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The summer holidays start on a bad note.
Gitanjali is furious with her cousins – Ajay, Ajit and Aveek – who
call her ‘Hathni’, she-elephant, to tease her. But the nickname
sticks and, curiously enough, sets the tone for a very
elephant-oriented holiday at Kalalgarh. At the hub of it all is
Gitanjali, the twelve-year-old girl who seems to share an unusual bond
with the big gentle creatures.
That
Summer at Kalagarh is a gripping tale set in the lush forests of
the Kumaon hills – Corbett country, brought to life with
naturalist-author Ranjit Lal’s photographic eye for detail.
Excitement is tinged with dry humour as the children find themselves
face to face with close encounters of a very strange kind.
80
pages, 8.5" x 5.5", black and white, soft cover, for 10
years and above
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