Book Lists
Books for children and young adults about:
Arts and crafts books
Books with animal themes set (for the most part)
in India
Cricket: Rules,
stories, learning the skills,
coaching, famous players
Family life
(Indian and Indian-American Families)
Graphic
Novels from India
Indian
history
Indira Gandhi
The Indus Valley Civilization
Mahatma Gandhi
Working children
Yoga for
kids and teens
Children’s books
catalogs from some Indian publishers
(Publishing books for
children in English)
Teach yourself/your
child: Language and Music
Indian History
A New History of India by Stanley Wolpert;
Oxford University Press; 2003.
History of the Freedom Movement in
India by R.C. Majumdar; South Asia Books; 1988.
India
After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by
Ramachandra Guha; Macmillan; 2007. (Adult)
A Military
History of India and South Asia: From the East India Company to the
Nuclear Era by Daniel Marston and Chandar Sundaram; Praeger
Publishers; 2006.
The Puffin History of India (Paperback) by
Roshen Dalal (Author), Puffin; 2003.
The Puffin History of India
for Children 3000BC to AD 1947 by Roshen Dalal; Puffin; 2002.
Books (mostly for older children) set
around the time of Independence
Dancing Round the Maypole:
Growing Out of British India by Rani Sircar; Rupa Publications.
Ages 14+
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur; Faber and Faber; 1999.
Ages 14+
An Epic Unwritten by Muhammad Umar Memon; Penguin
Books; 1998. Ages 14+
The Wheel of Surya by Jamila
Gavin; Egmont Children’s Books; 2001. Ages 14+
Wicked
Women of the Raj by Coralie Younger; SOS Free Stock; 2005.
Ages 14+
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Indira Gandhi
Indira: The Life of
Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank; Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt (January 7, 2002) (Adult)
Indira Gandhi A Personal and Political
Biography (Hardcover) by Inder Malhotra (Author); 1991.
(Adult)
A Family Affair: India
Under Three Prime Ministers (Hardcover) by Ved Mehta; Oxford
University Press, USA; 1982. (Adult)
Indira Gandhi: An Intimate Biography
(Hardcover) by Pupul Jayakar; Pantheon;1993. (Adult)
India After Gandhi: The History of the
World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha; Macmillan;
2007. (Adult)
Two Alone, Two Together: Letters Between
Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1940-1964 (Hardcover) by Sonia
Gandhi (Editor); Hodder & Stoughton; 1992. (Young Adult/Adult)
Indira
Gandhi: Daughter of India (Lerner Biographies) (Hardcover) by Carol
Dommermuth-Costa; Lerner Publications; 2001. Ages 9-12.
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The Indus Valley Civilization
Ancient
Communication: From Grunts to Graffiti by Michael Woods and
Mary B. Woods; Runestone Press, May 2000. (Grades 6-9)
Ancient Computing: From Counting to
Calendars by Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods; Runestone
Press, June 2000. (Grades 6-9)
Ancient Construction: From Tents to Towers
by Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods; Runestone Press, May
2000. (Grades 6-9)
Engineering the City by Matthys Levy and Richard Panchyk;
Chicago Review Press, September 2000. (Ages 9-12)
India: Exploring Ancient Civilizations
by Marilyn Barr; Teaching & Learning Company, October 2003.
(Ages 9-12)
Mysteries Of The
Past: Archeological Sites In India by Upinder Singh; National
Book Trust of India. (Ages 8-12)
The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives (Understanding
Ancient Civilizations Series) by Jane McIntosh (Author), John Weeks
(Editor); ABC-CLIO 2007.
The
Indus Valley (History Opens Windows) by Jane Shuter;
Heinemann Library, September 2006.
The Indus River (Rivers in World
History) (Hardcover) by Shane Mountjoy (Author), Tim McNeese
(Editor); Chelsea House Publications, March 2005. (Ages 9-12)
The Indus Valley
(Understanding People in the Past) by Naida Kirkpatrick; Heinemann
Library, April 2002. (Ages 9-12)
Trading Up: Indus Valley Trade by
Brian Williams; Raintree Fusion, 2007. Ages 9-12
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Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi (DK
Biography) (Paperback) by Amy Pastan (Author) 2006; DK CHILDREN
(July 31, 2006). Ages 9-12 – we would recommend it to adults as
well.
Gandhi: The Father of Modern
India by Pratima Mitchell and Mrinal Mitra; Oxford University
Press (October 30, 1997). Grades 3-5
Mahatma Gandhi (20th-Century
History Makers) by Simon Adams (Author); Raintree (January 2003).
Ages 4-8
A coloring book:
The Story of Dandi March by Sandhya Rap (Author) and Ranjan
De (Illustrator); Read and Colour Freedom Stories Series, Tulika
Publishers (2002).
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Working Children
Trash!: On
Ragpicker Children and Recycling (Paperback) by Gita Wolf
(Author), Anushka Ravishankar (Author), Orijit Sen (Illustrator)
Tara Books; 2nd edition (September 1, 2004) Ages 9-12
Stolen Dreams: Portraits of Working
Children (Single Titles) (Hardcover)by David L. Parker
(Author), Lee Engfer (Author), Robert Conrow (Author), Leeanne
Engfer (Author); Lerner Publications (October 1997); Young Adult
A Life Like Mine (Paperback)by
DK Publishing (Author); DK CHILDREN (December 19, 2005); Ages 4-8
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Yoga for Kids and Teens
The American Yoga
Association's Yoga For Sports: The Secret to Limitless Performance
(Paperback) by Alice Christensen, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Breathe: Yoga for Teens (Paperback)
by Mary Kaye Chryssicas, DK CHILDREN, 2007.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga with Kids
(Paperback) by Jodi Komitor and Eve Adamson, Alpha, 2000.
Fly Like A Butterfly: Yoga
for Children (Paperback) by Shakta Kaur Khalsa, Sterling,
1999.*
Light on Life: The
Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
(Paperback) by B.K.S. Iyengar, Rodale Books, 2006.*
My Daddy Is a Pretzel: Yoga for Parents
and Kids (Hardcover) by Baron Baptiste, Sophie Fatus
(Illustrator), Barefoot Books, 2004. Ages 4-8
Storytime Yoga: Teaching Yoga to Children
Through Story (Paperback) by Sydney Solis, The Mythic Yoga
Studio, 2006.
*Recommended by Amitabha.
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Children's Books Catalogs from some Indian Publishers
(Publishing books for children in English)
Amar Chitra Katha
Catalog at
http://wwwamarchitrakatha.com
Children's Book Trust
Catalog at
http://www.childrensbooktrust.com
Harpers Collins Publishers India
Catalog at
http://www.harpercollins.co.in
Katha
Catalog at
http://www.katha.org
National Book Trust of India
Catalog at
http://www.nbtindia.org.in/Cat-English.pdf
Navneet
publications
Catalog at
http://www.navneet.com
Penguin Books India
Catalog at
http://www.penguinbooksindia.com
Pratham Books
Catalog at http://pratham.org
Rupa & Company
Catalog at http://www.rupapublications.com
Tulika Book http://www.tulikabooks.com/
Catalog at
http://www.tulikabooks.com/bookshelf.htm
Zubaan Books
Catalog at
http://www.zubaanbooks.com
Teach yourself, your child: Language and Music
Baby
Hindustani - DVDs to teach young children Hindi, Gujarati,
Tamil, Telugu and Bengali.
Learn Tabla At Home
and Learn Harmonium At Home;
DVDs from Sabir Music
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