Illustrated by: Priya Kuriyan
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Scholastic

Yasmin takes on the powers-that-be to ensure the survival of Book Uncle's free reading library.

Illustrated by: Kumkum Somani
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Spenta

Nine short stories woven around Bapu's ideals of love and compassion

Illustrated by: Ashok Rajagopalan
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Tulika

A slice of life tale about an encounter with a black panther.

Illustrated by: Uma Krishnaswamy
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Tulika

A baby tree grows in the midle of a dust path and is soon a huge tree surrounded by traffic.

Illustrated by: Proiti Roy
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Tulika

A splendid collection of myth and folktales of Kashmir

Illustrated by: Boski Jain
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Tulika

A story of indigo - and how the dye is used.

By: Gita Wolf
Illustrated by: Joydeep Chitrakar
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Tara Books

An Indian version of Noah's Ark illustrated in the Patua tradition of folk art from Bengal

Illustrated by: Partha Sengupta
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: National Book Trust

Where would a squirrel rather be, with his keeper or amongst the trees?

Illustrated by: Wen Hsu
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: Katha

An out of work artist would rather starve than see his cat broken hearted.

Illustrated by: Partha Sengupta
Age group: 7+ yrs
Publisher: National Book Trust

How does a baby hornbill overcome his fear?