Tring! Tring!
The alarm clock kept ringing incessantly. I was still feeling drowsy and didn’t want to wake up. Just then, someone knocked on the door.
“Come in,” I shouted, irritated.
To my utter surprise, Suppandi entered! Can you believe it? Yes, that character from TINKLE comics. He was in MY room, smiling at me like a fool. I sat up with a jolt.
Book Title – The Last Bear
Author – Hannan Gold
Publisher – Harper Collins
Recommended Age Group – 9 + years
The Last Bear, beautifully penned down by Hannah Gold, an enthusiastic and talented author, describes the life of a lonely bear on a deserted island of the Artic. The genre of the book is Realistic Fiction and is based on a realistic turn of events. There are two protagonists in this book. Firstly, a young girl named April who lost her mother and is trying to find a friend. She is curious and inquisitive which is how she stumbled upon Bear, the second protagonist. He suffered of loneliness and hunger because of a plastic chain on his paw, preventing him to hunt for himself. The central idea of the book is Global Warming as the icecaps are melting, leaving polar bears stranded on rocks.
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Krishiv. He had a personality of tenderness, happiness, and anger. But nobody wanted to become his friend, because nobody thought he was cool. He felt really sad.
Once upon a twinkling, there lived a beautiful girl named Moonlight. Despite her beauty and the fact that she was born with a golden spoon in her hand, she never had the vice of greed.
Citizens of the whole space adored her, but the seven stars? Nope, not a chance! They were not as kind. They couldn’t even look at her without their judgy eyes.
Under the luminous glow of the midnight moon, Amy crept into the library, her eyes searching for something to spark her adventurous spirit. It had been too long since she’d been on a quest, and the library, where her last adventure had ended, seemed the perfect place to rebuild that confidence.
I was having a normal day, swimming peacefully in the pond, until a breadcrumb hit me on the bill. And then another. It was like a hailstorm! But with breadcrumbs. I quickly turned and gobbled as many as I could.
Then, I spotted my archenemy – Peter the Rabbit – dashing around a tree. Every time I waddle to the pond, he shakes the tree I pass under, making acorns rain down on my head.
Continue reading A Duck’s Disaster – Breadcrumbs, Quakes, and a Broken Home
Chaos frolicked around my home as I was late
At school the teacher would scold me, what would be my fate?
I gobbled up my breakfast and rushed out the door
And that’s when I realised my project was lying on the floor.
Book Name & Publisher: The Girl Who Lost Her YES published by Harper Collins Children’s Imprint
Author: Aarti Khatwani Bhatia
Illustrator: Priya Kurian
Book Reviewer: Navyaa Mathur
What if, one day, you suddenly start saying ‘no’ to everything – even to the things you like, like candies, toys, and ice cream? That’s exactly what happened to little Mia!
Continue reading Book Review – The Girl Who Lost Her Yes by Aarti Khatwani Bhatia
Book Name & Publisher: Boo-Boo’s Adventures, Boo-Boo Investigates, Boo-Boo the Eco-Warrior published by Om Books International
Author: Tanushree Podder
Genre: Fiction
Book Reviewer: Mannat Ahuja
Continue reading Book Review – Boo-Boo Series by Author Tanushree Podder
This poem has been composed by 11-year-old Shaurya Gupta from Hyderabad and was chosen by the Jury as the Runner-Up of ‘Best Poem of the Year’ award at the BTB Wordsmiths of the Year Awards 2023.
Finally, I am conquering the feat
Of making the world’s most beastly sandwich seen
Poisonous if you do eat
Enough to make one’s mouth go scream
