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Author
Language
English
Description
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.
4) Tiger boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A tiger cub has escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, and Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to find her in order to save her from being captured and sold on the black market by Mr. Gupta and his men.
5) Holi hai!
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Will Gauri's anger prevent her from enjoying the Holi festivities with her family?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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...
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 6
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In a Mumbai market, twin detectives Ethan and Ella investigate why a spice seller's spices have suddenly gone bad.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 19
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
Author
Series
Jungle book (Easy reader classics) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals, ignores the advice of his friends Bagheera and Baloo and goes off by himself in the jungle.
Author
Series
Jungle book (Easy reader classics) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals, learns that as long as he lives with his friends, they are threatened by Shere Khan and so decides to leave, accompanied by Bagheera and Baloo.
14) Monkey play
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Three little monkeys swing through a market in India causing mayhem as they playfully pass through the stalls.
15) Homeless bird
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.
17) The jungle book
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Includes discussion questions.
18) Thirst
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A heroic girl in Mumbai fights for her belief that water should be for everyone"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--
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