Can you make snow in Tamil Nadu? Valarmathi thinks so!
When the district collector of Theenkulam, Tamil Nadu announces a district-wide science fair to celebrate the success of Chandrayaan 3, twelve-year-old Valarmathi dreams big. Her plan? Create snow to cool down her sweltering hometown!
With her best friend Siva, Valarmathi sets out to make actual snow and she’s convinced that her idea is bold, innovative and ribbon worthy.
But just like the early Chandrayaan missions, her experiments don’t always go as planned. In fact, they fail. Spectacularly.
Join Valar on an adventure of chasing BIG dreams, learning from epic flops, and discovering that failure might just be the coolest part of success!
Pai’s prize-winning dahlias are missing. Join Rosa as she races against time to find them.
About the Hook Book Series
In a world where children’s books often feel cut from the same cloth, Hook Books stand out as a vibrant blend of imagination, humour, and heart. Crafted as a bridge between picture books and early chapter books, this series delivers stories that spark joy and wonder, while remaining rooted in age-appropriate learning.
Hook Books keep the fun going with:
- Short, digestible bits of text (perfect for budding readers)
- Bright colour illustrations that pull kids into the story
- Themes that speak to the everyday lives of children—plus a sprinkle of whimsy!
From fantasy tales to those that touch on more advanced ideas, Hook Books ensure that young readers are always in for a treat, no matter their reading level. Even better, these books take children on journeys through different parts of India, giving them a taste of the rich diversity of our world through local flavours, landscapes, and cultures. Whether the story takes place in bustling cities or quiet villages, Hook Books make every setting feel like home.
How can they escape the horror their house has become?
As Sammy and Simmy go to fetch a glass of water from the kitchen, their house glitches . . . Corridors elongate, rooms transform and familiar people become terrifying beings.
Trapped in a world where nothing is normal, can the siblings find their way out?
The morning after the storm, Junglee, the Pardhi girl, wonders where her family is.
Alone but unafraid, she is a child of the forest and knows she will survive . . . at least until her family finds her.
The morning after the storm, Raunaq, the tiger cub, wonders where his mother is.
Alone and afraid, his instincts are nothing without his mother’s training. He knows he must find help . . . or he will be lost forever.
When fate brings Junglee and Raunaq together, the two foundlings become each other’s family. As they face the world’s challenges, they form a bond that transcends human imagination.
Told as two sides of the same story, Junglee’s in words and Raunaq’s in pictures, this beautiful tale inspires peace and understanding by overcoming fear and mistrust with love.
Celebrate friendship in all its forms!
The Sweet Shop Wars by Chatura Rao
Illustrations by Rajiv Eipe
Best Sweets has opened next to Firoza’s dadu’s sweet shop and is taking away all the customers. How can Firoza make her dadu’s shop better than Best?
Shoo, Crow by Kavitha Punniyamurthi
Illustrations by Priya Kuriyan
The crows of Rajipuram are eating up all the corn in the fields. Can Velu and Akif find a way to shoo them away?
The Big Bad Fight by Yamini Vijayan
Illustrations by Kruttika Susarla
Best friends Anna and Kichu are collectors of incredible things. But one day, they have a nasty fight. Will things ever be the same again?
Boy, Bear by Adithi Rao
Illustrations by Aaryama Somayaji
Baba is gone. Now Boy and Bear must get by on the streets of Mumbai. Can friendship save them?
About the Hook Book Series
In a world where children’s books often feel cut from the same cloth, Hook Books stand out as a vibrant blend of imagination, humour, and heart. Crafted as a bridge between picture books and early chapter books, this series delivers stories that spark joy and wonder, while remaining rooted in age-appropriate learning.
Hook Books keep the fun going with:
- Short, digestible bits of text (perfect for budding readers)
- Bright colour illustrations that pull kids into the story
- Themes that speak to the everyday lives of children—plus a sprinkle of whimsy!
From fantasy tales to those that touch on more advanced ideas, Hook Books ensure that young readers are always in for a treat, no matter their reading level. Even better, these books take children on journeys through different parts of India, giving them a taste of the rich diversity of our world through local flavours, landscapes, and cultures. Whether the story takes place in bustling cities or quiet villages, Hook Books make every setting feel like home.
Chaotic Butterfingers, aka Amar Kishen, and his misadventures return in this collection of 3-in-1 comics. From travelling to Texas to solving a shoe mystery to getting into trouble and then saving the day–Butterfingers does it all!
Brand new baby shoes in a pile of garbage invite Amar and his friends to unravel the mystery of the missing baby.
A trip to Texas and Amar’s clumsiness take a rather unexpected turn to dizzying new heights!
Disaster strikes when Amar is tasked to run a marathon with his school principal leaving everyone with a case of the giggles.
So, drop everything and jump into this book . . . because where there’s Butterfingers, there’s bound to be fun, thrills and, of course, spills.
A thrilling first collection of adventure tales from India’s favourite storyteller!
Venture into the thrilling world of Ruskin Bond, where mysteries unfold in dark tunnels, brave hearts face mighty earthquakes and the wind carries whispers on the hills.
Have you ever walked through a dark tunnel with your heart pounding, only to see a roaring train rush past like a dragon? Or stood steady as the ground shook like jelly? Can you imagine flying like an eagle or leaving quiet hills for a noisy town?
From lush jungles and rumbling hillsides to dusty mountain paths and stormy nights, My First Adventure Stories brings together tales of unexpected friendship, courage, curiosity and the wild spirit of exploration.
The year is 1185 CE. Devaki tends to her ailing father, Pemma Virappa, lord of Kodagu, who has been tasked with collecting revenue by Hoysala emperor, Veera Ballala II. But the king is unaware of Virappa’s illness.
With the royal thappal post system failing and bandits prowling the forests, Devaki sets out for the capital, Dwarasamudra (modern Halebidu), to deliver the news—despite her parents’ fears.
En route to the capital with pilgrims, at Shravanabelagola, Devaki learns of a deeper crisis: a royal kidnapping and a brewing rebellion. Her journey takes her through ancient Velapuri (Belur) and coastal Barakuru (Barkur).
Will she reach the king in time? Can she help recover his kin and stop the rebels? Join Devaki on her journey through the twelfth century Hoysala kingdom—and step into history as it was.
Chaotic Butterfingers, aka Amar Kishen, and his misadventures return in this second collection of comic stories. From saving bees to catching bank robbers to solving the mystery of a haunted house to pulling off a wildly ambitious history exhibition— Butterfingers does it all!
- The Heebee Jeebees are set to perform, but can Amar help them find the secret ingredient for their show?
- A trip to Ooty during Halloween takes a rather unexpected turn with a bank robbery and a haunted house mystery!
- Disaster strikes when Amar and his friends are tasked with setting up a history exhibition, leaving everyone with a case of the giggles.
So, drop everything and jump into this book . . . it’s no surprise that where there’s Butterfingers, there’s bound to be fun, thrills and, of course, spills.
Welcome to Thutta. We have a train, an ocean and 5,120 people.
One of these people is Katli, although she pretends to be seven people — making up new versions of herself is her way of dealing with being a thirteen-year-old on an island where nothing much happens.
Until one morning, when she follows a cat off a train and sets off a sequence of events involving absent animals, mysterious meetings and sneaky schemes. As the secrets grow into something much bigger than Katli could have imagined, she knows one thing for sure: life on the island will never be boring again.
Oh, and whatever you do, don’t say SQUI—
