and the first few pages are predominantly black, setting the background just right for the narrative’s introductory theme—the dark night.


Reviewed by: Andal Jagannathan
By Aparna Kapur. Illustrated by Krishna Bala Shenoi

The book’s cover and the first few pages are predominantly black, setting the background just right for the narrative’s introductory theme—the dark night


Reviewed by: Andal Jagannathan
By Neera Jain. Illustrations by Subir Roy

A touching tale about a little girl and her yaks, Tenzin’s Yaks is a story set in mountainous Ladakh


Reviewed by: Andal Jagannathan
Written and illustrated by Viky Arya

The author Viky Arya has written and illustrated a sweet little book! It is about an adventurous ant named Chintu who leaves his ant family to follow a sweet smell that gets stronger as he gets closer.


Reviewed by: Andal Jagannathan
By Meenu Thomas. Illustrations by Kruttika Susarla

The story begins with a fight between Paati and Appa. The children, Selvan and Savi, are not pleased with the conflict. The issue of their struggle is that they are concerned about failed rice crop due to the use of lab-created seed. Appa believes that the lab-created seed is the high-yielding variety, and the production would be high. Paati, on the other hand, is not convinced.


Reviewed by: Shiv Narayan Gour