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+ A very good book for young readers who have just started reading. It has rhyming phrases which easy to remember. Beautiful illustration which makes it an exciting alphabet book for pre-primary students who have just started reading.

This is story taken from the oral tradition that runs through Bhilala tribe in Madhya Pradesh. Bhilala Tribe believed that there was no land before but only water. The troubled people who were fed up of being wet, prayed god to give them land so that they get dried and remain like this ever. Finally their wishes come true. This book brings out oral tradition of the tribe through words and beautiful illustrations. Picture that we see in book is original mud wall paintings. 

A very charming and humorous folktale by Anushka Ravishankar. It is impossible to keep a secret in Babbadpur as it is habit of people to gossip. Let us join the hilarious journey of Pandurang who wish to keep a secret.

A very heart touching story of  Leo who is a late bloomer in everything he does. His anxious father keeps watching him grow and patience was only key. One day he is not a late bloomer any more. This book gives a good message that every child has his own pace of learning and developing.

A book with good illustrations and rhyming verses makes it interesting and easy to understand about market place to first graders. It gives them first hand experience of concepts like buying, selling and thought of spending money in a right way. Anushka Ravishankar is known for her nonsensical verses which makes her book very enchanting.

  Chrysanthemum is a 1991 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Kevin Henkes. Chrysanthemum was chosen as an ALA Notable Book and the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and it is on the Horn Book Fanfare Honor List. Story:  Hooray! said Chrysanthemum. \"School!\" Her joy is short-lived, however, as students tease her about her name. Reassured by her parents that she is loved and that her name is perfect, Chrysanthemum returns to school the next day, to more teasing. Engaging illustrations captivate young readers, who will be eager to know the outcome. Highlights:  Children will feel Chrysanthemum's despair, and her hope that each day will be better, and author Kevin Henkes takes care that the teasing students are won over, not put down. Parents and perceptive children will enjoy Henkes' wordplay. Her father is a walking thesaurus, sprinkling synonyms that follow her mother's adjectives: When her mother says, "Your name is b...

A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.  

This book by Eric Carle is about a  little cricket who has lost his song - he rubs his wings together and nothing happens. He sets off to find his voice and meets all kinds of creatures who make all kinds of noises, but still he can make no sound at all. One day he meets a special friend, another cricket and this time, when he rubs his wings together, he makes 'the most beautiful sound you have ever heard.' The sound, produced by a hidden chip, reinforces the joyful conclusion to the cricket's dilemma.

This "splendid introduction to the monthly lunar cycle"  (Publ. Weekly)  features Eric Carle's trademark bright, uncluttered illustrations and simple storyline about a girl who wants to 'play' with the moon and a father's efforts to make that possible. This book does not explain why the moon waxes and wanes but, as it is centered around this phenomenon, would encourage children to observe the moon's changes firsthand. And children and adults alike will enjoy this beloved tale about a father’s love!  :)  Source: The Best Children's Books

The Doorbell Rang written by Pat  Hatchins   tells the simple story of Sam and Victoria, who were just about to sit down and enjoy fresh cookies when two friends arrive and the four children divide up the cookies four ways. Soon, the doorbell rings again, and  then again, and each time the number of cookies per person dwindles.  The illustrations in this book are admittedly super dated looking! However, we've finally come to acknowledge that it's not the kids who are turned off by dated illustrations. It's us -- the grown-ups!  It's the grown-ups who deem a book 'too dated' simply because we were around back then, so we can recognize the illustrations of our youth. But kids don't. :) So...we are trying to be more 'forgiving' of older books, and consider the storyline a little more strongly.  And t his is a book that stands the test of time. The division lesson in this book is SOLID.  Kids will get the simple dilemma presented (dividing the cookies...

Dr. Seuss created this book by transposing ham and eggs, coloring them green, and using the word \"not\" eighty-two times. The unquenchable Sam-I-am drags poor Mr. Negativity over hill, dale, and precarious aerial train track (with a cheerful mouse, fox, and goat in tow) until the hapless green-eggs-and-ham-hater consents to try the despised green breakfast.  Source: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/