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Books we are looking forward to in 2010!

January 24, 2010

Last week we had put out the 2009 books published in India and this week, I present the 2010 list. Looks like finally, we are going to see interesting adaptations of Histories and Biographies – they do seem to dominate the list.

I am especially excited about Luke and the Fire of Life – the sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and Samhita Arni’s take on the Ramayana, seeing what a fantastic job she did with the Mahabharata.

Watch this space for news on book launches, releases and of course, our picks!  Mission Moon (Puffin India) authored by Dr. SK Das is being launched in Bangalore on the 27th of this month.

Beginner Readers (5 to 7)

1. Fruits of India by Jill Hartley, Helmut Wolf (Tara Books)
2. Flowers of India by Jill Hartley, Helmut Wolf (Tara Books)
3. Vegetables of India by Jill Hartley, Helmut Wolf (Tara Books)
4. Golden Sparrows and the Fireflies (Katha)
5. GT Express! (Katha)
6. Days with Thathu (Katha)
7. Kisne Banaya? (Katha)
8. I am Najar-Am-Radh (Katha)
9. Yes, Hutoxi by Radhika Chadha (Tulika Books)

Middle Readers (7 to 9)

1. The Curse of the Broken Step by Bubbles Sabarwal & Anjali Raghbeer (Scholastic)
2. Biographies for Young Children by Anushka Ravishankar (Scholastic)
3. Song of the Bookworm by Anushka Ravishankar (Scholastic)
4. Tree with a Travelling Heart by Paro Anand (Scholastic)
5. Goopi Gayne Bagha Byne by Gulzar (Scholastic)
6. Music is My Aeroplane by Jack Thomas (Scholastic)
7. Mina and Yasin in the Lanes of Time by Ilona Aronovsky (Scholastic)
8. Gandhi: From Moniya to Mahatma by Lushin Dubey (Scholastic)
9. The Big Fat Bunky and the Littlest Monkey by Anita Varma (Young Zubaan)
10. For the Love of a Cat (Katha)
11. How to Weigh an Elephant (Katha)
12. Unnikatha (Katha)
13. I am Aan (Katha)
14. When In Delhi (Katha)

Older Readers (9+)

1. Confessions of a List Maniac by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan (Scholastic)
2. Romantic Stories from Indian History by Devika Rangachari (Scholastic)
3. Panna by Kamala Das (Puffin India)
4. Puffin Classics: The Land of Cards: Stories, Poems and Plays for Children by Rabindranath Tagore (Puffin India)
5. Ash and Tara and the Emerald Dagger by Jeanne Perrett (Puffin India)
6. Mr Oliver’s Diary by Ruskin Bond (Puffin India)
7. A Clear, Blue Sky: Stories and Poems of Conflict and Hope (Puffin India)
8. We, the Children of India: Preamble to Our Constitution by Leila Seth (Puffin India)
9. The Killers of Kathmandu (Feluda comics) by Subhadra Sengupta (Puffin India)
10. Danger in Darjeeling (Feluda comics) by Subhadra Sengupta (Puffin India)
11. Puffin Lives: Mahatma Gandhi by Subhadra Sengupta (Puffin India)
12. Puffin Lives: Akbar by Kavitha Mandana (Puffin India)
13. The Potion of Eternity: Pearls of Wisdom by Sonja Chandrachud (Puffin India)
14. The City of Jewels by Michaela Clarke (Puffin India)
15. Adventures in the Underground Forest by Prasenjit Gupta (Puffin India)
16. Butterfingers by Khyrunnisa A (Puffin India)
17. Ash and Tara and the Palace of Silence by Jeanne Perrett (Puffin India)
18. The Pyre of Queens by David Hair (Puffin India)
19. The Yellow Bird by Lila Mazumdar (Puffin India)
20. Earthquake, Fire and Flood by Ruskin Bond (Puffin India)
21. Global Indians by Ranjini Manian (Puffin India)
22. Atisa and Hieun Tsang by Anu Kumar  (Puffin India)
23. I did my MBA at 16 by Subroto Bagchi (Puffin India)
24. Puffin Classics: The Burmese Box and Other Stories by Lila Mazumdar (Puffin India)
25. Puffin Lives: Subhas Chandra Bose by Anuradha Kumar (Puffin India)
26. Sita’s Ramayana by Samhita Arni, Moyna Chitrakar (Tara Books)
27. Luka and the Fire of Life – Salman Rushdie (Random House)
28. The Riddle of the Seventh Stone by Monideepa Sahu (Young Zubaan)
29. Star Stuck: A Foxy Four Adventure by Subhadra Sen Gupta (Young Zubaan)
30. Growing up in Pandupura by Aditi and Chatura Rao (Young Zubaan)

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