Book: Matilda Author: Roald Dahl Publication: Penguin Random House Price: Rs. 295 Pages: 232 Plot: Matilda, a 3-year-old girl who taught herself how to read. By the age of 4, she could read newspapers and magazines at her home. But there were no books in her house, except one, a cooking book, which she has… Read More Matilda By Roald Dahl: Book Review
Book: Indian Folktales Retold Author: Ruskin Bond Publication: Natraj Publishers Price: Rs. 225 Pages: 153 Plot: This book is a collection of 16 short stories (folktales). It is a children’s book and is illustrated by Manasi Parikh. And I must say that the illustrations are attractive and quite comical too. Coming to the stories, the… Read More Ruskin Bond-Indian Folktales Retold: Book Review
Book: Chakmak Kavita Cards (Set 1) Author: Several Authors Publication: Eklavya Price: Rs. 55 Pages: 12 Cards Plot: Chakmak Kavita Cards come in 4 sets with 12 poem cards in each set. I bought the set 1, and I am going to review the same in this post. Eklavya is a non-profit, non-government organization which… Read More Chakmak Kavita Cards: Review
Book: The Little Prince Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery Publication: Om Books Publication Price: Rs. 99 Pages: 120 Plot: While trying to repair his crashed aeroplane, in the middle of the Sahara Desert, the narrator, an airman meets a little boy- The Little Prince. The Little Prince is from a small planet called B-612. He was… Read More The Little Prince- Book review
Book: Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood Author: Marjane Satrapi Publication: Pantheon Price: Rs. 492 Pages: 153 Plot: This book is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In this black and white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her childhood in a country which is devastated because… Read More Persepolis: The story of a childhood, by Marjane Satrapi