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June 18, 2013 03:32 pm | Updated 03:32 pm IST

Chennai: 11/06/2013: The Hindu: Young World: Book Review Column:
Title: Roshni's Dream, a story of Karthak Dance.
Author: Sushma Mehta. Illustrated byDido Whitehead.

Chennai: 11/06/2013: The Hindu: Young World: Book Review Column: Title: Roshni's Dream, a story of Karthak Dance. Author: Sushma Mehta. Illustrated byDido Whitehead.

Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India for over 16 years, was a freedom fighter and a patriot. She loved books, nature, art, sports and puzzles. This biography illustrated with rare photographs, portrays very simply but eloquently the life of the Iron Lady of India.

INDIRA GANDHI, H.Y. Sharada Prasad, Puffin, Rs. 9

When Aditya attempts to lay his hands on the diary of a ruthless tiger poacher, little does he know the events his actions will trigger.

RANTHAMBORE ADVENTURE,

Deepal Dalal, Silverfish, Rs. 195

Vikram and Aditya set off on an expedition to the Zanskar Mountains of Ladakh to search for the fabled leopard.

THE SNOW LEOPARD ADVENTURE, Silverfish, Rs. 195

Khadija’s life is a source of great inspiration to believers, especially women.

THE STORY OF KHADIJA, Saniyasnain Khan, Goodwood Kids

A special edition with ten heart warming folktales by master storytellers Ruskin Bond, Sudha Murthy, Devdutt Patnaik, Kamala Das, Paro Anand and many others.

THE PUFFIN BOOK OF FOLKTALES, Puffin, Rs. 499

A story of Kathak.

ROSHNI’S DREAM, Sushma Mehta, Pitambar, Rs. 199

This wonderfully insightful biography, rich in anecdotes and little-known facts, brings alive this legendary figure to contemporary readers.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE THE RENAISSANCE MAN, Monideepa Sahu, Puffin, Rs. 199

The story of Hanuman and his daring journey to Lanka.

HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE by Ruskin Bond, Red Turtle, Rs, 150

Shanto is a child soldier, a hungry boy recruited into a bloodthirsty army of rebels. But when he gets involved in an operation that leads to the gruesome killing of 38 people, he decides to quit the rebel’s cause. Now, both the police and his former comrades are hunting him down.

GUNS ON MY RED EARTH by Swati Sengupta, Red Turtle, Rs. 195

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