If you are ready to embark on a reading journey with your child, here’s a list for you to keep handy! Remember the first thing you need to raise a reader is faith, in yourself, and in the power of books! Good luck! Happy reading and happy raising readers!
Books for Babies & Toddlers (0 to 5-year-olds):
Monkey Puzzle
Little monkey is looking for his mother in the jungle and in the process finds many friends and makes many discoveries. This Julia Donaldson Classic is written in her signature style and the rhyme makes it an ideal read for toddlers and new readers alike!
My Mother’s Sari
An earthy and breathtaking picture about all the magic that 5 yards of cloth can weave! All the comfort it can provide too. A quintessential read for every toddler growing up in India!
Little Laali
Little Laali does not want to be little! But until she grows up, she has many big dreams about all she could do if she were not little. A very relatable read about the possibilities that await us and the power of dreaming big!
Giggi and Daddy
This is daddy’s side of the story! How he diligently prepared for his little angel’s arrival, how he still plans every moment with her to make it memorable. This is the perfect daddy, baby bonding book!
From Head to Toe
Eric Carle’s classic is a unique and fun exploration of body parts. It’s full of interactive moments and the repetition just ensures that it’s the kind of book that’ll become a chant in your baby’s head.
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Books for Independent Readers & Middle Graders (6 to 12 year-olds):
Timmi in Tangles
Timmi is a very inventive girl who’s always upto some mischief. Her imaginative ideas and her spirit make her a very relatable character and her stories are fun, funny and just the right amount of naughty.
Peanut has a Plan
Siblings Peanut, Papad, and Pickle are bored during their summer break and Peanut keeps coming up with plans to entertain herself. A wholesome early chapter book with a very determined protagonist, this one has everything, mischief, friendship, humor, everything!
The Adventures of Tootsie Lama
Tootsie Lama is a young girl living on her own in breathtaking Darjeeling and this one fine day, she and her best friend are upto big mischief! Whether she succeeds in her plan or not, this naughty protagonist is sure to win hearts of all sizes!
Inside Out and Back Again
A young growing up with three brothers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, this one of a kind middle grade book is written entirely in verse and that’s what makes is so readable and yet so impactful!
Ninja Nani and the Bumbling Burglers
Deepu’s Nani gets superhero powers through a twist of technology and now must fight all sorts of bad guys! This first book in a series is full of puns and wordplay and the author’s wit is spot on and her dialogue will leave you in splits!
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Books for Teens (13 year-olds & above):
The School for Good and Evil
This first book in a trilogy set in a school that trains fairy tales characters to be good or evil! It’s a very eventful plot that turns a lot of fairy tale conventions over its head. It plays on themes like good vs evil, appearance vs goodness of character and there’s a lot of food for thought in here.
Our Nana was a Nutcase
Four siblings who are being raised by their nutty, zany grandfather. This is the perfect good whole Indian read that’ll make you want to be part of this crazy and adorable family! The kind of book that you laugh with, and cry with too!
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness in this book juxtaposes the harsh realities of life against the hope the stories can offer. It’s a book about grief, anger, and dealing with losing someone who you never want to lose.
The Sorcery of Thorns
The only life Elizabeth has known is at a magical library where she’s training to be an apprentice, but then something happens that disturbs the balance of her world and now she must embark on a magical, eventful yet dangerous adventure. Good thing she is a very spunky heroine who never gives up!
