Title: The Girl Who Climbed Mountains – Bachendri Pal (Dreamers series) Author & Illustrator: Lavanya Karthik Cover Design: Samar Bansal Publisher: Duckbill (Penguin Random House India) Type: Paperback Pages: 48 Recommended Age: 8 years+ (publisher recommendation for the Dreamer…Continue Reading
For young ‘Saloo’, birds were only something to be hunted, but when he happened to hunt a bird he couldn’t identify, it became a mystery that puzzled him.
The book explains each and every planet in a child friendly way and increases the curiosity in the readers to know more about the mysteries they enfold.
The book involves a cat – a smart cat who wants to feed some “food” to the plants. So, the cat parent explains to him how plants can make their own food.
I have always felt Evolution is way too complex to be explained to children, and even adults! However, the book Evolution for Smartypants proved me quite wrong.
Thambi was fired by Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India Movement, and inspired by his vision of refusing to obey the British. But Thambi’s father was of the opinion that the family must not be involved in anything.
