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1) Welcome to India

Author

Ryan, Patrick

Series

Welcome to the world

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

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Diwali - All Ages

Description

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A brief introduction to the history, culture, geography, and people of India.

2) Rikki-tikki-tavi

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Language

English

Description

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A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden. In this beautiful edition, Lambert Davis's lush, realistic paintings bring new life to Nobel Prize-winner Rudyard Kipling's beloved story of courage, honor, and friendship between a mongoose and a boy.

3) It's cool to learn about countries--India

Author

Raatma, Lucia

Series

Social studies explorer

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

4) A visit to India

Author

Roop, Peter

Series

Heinemann first library
Visit to

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

Description

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Introduces the country of India, including the land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, work, transportation, language, school, sports, celebrations, and the arts.

5) India

Author

Nardo, Don

Series

Enchantment of the world. Second

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

Description

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An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of India.

6) The god of small things

Author

Roy, Arundhati

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

7) The jungle book

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Series

Great illustrated classics

Language

English

Description

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Presents the three adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories and songs. Includes discussion questions and explanatory notes.

8) The white tiger: a novel

Author

Adiga, Aravind

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

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Diwali- Adult/YA

Description

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Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along.

9) The Elephanta suite

Author

Theroux, Paul

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

10) India

Author

Brownlie Bojang, Ali

Series

Countries around the world

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

11) Taj Mahal

Author

Arnold, Caroline

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the love story behind the building of the Taj Mahal in India, discussing how it was constructed and providing information on Indian culture.

12) Monkey play

Author

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin

Series

Step into reading. Step 1 book

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

Description

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Three little monkeys swing through a market in India causing mayhem as they playfully pass through the stalls.

13) India: a primary source cultural guide

Author

Draper, Allison Stark

Series

Primary sources of world cultures

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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An overview of the history and culture of India and its people including the geography, myths, arts, daily life, education, industry, and government, with illustrations from primary source documents.

14) India

Author

Wood, Michael

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

15) India

Author

Phillips, Douglas A

Series

Modern world nations

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

16) The world we found: a novel

Author

Umrigar, Thrity N

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

Description

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American divorcée Armaiti has six months to live and her last wish is to see her three best friends again--Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta, all in Bombay. But Nishta's husband, Iqbal, a fellow university idealist turned fundamentalist, will be the biggest obstacle to fulfilling Armaiti's final desire.

17) Rea and the blood of the nectar

Author

Doshi, Payal

Series

Chronicls of Astranthia

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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Fantastical Fiction - JF

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It all begins on the night Rea turns twelve. After a big fight with her twin brother Rohan on their birthday, Rea's life in the small village of Darjeeling, India, gets turned on its head. It's four in the morning and Rohan is nowhere to be found...Unwilling to give up on her brother, Rea and her friend Leela meet Mishti Daadi, a wrinkly old fortune-teller whose powers of divination set them off on a thrilling and secret quest...