The story begins on Great Nicobar Island, where many animals live peacefully in the forest. One day, they discover that politicians are planning to cut down about 9 million trees to make way for a huge development project. The animals are shocked and worried because they know they could lose their homes forever.
The story is about a little boy, Amal, who is all set to attend his first Gurpurab and this one is going to be uber special – Maan Singh, the cook from Golden Temple Amritsar is coming to their Gurdwara!
The book grew out of the author’s encounter with the Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand, where she saw the top of the old Tehri clock tower going underwater. This led her to investigate the villages, homes and lives that had disappeared beneath the reservoir.
The book stars Charred the Bard (a jungle crow) who takes us on a trip across the wildlife parks in India, from Kaziranga in the north east to Lakshadweep in the west.
The book, ‘565 – The dramatic story of Unifying India’, provides a deep understanding of the massive task of deciding the fate of 565 princely states within the short time span of 50 days, during June – August 1947, in the run up to independence.
Here is our list of some of the illustrated, early chapter books (average length 120 pages) that we have loved in the past few months.
