Hoof and claw marks on trees! Cannibal bees! Lichens that threaten lizards! What on earth is going on?!
Naturalist Ruddy—a clever Ruddy Mongoose and Kanha Tiger Reserve’s resident nature detective. With an instinct for digging and a nose for mysteries, Ruddy investigates unusual phenomena and animal interactions that unfold like nature’s ‘crime scenes’, even when no laws are broken.
Travel across India with Ruddy as he cracks nail-biting cases, uncovers the secrets of the natural world and meets a cast of unforgettable animal characters along the way.
Maithili and her friends never planned on landing up at an isle of rust and ritual. Not when there was a dance contest to win.
But a countdown now looms, and one wrong move could destroy everything. Can they escape the island in time? Or will they succumb to its insanity?
Step into the fourth instalment of Maithili and the Minotaur, set in an outlandish world where nothing is as it seems.
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.
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.
A riveting collection of memoirs, essays and random musings, The Master of Unfinished Things showcases the voice of Hindi literary maestro Geet Chaturvedi, brought to life in English by Anita Gopalan.
Through these heartfelt memoirs, Geet explores his relationship with books, writers, cricket and nature, much of it rooted in Mumbai, the city of his heart. Thoughtful essays grapple with questions about writing, identity and memory, blending introspection, myths and anecdotes. Diary entries, short prose and poetry offer deeply contemplative, standalone moments—each one a complete story in itself. Interestingly, the final essay is a meditation on the art and inevitability of incompleteness. This beautifully crafted turn lends the book a paradoxically perfect conclusion and leaves us fulfilled amidst unfinished endings
Join Little Shambu, his best friend Shanti and his loyal dog Dum Dum in a series of escapades filled with friendship, bravery and endless surprises! This delightful box set is perfect for young readers who love action, laughter and adventure.
Book 1: Step into the whimsical world of Little Shambhu and his best friend, Shanti, as they chase thrilling adventures filled with lost cats, mysterious carrot thieves, strange creatures and stolen pandas in these brand-new stories from TINKLE!
Book 2: What would you say about a boy who always finds himself in sticky situations? That’s Little Shambu, with his loyal dog, Dum Dum. Feel the excitement of their adventures with grouchy bears, rattling cattle, slouchy snakes and runaway elephants.
Book 3: Buckle up for an adventure with Little Shambu and Dum Dum, as they dive into a whirlwind of trouble! Meet quirky characters, from mischievous mice to unexpected aliens, in this exciting journey of friendship and fun!
Kiki loves deep-fried, sugary junk food. She’s always complaining that her fruit, veggies, grains, and milk—all the things that are good for her—are boring. But she doesn’t know that they can hear her. Determined to win her over, they come up with a plan . . .
Slurrp Farm is made with love by two mothers who are on a mission to change the way our children eat. That’s why they cooked up this special book filled with curiosity and adventure to help children discover the joy of eating well. Through Kiki’s story, little tummies and growing minds learn that healthy food can be fun—creating happy mealtimes that the whole family can share together.
A new manga adaptation of Musashi’s legendary BOOK OF FIVE RINGS!
Miyamoto Musashi is the greatest swordsman who ever lived. He is renowned for his fighting prowess and famous for having never having been defeated. Then he mysteriously disappeared at the relatively young age of 29 to meditate and study.
This book tells the fascinating story of Musashi’s return from isolation as he pens his great masterpiece on military tactics, The Book of Five Rings, and begins to train a new generation of Samurai warriors.
The exciting events recounted in this book include:
How and why Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a revolutionary work that has become the most widely-read book on swordsmanship and Samurai strategy ever written The important lessons he provides including the idea of “no mind”, or what we now call “flow”, which involves endless practice emptying your mind of thoughts to move intuitively without thinking
Musashi’s school for young Samurai warriors where students flock to study with the great master and his final days as he passes the torch to a new generation and solidifies his legacy as Japan’s greatest swordsman
Miyamoto Musashi’s Book of Five Rings: The Manga Edition is a beautifully-illustrated look at the life and legacy of Japan’s greatest warrior in graphic novel form.
Meet an army of ants, a chorus of frogs, a plague of pigeons, a ballet of mantis, a grove of trees, a colony of bee-eaters, a herd of elephants, a lone owl and vulture and groups of human beings. Listen to a tale of three lakes, climb up a mountain, dive into the ocean, travel back in time and look at the natural world anew.
Some of India’s most celebrated nature writers and illustrators come together to celebrate the planet we call home. Includes fiction, non-fiction and comics from:
Includes fiction, non-fiction and comics from:
Anita Roy
Aparna Kapur
Bittu Sahgal
Harini Nagendra
Kartik Shanker
Nidhin Donald
Lavanya Karthik
Meghaa Gupta
Prabha Mallya
Prerna Singh Bindra
Priya Kuriyan
Rajiv Eipe
Ranjit Lal
Ravikant Kisana
Rohan Chakravarty
Salil Chaturvedi
Seema Mundoli
Shabnam Minwalla
Yuvan Aves
Zai Whitaker
‘Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s the prettiest of us all?’
Too dark, too fair, too skinny, too big, too much hair, too little hair— today’s teenagers deal with endless body-image issues. With access to many universes at the tip of their devices, they are constantly bombarded with beauty standards that are portrayed as ‘normal’. But the human body is a thing of beauty and wonder that works hard for us. And regardless of how we look, it’s who we are that matters.
Sixteen wonderful writers come together in this powerful anthology to share narratives that explore multiple themes on body positivity with the hope of helping empower teenagers navigate their modern worlds.
Includes stories from:
Aditi De
Anuja Chandramouli
Harshikaa Udasi
Janani Balaji
Nandini Nayar
Neha Singh
Priyanka Sinha Jha
Rajani Thindiath
Ratna Manucha
Santhini Govindan
Shals Mahajan
Smita Vyas Kumar
Suha Riyaz Khopatkar
Vibha Batra
Vidya Nesarikar
Vinitha
