Funfairs and fairy dust

Friends and mysteries, parcels and holy goats... there is so much happening you simply must read the books to find out.

October 08, 2018 05:07 pm | Updated October 09, 2018 10:57 am IST

Book: The Dwarf, The Girl and The Holy Goat

Publisher: Hachette

Price: ₹ 209

Charlie, the dwarf stops to console a girl crying by the roadside — and from there begins a friendship and an adventure like no other.

Together, Charlie and Inaya, set out to save her mother, who is in hospital, and her beloved goat, Munni, who is in the clutches of an evil politician, Pencil.

The goat is holy, but Pencil’s intentions are definitely not.

Book: Lucky Dip

Publisher: Mango

Price: ₹ 145

Priti and her brother Aditya (called Ditto because he wants to do what she does) make wishes at a “wishing well”at a fair close to their house and chooose parcels for themselves from there. Their schoolmates, Roly and Mini, also pick up parcels. Each child wishes for something special that will make a difference in their lives; however, what eat of them gets is a surprise.

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