FIVE BOOKS TO BRING OUT THE CHILD IN YOU
If you ever feel the drudgery of adulthood get you down, it is the time to take a step back and pause.
Perhaps, you need to let your inner child run free. Don’t worry about the future, and stop lamenting over the past—take a stroll down the memory lane and recall the time when finding a shiny pebble on the street or an ice cream cone on a school night was a cause for celebration.
And, if you are finding this hard to do, we have just the cure for you!
Find here a list of Five Best Books you should pick up when you want to revisit the wondrous days of your childhood. So, keep aside those big boring laptops, switch off your phones, and make yourself a mug of hot chocolate before you cosy up on the couch with these delightful reads.
Boyhood Dreams and Other Tales by Ruskin Bond
Dreams—what are they made of? One spoon of hope, a scoop of passion and a drizzle of fantasy! It is the quickest escape route to our happy place—where the fountain of joy is never-ending. Ask just about anyone, and see them telling you their deepest desires with misty eyes and soft smiles. Just like Kamal, a lanky young boy, selling knick-knacks on the streets of Shahganj for a living. Resilient as a tree, he smiles through his misfortunes and has big dreams of going to bigger cities. Or Suraj, who’s bored of town life but fascinated by the forest, its inhabitants and the night mail, and comes back again and again to listen to the tales woven by the forest watchman. Or like the pair of quirky oddballs at a boarding school in Shimla who become best of friends, and dream of escaping the violence of the Partition through a secret tunnel.
Bringing together the finest writings of Ruskin Bond, Boyhood Dreams and Other Tales will enchant those who dream with their eyes open!
Strange and Mysterious Places the World Forgot by Arthy Muthanna Singh, Mamta Nainy
Have you heard of a lake where you can find hundreds of skeletons floating on the clear, blue waters? Would you believe it if we told you that there’s a gate that drips blood? Have you ever seen a tree as big as an entire forest… or a palace that has no pillars? How about a monastery that looks like a giant honeycomb from a distance?
Strap yourself in and get ready for a swashbuckling tour across India with the second book in this exciting new series, A Dozen and a Half Stories, and discover the secrets behind some of the most mysterious places that you didn’t even know existed.
From a fort where entry after sunset is forbidden to a one-of-a-kind crater created by a huge chip of the moon, from a church that drowns every monsoon and re-emerges during the summers, to pillars that sing Sa Re Ga Ma, these places will spook you, send shivers down the spine, make you gasp, and leave you with more questions than answers!
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book, the story of Mowgli, a boy adopted by the wolves of the Seoonee Pack; his mentors Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear; and his arch-enemy, the despicable tiger Shere Khan, is today an inalienable part of popular culture and imagination. These characters remain as fresh and endearing as they were when they first appeared in print more than a century ago.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
An impetuous German professor, Otto Lidenbrock, discovers an encoded manuscript wherein is mentioned the passageway to the centre of the earth. He prepares a roller-coaster expedition on the basis of document and is accompanied by his faithful nephew, Axel and his stoic Icelandic guide, Hans. The many months they spend in the underground world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests and fantastic sea creatures and their final resurfacing leaves an indelible mark on the mind of the reader.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth is an adaptation from the French novel Voyage au centre de la Terre published in 1864, and is second in the popular science fiction series Voyages extraordinaires.
51 Accidental Inventions that Changed the World by Kimte Guite
Did you know?
• Ice-lollies were invented when a little boy left a glass of soda water out on a chilly night.
• Potato chips were the result of a chef wanting to teach an annoying customer a lesson.
• And sandwiches were made when an Earl did not want to get his hands dirty while eating.
This book is about the good stuff. The wonderful inventions we now cannot live without—from high-heels to tea-bags, pencils to x-rays, each story is an amazing mix of luck and a whole lot of perseverance and hard work.
Imagine what our hot summers would be without ice-lolly? The horrors of never tasting potato-chips! What would we do without our quick-fix Superglue? We hardly give a thought to the many
little things we use every day. Don’t you think it’s time we learnt about a few stories of origin?
Where do they come from? Who invented them and how?
Learn about 51 fascinating stories of inventions in a book blending adorable, simple illustrations with lively text bursting with facts. Who knows, you might accidentally come up with an invention one day too!
Happy Children’s Day, Readers!
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