CHAPTER AND MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS

DESCRIPTION You must’ve read about the magic of the wizards. But have you read about the magic of the wild? Become friends with various wild creatu...

DESCRIPTION We live on a rich, colourful and diverse planet. Whether we care or not, understand or don’t - our everyday actions have far-reaching c...

DESCRIPTIONThe past shapes our future, and our planet's past has been an especially fascinating one. Knowing about the origin of life, the extincti...

DESCRIPTION Aditi’s grandmother is unwell, and there is a certain rose that may make her feel better. Does this Deep Rose really exist? No one is s...

DESCRIPTION The devas are at the gates of the asura kingdom, raring to wage war. But the asuras turn up unarmed and jolly! Is their king, Hasyasura...

DESCRIPTIONHydrogen is the simplest element we know. It's in water and in the earth's crust,and now, it's in the hydrogen fuel cell. What is hydrog...

DESCRIPTIONWhy are some sounds loud, while others quiet? What is DTS sound? How is an echo formed? What are the causes of sound pollution? This boo...

DESCRIPTION In A Trail of Paint, Biswajit is dragged unwillingly on a culture trip, to an exhibition of Jamini Roy's paintings. Once there, however...

DESCRIPTIONDry leaves and twigs, branches, and dry animal dung have kindled our kitchen fires for thousands of years. These biofuels fell out of fa...

DESCRIPTION Friends don't say mean things about you behind your back. Friends let you play cricket with them even when they don't need an extra fie...

DESCRIPTION Outer space (often called space) comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. In...

DESCRIPTION An enchanting modern fairytale involving an unlikely foursome. A monkey sets out to explore the world, joined by a curious ant and an e...

DESCRIPTION For centuries people have sought to make sense of the world around them and this holds true for trees as well. Why does the coconut hav...

DESCRIPTIONCan you imagine having no petrol for your car? Can you imagine no electricity to power your lights, fridge, and television? The fuels we...

DESCRIPTION Goldie is missing! Following a clue that a golden dragon was seen diving into the heart of a blue grotto, Aditi and her friends fly on ...

DESCRIPTIONWhen Jiya meets Urmila, she sees a loud girl with a fierce expression and too-bright clothes. Urmila sees a snooty girl with a dull dres...

DESCRIPTION Holiday plans for Aditi and the others go off track when a runaway computer programme, the irrepressible Mistress i, decides to take re...

DESCRIPTIONDid you know that light can bend, split, and bounce? Have you ever wondered why we cannot see colour in dimly lit places? Can you name t...

DESCRIPTION Sumi is not a lucky girl. Her super-chef mom is always feeding her things like pumpkin peel muffins and furryleaf parathas. Yuck. Sumi ...

DESCRIPTIONWhen Petu starts cheating, his friends are sure he is headed for a life of crime. They try everything to stop him--hypnosis, a home-bake...

DESCRIPTIONA crocodile with no teeth?Poor Grinder N Grater is old and has lost all his teeth. And he is sick of being laughed at by the other anima...

DESCRIPTION In this delightful sequel to Aditi and the One-Eyed Monkey, the postal parrot brings a cryptic letter with a British stamp for 'Aditi a...

DESCRIPTION: ‘A collection of rib-tickling, gently humorous and moving stories…feels like a classic.’—Karthik Shankar,The Hindu Is your school a ho...

DESCRIPTION: ‘Here is a fine collection of escape hatches arrayed in front of you: all open, all leading far away from this reality. Why not climb ...

DESCRIPTIONIt tousles your hair, blows your balloon away, and scuttles clouds along the sky. Millers have ground corn in windmills with help from w...

DESCRIPTIONElectricity lights up our homes and offices, and powers appliances like TVs, air-conditioners, and computers. But do you know how electr...

DESCRIPTIONIt can cut through mountains, it can shape civilizations, and it can bring light into people's lives. That's the awesome power of water!...

DESCRIPTION The Jamun Tree and other stories on the environment provides an insider’s view–from the villages, of work related to natural resource m...

DESCRIPTIONAvantika brushes and brushes, but there’s no keeping her curly hair down. How she wished her hair was straight and smooth like Amma’s an...

DESCRIPTION ..stone buildings seemed to rise out of a largely garden-like environment, and in the distance were the towering ghats. Snehagao was......

DESCRIPTIONGundu and Keeri Humongoose take a decision! To move out of the jungle! And so begins their adventure into the unknown… filled with dange...

DESCRIPTION Rainwater is the purest form of water on earth and water is a cyclic resource that is continuously cycled in nature and can also be reu...

DESCRIPTIONIt's time to get squeaky clean. Scientists have been exploring, designing and discovering spanking new technologies that would leave our...

DESCRIPTION ‘Sometimes, Korok, it is best if the sorkar forgets you.’ Korok lives in a small Gond village in western Odisha. His life is in the gar...

DESCRIPTION Meet Mayil Ganeshan, 12 going on spirited 13, who finally has her chance to say all she wants. But the diary for her is also an importa...

DESCRIPTIONManya badly, badly wants to be Shere Khan in her school play. The Jungle Book is her favourite film and she knows all the lines. She's s...

DESCRIPTION Siril the ant is not his practical, rational self at all. He gazes at the sky all night, mumbles to himself, doesn't answer when spoken...

DESCRIPTIONEveryone says Chumki is unlucky and makes things go wrong with her 'magic'. No wonder she has no friends.Can her brother Aki's plan help...

DESCRIPTION This book tells the survival stories of ten of India’s rarest animals. A few have made truly heroic comebacks from the very brink of ex...

DESCRIPTIONThe climate of the earth has changed many times before in the planet's 4.5 billion-year-old history. But today, its temperature is risin...

DESCRIPTIONTimmi's life is full of tangles. Her mother expects her to go to school even though she's a raja; Idliamma eats up all her idlis and eve...

DESCRIPTION: When summer camp is so sweet, can you run from all the fun? Raj is going to what has to be the worst summer camp ever—Camp Sweets, whe...

DESCRIPTIONCan you imagine having no petrol for your car? Can you imagine no electricity to power your lights, fridge, and television? The fuels we...

DESCRIPTION: Ganga has been flowing through this land for aeons. And thousands of people have walked along her banks, towards her origin in the sno...

DESCRIPTIONWell-known writers draw upon the oral traditions of Ivory Coast, China, India, Greece, Australia, North America, Spain, Nigeria, Botswan...

DESCRIPTION: Stories from across the country about people who have special bonds with the wildlife around them: People in Mumbai live with leopards...

DESCRIPTIONA gang of robbers is cutting and stealing sandalwood trees from the forest near Arun’s house. Worse, the guardian of the forest, fierce ...

DESCRIPTION Ten-year-old Advik comes from the US to India, and what is meant to be a quiet visit is about to jolt him! Did he ever imagine that Nar...

DESCRIPTION Tired of life in Mumbai with his Chacha and Chachi, Arif runs away – far, far away. He hops onto a train going to Chennai. From there h...

DESCRIPTIONTimmi's new friend Rizu is in trouble. Three boys lie in wait for him near the school every day. Timmi, Idliamma and Juju the giant are ...

DESCRIPTIONIt's not just plants that use the sun's energy to make their food. So can we. And we can do much, much more. From Roman baths to modern-...

DESCRIPTIONThe Orange Marmaladies are back! This time they have captured Rousseau, the timetelling superdog, and taken him to Marmaland, to find ou...

DESCRIPTION In this novel that is part adventure, part mystery and completely captivating, B. Vinayan takes the genre of fantasy to a new realm of ...

DESCRIPTIONThere are strange stories about the big forest at the edge of Arun’s house, and he has been told never to go there. But of course he MUS...

DESCRIPTION Which substances are polluting air the most? What is the ozone hole? How much CO2 is emitted by burning 1 litre of petrol? Which count...

DESCRIPTION Can a smelly monster threaten a town? Or tiny creatures organise a river clean-up Polythene bags, glass bottles, and paper sheets need ...

DESCRIPTION Danger! That's what the digital butterflies seem to be spelling out. There is a Word eater at large who snatches words as soon as they ...

DESCRIPTION People stranded, schools shut, roads clogged, and electricity snapped—floods can truly wreak havoc and bring life to a standstill. Indi...

DESCRIPTIONScientists have been exploring, designing, and discovering new technologies that will leave our environment intact instead of destroying...

DESCRIPTION Manjul finds a calf has been killed and people are saying that there is a leopard on the loose. While walking through the forest Manjul...

DESCRIPTION: A superb first book of poetry for children by award-winning author Jerry Pinto. Why is the hamster such a hamster? What’s it with moth...

DESCRIPTION: Nimmi Daruwala is starting Grade 6 and she is sure it is going to be absolutely Spectabulous! Will it? Eleven-year-old Nimmi Daruwala ...

DESCRIPTIONThree days to go before a killer asteroid will end life on Earth! Everyone is in a panic. Everyone, that is, but Vanita, who has things ...

DESCRIPTIONGRANNY COOL When a new danger threatens the children of the Gadbadnagar, only Deepu can sense it. His granny, Ninja Nani, aka the Myster...

DESCRIPTIONAn antique watch is stolen... Packets of Mayamix are destroyed... A neighbour goes missing... Something fishy is going on and Mira the d...

DESCRIPTIONCan you imagine having no petrol for your car? Can you imagine no electricity to power your lights, fridge, and television? The fuels we...

DESCRIPTIONThe Gap Club has challenged the Fourth Standards to a football match. But they cannot practise unless they get a football! The fate of t...

DESCRIPTION Gadgets: those sleek, shiny, snazzy companions you and I love! By making numerous tasks easier, keeping in touch with others and the wo...

DESCRIPTION Mystic weaver, radical reformer, loved and hated equally in his time . . . the simple wisdom of his pithy couplets, the famous dohas, m...

DESCRIPTIONMy name is V. Arun. I am seven years old. My father’s name is Venkatesh. He is very good. He never gets mad at me. He buys me a lot of t...

DESCRIPTIONAn escaped tiger. Lost parents. Puppies who need a home. What's a little girl to do?Type: hOle BooksAGE GUIDANCE7-9 Years OldAUTHORMeera...

DESCRIPTION I'm the boss. I make my own decisions. Naresh has the world's coolest mother – she wakes up at midnight, dons a miner's lamp and goes t...

DESCRIPTION Can you imagine having no petrol for your car? Can you imagine no electricity to power your lights, fridge, and television? The fuels w...

DESCRIPTION Her diary (or is it her autobiography, she isn’t sure) becomes a rabbit hole and a roadmap to writing her way through life as she sees ...

DESCRIPTION: Nimmi Daruwala is back with a dreadful+fantastic=dreadtastic adventure! Nimmi Daruwala is back to school after a week of absence, than...

DESCRIPTION Arun wants a pet crocodile. Now imagine the fun when he ends up with a crocodile that eats butter chicken for breakfast. Karthik loves ...

DESCRIPTIONWhat could Caesar's general have in common with multiplication and weights? Or a Russian waiter with factorials? Or a temple in Hanoi wi...

DESCRIPTIONAre there really diamonds hidden in Bhedaghat? Does little Sibsa's magic carpet fly her out of Tawang? What happens when crocodiles chas...

DESCRIPTION Siril the ant finds himself bobbing in his matchbox on a river. Where is he? And how did he get there? With him is a little creature wh...

DESCRIPTION What do ancient fragments of cloth found in Egypt have to do with modern-day Gujarat? The answer starts with A — and sets us off throug...

DESCRIPTIONSandy's mummy is getting as large as an elephant. But he has no time to worry about it because his new friend, Aftab, needs saving from ...

DESCRIPTION: A young monk and his friends in Arunachal Pradesh are faced with a sudden challenge: the home of their beloved black-necked crane is i...

DESCRIPTION Water has many avatars. It can be likened to the holy trinity of creator, preserver, and destroyer. Water is also timeless. Nature has ...

DESCRIPTION An official visit to Prague takes a strange turn. The naughty granddaughter of Princess Libusha casts a spell on Monkeyji, and the only...

DESCRIPTIONVeena is full of bright ideas. She gets Aunt Malu to use her magic to make something new and wonderful. But magic has its own rules, and...

DESCRIPTION BIG HERO — SIZE ZERO. The perfect male-female bodies — says who? Aren’t sex and gender the same thing? Either male or female, right? Of...

DESCRIPTIONA little chokli, a stray puppy, wanders into a muddy rain puddle one day and loves the icky, sticky, scratchy feeling. From then on, he ...

DESCRIPTIONCan something as tiny as the atom produce most of the energy the world needs? Can something that has taken thousands of lives be harness...