let’s make our planet greener!
On 2 February, World Read Aloud Day (WRAD), a group of children’s book clubs and libraries all across India began a month-long programme on social media, reading books on the environment for children. Tagged #greenreads, this initiative is the brainchild of Archana Atri, who revolutionised children’s book clubs in India with AA’s Book Nerds, one of the earliest individual-led initiatives…
By Archana Natraj With melting glaciers, forest fires, typhoons, epic floods and vanishing species all around us, the climate emergency is right here. Inspired by Greta Thunberg, the teenager climate activist from Sweden, young people around the world are raising their voices on a broad spectrum of issues related to the crisis. India is no exception. Over the past few…
Publisher: Red Panda (an imprint of Westland)Author: Akshay ManwaniIllustrator: Devashree Damodare Veera, the old tiger king of Mahovann, is planning to retire. But his last big decision is an unfortunate one; he must send his trusted friend and lieutenant Bhairav to prison. Bhairav’s son, the mighty Taranath, seeks revenge and plots to eliminate the entire tiger family. Set in the…
Publisher: Harper CollinsAuthor: Kalpish Ratna (Ishrat Syed and Kalpana Swaminathan write together as Kalpish Ratna) A young boy mysteriously dubbed JustIt, receives a letter from an old uncommon aunt that takes him on a hearty adventure with underlying themes of environmental conservation and living in harmony with the natural world. Click here to buy
Publisher: Harper CollinsAuthor: Lubaina BandukwalaIllustrator: Sanket Pethkar Based on a film of the same name by Priya Thuvassery, Coral Woman is the story of Uma Mani – a 50-year-old homemaker who found the courage to dive into the deep seas to see for herself the corals that fascinated her. Click here to buy
Publisher: KalpavrikshAuthor: SerowIllustrators: Rajiv Eipe Chitty lives a free-spirited life on a forest farm in the Western Ghats. She has hair-raising encounters with wild animals, gobbles up termites, and loves jackfruit chips. She is also a wise and loyal friend, with an extraordinary mind and soul. Follow Chitty’s adventures down this winding forest trail — she will make you laugh…
Publisher: KalpavrikshAuthor: Nandita Da CunhaIllustrator: Niharika Shenoy Pedru is curious about life beyond his village. Even though he loves his father’s cashew trees and mother’s curries, his loyal friends and football fields, he desperately wants to be an ‘explorer’. But when his grand plan to escape turns topsy-turvy, he believes that he has set loose a chain of events, which…