Happiest 2025! Did you ring in the new year with any new books? Asha sure did! As usual, we’re sharing the books our members grabbed in Jan-Feb 2025!
WRAD SPECIALS!!
On World Read Aloud Day (Feb 5) all our members and author members shared some wonderful read alouds!
Surprise Gifts by Asha Nehemiah (3-6 years). The author did a splendid read aloud of this beautifully illustrated picture book for all of us in the kbc fb group here!
Good night, Sleep tight by Mem Fox for smallies was read by Dhwanee’s son here in our fb group.
Dinotrux books – Krutheeka has introduced us to this series with a read aloud. You can see the very interesting pages of the book here in the kb fb group.. Shlok read one of these books as well and Krutheeka shared the inside pages here.
BOARD BOOKS
Rockin’ Waves Children’s Sound Book
PICTURE BOOKS
The Bear by Raymond Briggs for 3-6 years (40 pages)
I Tell the Truth! I Show Respect! for 3-7 years (The Best Me I Can Be)
Animal Fair for 3 years+ Sritama has shared a review here in the kbc fb group.
Sparkle and Splodge (32 pages)
The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition
Waiting for Turtles for 3-7 years (36 pages). Sindhuja has shared a mini review and inside pages here in the kbc fb group. Excerpts: “Waiting for Turtles” is an amazing book about a little boy who eagerly waits with his mother to watch the turtles nest. This book particularly spiked my interest because when I was a little child my older cousins used to volunteer in turtle walks with an NGO that ensures safe nesting for the endangered olive ridley turtles during their nesting season. When I saw a book on the same subject I got excited. My kid thoroughly enjoyed it. And so did I.”
Raj Anna Forgets to Remember – a book about Alzheimer’s by Sonalika Publications for 7 to 9 Years (44 pages)
Grandma’s Box of Spices for 4-6 years (36 pages)
Leaves of Humility (44 pages)
A Tourist at My Door ! Bilingual Story Book by Sonalika Publications for 4-6 years (48 pages)
There are many other books by Sonalika Publications which can be found here. Sindhuja highly recommends these books as “llustrations are lovely and paper quality is excellent for the price!”
Dancing Bear (Karadi Tales) – for 6-8 years (28 pages). In Sindhuja’s words, “This is a story about the dancing bears of India. There are still some villages where bears are chained and trained to dance and entertain though it has been declared illegal. This story is based on this practice. However an unusual friendship develops between the bear and a young boy and he understands the animals pain and what it really wants! To be free! The boys love and care for the animal is really moving.”
NON FICTION
The Super Book of Science (72 pages)
North Pole / South Pole: Pole to Pole: a Flip Book – Explore the Extreme Environment of the Arctic/Antarctic for 7-11 years (64 pages). Apoorva has shared some of the inside pages here in the kbc fb group.
EARLY CHAPTER BOOKS
MARV AND THE HUMONGOUS HAMSTER for 5-7 years (128 pages)
Marv and the Blizzard Zone.
There are other Marv books in this series.
CHAPTER BOOKS
The Ghost of Mount Hantu [Diary of a Rich Kid] for 7-9 years (212 pages). There are some other books in this series.
Montgomery Bonbon: Mystery at the Manor for 9-11 years (288 pages)
Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse for 9-11/12 years (304 pages)
There are other books in this Montegomery Bonbon series.
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