Saman Shamsie. Illustrated by Shirley Chiang

The magical woods comprises two separate yet intertwined fantasy stories of 2 children who have lost hope, and enter a forest.

When Hina lost her father, she lost her mother, house and her way of life.


Reviewed by: Tarika Chari
Neera Jain. Illustrated by Saurabh Pandey

Saumya’s Doll is a story about how Saumya gets her dream doll which her friend Meenu owns. This book is available both in Hindi and English.
Why I liked this book?
I liked this book as it also indirectly shows you that saving trees is important and teaches you poems and saying


Reviewed by: Kriti Kidambi
Namita Ranganathan and Toolika Wadhwa

The concerns of parents, teachers, and psychologists for children in schools has heightened in recent times because of various issues associated with violence, safety, sexuality, substance abuse, and career guidance, because of which the need to have competent mental health professionals to plan, organize, and conduct well-thought out mental health programmes in schools, is being felt more than ever before.


Reviewed by: Anshu Chaudhary & Vikas Baniwal
Andre Marx and Boris Pfeiffer

Hamlet the young wolf at the city Zoo has adapted to the routine life, being fed by the zoo keeper Knut, the crowds of visitors and the open skies covering his cage. His only joy is his best friend and mountain of fur—Barnabas the gorilla.


Reviewed by: Smriti Gupta
Nita Ganguly

As you flip open the colourful book, Hello Earth…Here We Come, a sentence on the inner cover page grips your attention. It says, ‘The moral right of the author has been asserted!’ Intrigued you move on and get introduced to two alien beings,


Reviewed by: Andal Jagannathan
Bijal Vachharajani

When the world leaders gathered in Paris on Nov 30, 2015 for the annual United Nations Climate Change conference, it was hailed as an historic event. The aim was to build global consensus to address climate change, especially due to the heightened risk of global warming.


Reviewed by: Bharat Kidambi