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32
pages, 11" x 9", two colour, |
WHO
WILL BE NINGTHOU? The Ningthous and Leima, king
and queen of Manipur, rule well over their meeyam, their
people. They have three sons and a daughter — Sanajaoba,
Sanayaima, Sanatomba and Sanatombi. The people are happy and
live in peace. As the years roll by, it is time to decide
who will succeed to the throne. The Ningthou and Leima
desire that the throne go, not to the eldest son, but to the
wisest, most able child. And so they hold a competition. Who
wins the bout? Is the winner named the next Ningthou?
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ALL
ABOUT NOTHING Based on an animation film, the
book explores the possible origin of ‘zero’ as used in
mathematical calculations. The story is a fictional take on
actual research done on the subject. A merchant living in
Takshashila (north-western India) finds he has to do
calculations all the time. But without ‘zero’, it is a
complicated process indeed. One night, he falls asleep on his
papers. When he wakes up, sunlight is streaming in through the
latticed window, throwing circular beams of light on his
calculations. An idea is sparked off. Eureka!
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24
pages, 10.5" x 8.25", full colour, soft cover, for
6-10 years
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| KALI
AND THE RAT SNAKE by Zai
Whitaker
art Srividya
Natarajan |
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Kali hates school. And
school hates him, he thinks, for he has no friends. The
children there find him strange. He wishes his father
were an ‘ordinary’ bus-conductor or postman instead
of a snake-catcher, even if one of the most celebrated
in the Irula tribe. He worries that others will see him
eating fried termites (his favourite snack!) and laugh.
And then one day, a large rat snake creates havoc in the
classroom . . . and Kali becomes a hero! |
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24
pages, 8.25" x 6.75", full colour, soft cover, |
