PEHELWAAN JI LEARNS A SLIPPERY LESSON
Chandra Chari
PEHELWAAN JI LEARNS A SLIPPERY LESSON by By Sanjiv , 2016, 12 pp., 30.00
November 2016, volume 40, No 11

Pratham Books, an NGO, has been engaged in publishing books in multiple Indian languages to promote reading among children. Their mission is to see a book in every child’s hand, one that they have been successfully carrying out over the last 12 years. The Children’s special issue every November has always carried reviews of Pratham titles (available online on the goodbooks and the book review sites). However, the two titles being reviewed here are a bit problematic in more ways than one.

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