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Baby is unhappy. What will the mother try?
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Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Personal Development
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
It was forbidden to go there, and to go at night to hammer a nail at the head of the grave? Ashhar was either a fool, or he was trying to be oh-so-brave. Why else would he accept Zulfi’s challenge? Would Ashhar enter the haunted tomb on a full moon night?
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Categories: Adventure Children & Young Adult Reading Crime, Thrillers & Mystery Family & Friends Fiction Horror Personal Development School & Education
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Music courses through the veins of Wahkhen village. Children begin to form a connection with music at a young age, however, a young boy named Ban has some trouble doing that. This is the story of Ban, seeking to find his footing in, and connection with music. This is a tale of discovering inspiration in the most unexpected, and the most everyday experiences.
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Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Fiction Health & Wellbeing History Human Interest
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Chinar loves football. She wants to win the World Cup when she grows up. One day, when she asks Ma for a new pair of shoes, she hears the story of Kanu dadu, who played against the British barefoot—and won.
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Categories: Biographies Family & Friends
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
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Jack's bath time takes a wild turn as things in his bathtub start to change, and a group of animals becomes part of his adventurous bathtub safari!
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Categories: Adventure Crime, Thrillers & Mystery Family & Friends Fiction Nature/Gardening/Animals Science & Nature Science-Fiction & Fantasy
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Tessamma’s beloved buffalo is missing! No one knows what happened to her but constable Jincy is determined to find out. She goes all over the village, questioning people and looking for clues. Will Jincy be able to find Beauty the buffalo? The game is afoot in this mystery about a music-loving buffalo.
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Categories: Human Interest Nature/Gardening/Animals Science & Nature
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Let's all curl up in our blankets! This is a story about the stories that a mother tells her son before he sleeps.
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Categories: Adventure Children & Young Adult Reading Crime, Thrillers & Mystery Family & Friends Fiction Nature/Gardening/Animals School & Education Science-Fiction & Fantasy
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Valli and Ramesh live under a cloud of fear because of their father, who has a frightening temper. Will things ever change for them? A story about domestic violence, grit and hope.
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Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Family & Friends Fiction Health & Wellbeing Personal Development
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
May has so much work to do but all her cleaning tools keep disappearing. What is happening, she wonders, and her siblings are not of much help. A hilarious story of mischief, and family love.
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Categories: Family & Friends Humor
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
The Chad Sukra festival is here! Waka and her squirrel friend Kiru are excited to be part of the celebrations. But, after a fateful encounter with Bei Rym-aw herself, they start to realise a heartbreaking truth–humans are harming the environment. What will the two do to make the festival a symbol of hope again?
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Categories: Family & Friends Human Interest Mythology, Legends & Folklore Science-Fiction & Fantasy
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
Mr. Centipede wears 21 pairs of boots on his morning walk. But with so many legs to choose from, how does he know which foot to use first? Join Mr. Centipede and his garden friends in this story about counting and indecision!
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Categories: Children & Young Adult Reading Fiction Humor Nature/Gardening/Animals Personal Development Science & Nature
Collection: Editor’s Picks
Readers: Kids
Suggested age: Not assessed
A young boy finds that everything at home changes when his baby brother arrives.
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