With over 1000 words, this book is aimed at children aged six and up. Extensive categorized word lists with meanings and supporting images facilitate vocabulary building and retention. There are also plenty of jokes, fun facts, riddles and activities and practice exercises to encourage learners to use the new words they have learnt and help them integrate new words into their vocabulary.
What to expect from the Vocabulary Made Easy series:
· Broken up into four levels, these books have been specially designed to allow children to embark on the journey of building their vocabulary with minimum adult assistance.
· Extensive and comprehensive words lists (with meanings in Levels 2-4) that have been categorized so that these books are easy to use.
· A carefully planned progression so that children learn newer words in keeping with their world and age group.
· Supported with bright and engaging images that facilitate recognition and recall.
· Peppered with fun facts and riddles that make these books appealing to the readers.
· Supplemented with ample practice exercises to help integrate new words into the child’s vocabulary.
Find inside this book:
· Synonyms
· Antonyms
· Compound words
· Sounds
· Shapes and shades
· Words related to the internet
· Words to do with outer space
· Words that describe feelings
· Jobs people do
· Animals and their babies
· The plant kingdom
· Types of food
· Parts of the human body
· Household items and gadgets
· Words related to literature
Let your child master the art of effective communication with Vocabulary Made Easy: Level 2. Happy learning!
· Which colour cannot be seen by bees?
· How many hearts does an octopus have?
· What are fossilized dinosaur droppings called?
· Which zoonotic disease spread globally in the year 2020?
Delve deeper into the world of animals and plants with this indispensable quiz book that helps you explore our planet’s natural beauty and myriad facets. Based on India’s only international-level quiz on wildlife, THE WILD WISDOM QUIZ BOOK VOLUME 3 is packed with exciting new Q&As on biomimicry, evolution, conservation heroes and more, and is interspersed with delightful illustrations. Learn about nature’s creative cross-connections and hidden trump cards.
Relevant in today’s changing world, this book tells you why it is high time we wise up, wipe the slate clean and achieve a perfect score with the New Deal for Nature and People by 2030 (more on this inside!). Budding wildlife lovers, nature explorers and avid quizzers, prepare yourself for a wild, wise ride!
Go wild with the year’s most exciting quiz book
Who is the head of the elephant family?
a. Matriarch b. Tusker c. Patriarch d. Elderphant
Which is the only snake that builds a nest?
a. Rattlesnake b. King Cobra c. Rat snake d. Mamba
If questions like these fascinate you, then this one-of-its-kind quiz book is a must for your bookshelf! Compiled from India’s only national-level quiz on wildlife, this book packs in incredible information on the amazing world of animals and plants. Get a low-down on bizarre animal facts and increase your sense of wonder with some mind-boggling questions on exotic and familiar species. Peppered with amazing trivia and charming illustrations, this fun and irresistible book is an absolute essential. Use it to test your own knowledge and quiz your friends.
Can you name a carnivorous plant?
How many vertebrae does a giraffe have in its neck?
Why do many animals eat soil?
Take a joyride through the animal and plant kingdom, as you learn about exotic and familiar species. Compiled from India’s only national-level quiz on wildlife, this book is bursting with fascinating facts, teeming with little-known details, peppered with mind-boggling trivia, and brought to life with exquisite artwork. Enter this bountiful world with eyes wide in wonder, and leave equipped to be a nature explorer!
A must-have on your shelf, The Wild Wisdom Quiz Book Volume 2 is a great tool to test your own knowledge and challenge your friends.
Now wilder, for the wiser!
8 August 1942: As Gandiji and prominent leaders are put in jail, Babu and Manju suddenly find themselves a part of the larger protests–their schools close down and their father is put behind bars. Their daring brother Mohan goes underground and the rest of the family moves to Narayanpur, a sleepy little village seemingly untouched by the turbulence in the country. But Narayanpur is seething within and it all comes to a head when a group of children dare to confront the police.
Timeless tales from all over India from Bengal to Bastar and Kashmir to Coorg, there are stories that have been handed down generations: bedtime stories for children, fireside stories for travelers, who have heard these tales, wondered at them and repeated them to others. In A Twist in the Tale: More Indian Folktales, Aditi De collects forty such stories from various parts of India and retells them with dollops of humor. A friendless crocodile, a timid mouse and a vain fox are among some of the eccentric characters that appear in this book. There is also a clever princess, a hapless priest with heron feathers flying out of his mouth, and galleries of rogues. Strange happenings are not uncommon, so a nail tree grows out of nail clippings and a beetle saves a man from the dungeons. Full of the details of everyday life, festivities and food, these ageless stories have seldom been so exciting and such fun. Accompanied by Uma Krishnaswamy’s brilliant illustrations, this book will introduce the magic of Indian folktales to a new generation of readers.
Pandit Nehru’s words that night have remained etched in the nation’s memory ever since. Born to a privileged family in Allahabad, Jawaharlal went on to become a leading figure of the Indian independence movement. During the struggle he spent over ten years in prison, watched others in his family jailed time and again, and led numerous protest marches and agitations. Working alongside Mahatma Gandhi, he helped India keep its tryst with destiny and become a free nation. Aditi De recounts the story of Jawaharlal Nehru’s extraordinary life in this biography for young readers. Filled with charming anecdotes, it recounts episodes from Nehru’s childhood, his fascination with books and scientific experiments, his student years in England, and how he was drawn to the growing struggle for Indian independence. Finally, she sketches his role as the first Indian Prime Minister, and how he shaped the newly-formed democratic republic. Packed with little known nuggets of information, and trivia about the times, this book in the Puffin Lives series brings alive the thoughts and actions of one of modern India’s most important personalities.
An award-winning story about a family’s survival in a small fishing village in India
With their mother ill and their father permanently drunk, Hari and Lila have to earn the money to keep house and look after their two young sisters. In desperation, Hari runs away to Bombay, and Lila is left to cope alone.
Untouched by the twentieth century, Thul, the small fishing village near Bombay, is still ruled by the age-old seasonal rhythms. Hari and Lila have lived in the village all their lives, but their family is now desperately down on its luck. Their father drinks; their mother is seriously ill; and there is no money to keep them fed and clothed. Delicately and exquisitely executed, Anita Desai s gentle and probing story traces the evolution of Hari and Lila into adults as each of them faces the family’s predicament – just as the first signs of industrial India creep into their village.
A Classic of Our Time.
‘A long, long time ago, in the ancient lands of India, known in those days as Bharatvarsha, a family quarrel grew into a bloody war. There had been wars before, and there have been wars since, but that mighty battle between warring cousins of the Kuru clan has become a part of the mythology and history of India. Told and retold a million times, the story of the Mahabharata is about defeat as much as victory, about humility as much as courage. It is the greatest story ever told.’
Like a modern-day suta or storyteller, Namita Gokhale brings alive India’s richest literary treasure with disarming ease and simplicity. She retells this timeless tale of mortals and immortals and stories within stories, of valour, deceit, glory, and despair, for today’s young reader in a clear, contemporary style.
A brilliant series of evocative and thoughtful illustrations by painter and animator Suddhasattwa Basu brings the epic to life in a vibrant visual feast.
Matchless in its content and presentation, The Puffin Mahabharata is a book that will be cherished by readers of all ages.
Meet Squiggle – curious, confused and determined to tell a comma from an apostrophe!
Squiggle is confused. She doesn’t know quite what she is! So she sets off through the pages of a notebook in search of answers. Is she a comma or colon? A question mark? Surely not an exclamation! Splash, run, bump, trip and swing with her until she finds her own kind. Natasha Sharma’s delightful text introduces young readers to the correct way to use punctuation in this deliciously comic tale. The book also includes a section with pointers on punctuation, interesting facts from history and mayhem brought about by incorrect punctuation. Once you’re through with Squiggle, you’ll never misplace that comma again!
