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Pratham Books Catalogue 2009
Pratham Books Catalogue 2009
catalogue 2009-10
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The Flyaway Cradle
ooks are to the child’s mind Sridala Swami, Author
Sanjay Sarkar, Illustrator
what food is to the stomach. What do you do with a cradle that flies? Join
In the five years since its birth, this bunch of clever children and find out!
Pages: 16 Size: 10.7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.25
Pratham Books, a not-for-profit trust,
PRE-SCHOOL
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu
has published 170 unique titles, ased!
Rele
written and illustrated specially for Just
children. Manee Myaw
Rijuta Ghate, Author and Illustrator
Each title has been translated into Listen to this cheeky kitten!
Pages: 12 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
several Indian languages, enabling Languages: Hindi, Marathi
us to offer books to children across
the country. It is our belief that we
need to offer healthy, wholesome Fat King Thin Dog
fare at really affordable prices, and Parismita, Author and Illustrator
hence most of our books are priced Run along with the fat king after this thin dog.
Pages: 12 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
at Rs. 25 or lower. Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Gujarati,
Urdu, Telugu, Punjabi
Curriculum Book
Reputed institutions like Educomp,
Bharathi Foundation and iDiscoveri Pehelwaan Ji
have tasted our fare and recommended Sanjiv Jaiswal ‘Sanjay’, Author
Ajit Narayan, Illustrator
it as supplementary reading to several Pehelwaan ji was a bit of a bully. But Gappu
schools. Our stories have been soon took care of that...Read this amusing
story about their bout of wrestling!
featured in NCERT textbooks too. Pages: 20 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.20/15
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada,
Punjabi, Telugu, Urdu, Gujarati
We are happy to have spread the joy Curriculum Book
of reading to 7 million children. But
we cannot rest until we have fulfilled Where is my Bat?
our mission of putting, “A book in Meera Tendolkar, Author
every child’s hand”. Rijuta Ghate, Illustrator
This child can’t find his bat. Read this
book and help him find it as he looks for it
everywhere.
Come, help enrich young minds: Pages: 20 Size: 5.5”x 7.7” MRP: Rs.15
view our menu card, and order now. Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi
Curriculum Book
Bon appetit!
Colours Of Nature
Bulbul Sharma, Author and Illustrator
From the brush of an eminent artist, a
colourful offering for the early readers.
Pages: 20 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.20/15
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi
Curriculum Book
Rumniya
Rukmini Banerji, Author
Henu, Illustrator
Rumniya and Nani are a cheerful pair
because they know most things turn out
right in the end. Read this sweet story about
resourceful Rumniya!
Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali
Curriculum Book
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3-6 YEARS
3-6 YEARS
What is it?
The Greedy Mouse Tanya Luther Agarwal, Author
Herminder Ohri, Author and Illustrator Partho Sengupta, Illustrator
The mouse learns that it doesn’t always Can you tell me what it is, when you can
pay to be greedy! hear it, but cannot see it...?
Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15 Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
PRE-SCHOOL
PRE-SCHOOL
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil
Curriculum Book Curriculum Book
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3-6 YEARS
3-6 YEARS
PRE-SCHOOL
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati,
PRE-SCHOOL
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3-6 YEARS
3-6 YEARS
PRE-SCHOOL
Curriculum Book
PRE-SCHOOL
Play Time
Sanjiv Jaiswal ‘Sanjay’, Author
Ajit Narayan, Illustrator
Golu and Chhotu sure make a funny pair.
Read about their antics in this funny story.
Spring • Summer
Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Punjabi
Curriculum Book
Rain Rain
Sanjiv Jaiswal ‘Sanjay’, Author
Ajit Narayan, Illustrator
Roll along with the cloud as it brings rain
and joy! Monsoon • Winter
Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
Leela Kirloskar & Arvind Passi, Authors
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Amit Adhikari, Illustrator
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Punjabi
Pages: 12 Size: 5.5”x 7.7” MRP: Rs.15 each
Curriculum Book
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Urdu, Gujarati
Curriculum Books
Smile Please
Sanjiv Jaiswal ‘Sanjay’, Author
Ajit Narayan, Illustrator
Follow the young deer as he races along with
friends.
Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.15
The Bilingual Series
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Punjabi These bilingual books tell simple stories in two languages.
Curriculum Book Children can use one language to learn the other even as
they go through these happy stories.
Going To... Series
Children always like to share their experiences with
others. In this series they are going to different places
and having so much fun!
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surroundings as they look at these simple stories. Cheenu’s Gift
Sridala Swami, Author
Sanjay Sarkar, Illustrator
Cheenu has a lot of fun helping his father.
Sometimes, there is a special treat for him
too!
PRE-SCHOOL
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I Want To... • Look at Me Phani’s Funny Chappals
Pankaj Chaturvedi, Author Sridala Swami, Author
Ajit Narayan, Illustrator Sanjay Sarkar, Illustrator
Pages: 16 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.15 each Read this funny story about Phani’s funny
chappals!
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi,
Telugu Pages: 16 Size: 8.5”x 10.7” MRP: Rs.25
Curriculum Books Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu
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Tell Me...Now Series Benita Sen, Author
7-10 YEARS
Baaraan Ijlal, Illustrator
What do you call a Yak who talks too much?
Often an inquisitive child asks his parents about the Yakity Yak of course! Read this charming tale
colours and shapes that he sees around himself. about Yakity and his friends.
The Tell Me...Now! Series describes how interesting the Pages: 20 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.25
questions and answers can be! Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu
lea sed!
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Samira Goes Shopping
E A R LY R E A D E R S
Bharati Jagannathan, Author
Preeti Krishnamurthy, Illustrator
Join Samira and Mouchak on their unusual
shopping trip!
Colours • Good For You • Naughty or Not Pages: 16 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.20
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu
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Samira’s Awful Lunch
Bharati Jagannathan, Author
Preeti Krishnamurthy, Illustrator
Samira doesn’t like the lunch her mother has
Round and Round • Sweet and Sour • Happy and Sad packed in her tiffin box. All her animal friends
feel bad for her and offer her their lunch !
Madhav Chavan, Author
Pages: 16 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.20
Rijuta Ghate, Illustrator
Pages: 16 Size: 4.2”x 5.5” MRP: Rs.10 each
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali,
Punjabi
Curriculum Books The Wandering Cloud
Shyamala S, Author
Priya Bhoir, Illustrator
A rain-cloud, Cluffy floats along in the sky as
Around me! the wind takes him to many new places.
Pages: 16 Size: 5.5”x 8” MRP: Rs.15
Friends and Family mean the world to our young readers! Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Telugu, Punjabi, Tamil, Bengali
Curriculum Book
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Bani
Herminder Ohri, Author The Mouse with Seven Tails
Taposhi Ghoshal, Illustrator Bapsi Sidhwa, Author
Bani can float in her sleep and reach the Sanjay Sarkar, Illustrator
most amazing amusing places. Would you Most mice are happy with one ordinary tail.
like to float along? Little Mouse is happy because she has seven!
Pages: 24 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.20 Pages: 16 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.20
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu,
Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil
7-10 YEARS
Surekha Panandiker, Author
Geeta Pote, Author Rajeev Verma ‘Banjara’, Illustrator
Rijuta Ghate, Illustrator A gutsy washerwoman takes on the demons
The fun loving grasshopper learns an of dirt with admirable derring-do. Join her
important lesson from the industrious ants. scrubbing party.
Pages: 32 Size: 5.5”x 7.7” MRP: Rs.25 Pages: 20 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.20
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada Languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi
Curriculum Book
E A R LY R E A D E R S
Lion on the Loose Shyamala S, Author
Paro Anand, Author Manish Chavan and Medha Kondlekar,
Avishek Sen, Illustrator Illustrators
A zoo lion takes a rainy day holiday and Daboo cannot sleep at night as his
feasts on pakoras. newborn sister’s crying disturbs him.
Pages: 24 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.25 Does he find a suitable place?
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Pages: 32 Size: 5”x 8” MRP: Rs.25
Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi,
Curriculum Book Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali
Curriculum Book
7-10 YEARS
Ek Sudama • Pehli Paheliyaan • Tak Dhinadhin
Ek Banmali
The Koel’s Song • The Rainbow Fish Damodar Agarwal, Prayag Shukla, Ramesh Chandra Shah, Surya Kumar
Pandey, Bhavana Pankaj, Shreeprasad, Sunita Jain; Authors
Jayashree Deshpande, Author Shweta Mohapatra, Rajeev Verma ‘Banjara’, Papeeha, Baaraan Ijlal;
Srikrishna Kedilaya, Monappa, Illustrators Illustrators
Pages: 28 Size: 5.5”x 7.7” MRP: Rs.20 each Pages: 20/ 28/ 32 Size: 5.5”x 7.7” MRP: Rs.15/20 each
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil Language: Hindi
Curriculum Books Curriculum Books
E A R LY R E A D E R S
E A R LY R E A D E R S
Animal Stories Wild And Wacky Tales
Meet a set of very adventurous and helpful animals in Put the Panchatantra aside, and pick up these books
these clever tales from the jungle. by a new generation writer from Uttara Kannada in
Karnataka.This wonderful five part series will free the
child’s imagination by helping her think laterally.
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Orient Longman - Pratham Books Series The Eureka Series
Charming text set amidst striking illustrations make This set of four books attempts to demystify important
these global tales about friendship and family a scientific concepts through the medium of storytelling.
wonderful gift for children. Each book explores different physical phenomena such
as the rotation of the earth, the scattering of light,
gravity and thunder, in a fun and engaging way.
Santa’s • Symbiosis
Christmas Where does the Sun • Where does Thunder
go at Night? Come From?
7-10 YEARS
7-10 YEARS
E A R LY R E A D E R S
E A R LY R E A D E R S
• The Four • The •Why don’t Things • Why is the Sky
Friends Whispering Fall Up? so Blue?
Palms
Lavina Tien, Urmila Ellappan, Book Box, Deepa Gangwani and Roopa Pai, Author
Tina Suchanek; Authors Greystroke, Illustrator
Emanuele Scanziani, Jyothi Fucile; Illustrators Pages: 32/ 36 Size: 9.5”x 6.7” MRP: Rs.25 each
Pages: 28 Size: 8.5”x 5.5” MRP: Rs.40/20 each Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil Curriculum Books
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Grandfather Goes on Strike Olivia Fraser, Author and Illustrator
K.S. Nagarajan, Author Olivia Fraser has travelled around India
Neeta Gangopadhya, Illustrator painting for the last ten years. This book
Most Grandfathers are content to lie back has arisen from her observations of the
in an armchair and lazily read the day’s vast colourful array of people she has come
newspaper. Not our tree loving senior citizen! across during her travels.
Pages: 32 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.30 Pages: 32 Size: 8”x 8” MRP: Rs.25
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi,
ased
Printed on recycled paper
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil
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Just R Asian splendour: Folk tales Shanti’s Friend
Hema Pande, Author Deepa Agarwal, Author
Dipto Narayan Chatterjee, Illustrator Avishek Sen, Illustrator
From the high, grassy plains of Tibet to Shanti moves to the city when it does not
the blue depths of the Filipino seas, these rain in the village for a long time. She does
folktales from Asia are a rich feast for our her best to please her Uncle and Aunt but is
advanced readers with multiple stories in rarely successful. It is an unusual friend who
one book. helps her when she is in trouble.
Pages: 76 Size: 9.2”x 9.2” MRP: Rs.90 Pages: 28 Size: 7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.25
ADVANCED READERS
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Urdu
lea sed!
Jus t Re Why Does Gopal Get Angry?
J.M. Radhakrishna, Author
Raja Nang Dhadanga Hai Henu, Illustrator
Kamala Bakaya, Author Learn important lessons from Gopal’s
Audrey Kumar, Illustrator journey to deal with the universal emotion
The Emperor’s new clothes in a new avatar of anger and make choices which help you
and told in verse! in your life.
Pages: 20 Size: 10.7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.25 Pages: 28 Size: 10.7”x 8.5” MRP: Rs.25
Language: Hindi Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu
11-14 YEARS
trader a lesson?
Pages: 40 Size: 9.2”x9.2” MRP: Rs.25 Pages: 32 Size: 9.5”x 6.7” MRP: Rs.25
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil Gujarati
Curriculum Book
their idyllic life soon turns upside down when of an Olive Ridley turtle and also introduces
they find themselves turned into wooden toys! him to several other species of the sea.
Pages: 36 Size: 8.5”x 7” MRP: Rs.25 Pages: 28 Size: 8.5” x 10.7” MRP: Rs.25
Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil,
Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Kannada Kannada, Oriya
11-14 YEARS
American Folktales Short Stories Series
The Native Americans respected nature and used Interesting stories for bookworms.
stories to instill the same respect in children of
subsequent generations. Read these tales boldly
illustrated by a mother-and-daughter duo.
ADVANCED READERS
ADVANCED READERS
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