Watching television, playing games on computer or playing some real sport can of course be fun. But can it really be more interesting than reading a great book? No, the avid readers among you might say, emphatically. Reading is not just fun, but can make you a better student and a better human being. It is one habit that is going to continue helping you, in whatever you do, long after you have written your final examination as a student.
All-in-one
Books on topics like science and history will give you knowledge, but you will point out that such books are not as interesting as stories. And you are right. There is nothing like reading an interesting story. And now that your examinations are over, you can afford to spend time reading great stories. Like the series of classics that Mathrubhumi Books (Kozhikode) has recently brought out.
The series features 10 books and they contain some of the most popular stories of all time from around the world. The books, Loka Balakathakal retold by K. Sreekumar, Christmas Kathakal retold by K.S. Venkitachalam, Poochakutty (Leo Tolstoy), Vanka (Anton Chekhov), Jalakanyaka (Hans Christian Andersen), Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Barnett), Dracula (Bram Stoker), Aazhikadiyile Athbhutha Lokam (Jules Verne), Dinosaur Park (Arthur Conan Doyle) and Kattile Kathakal (Rudyard Kipling), are well-produced and illustrated.
Loka Balakathakal is the biggest book of the series, running to 250 pages, and it features some of the most popular children's stories, like Alice in Wonderland , Beauty and the Beast , Sleeping Beauty , The Frog Prince , Jack and the Beanstalk , Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , The Pied Piper of Hamelin , Gulliver in Lilliput , The Emperor's New Clothes and The Golden Fish .
By including writers like Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle, in this series, who are not exactly children's literature authors, the publisher is introducing young readers like you to some of the stalwarts of world literature.
The books are available at all leading book stores across the State.
