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
By Sushil Shukla. Illustrations by Prashant Soni Eklavya

Jalebis epitomize the ordinariness in this poem and the pleasure of that ordinariness. Eulogizing the ordinary, which Sushil Shukla often does in his poems (Bhains ki Shaan Mein) and at times, making visible the unseen and the unnoticed (Kabhi Batooni Lagti Hain, unpublished), the poem presents a slice of the mundane as an event.


Reviewed by: Sonika Kaushik
Both by Sanjeev Jaiswal ‘Sanjay’. Illustrated by Saurabh Pandey

This bilingual book is a delightful reading for 3-6 years old children. It caters to their imagination. It unfolds the story of a feast hosted by King Lion, where the expectations of the attending animals take an unexpected turn.
What I like about the book is the King Lion’s friendly behaviour with all the animals.


Reviewed by: Kavita Tiwari