The Generous Crow

Written in Kannada by Venkatramana Gowda; Translated to English by Dr Divaspathy Hegde; Illustrated by Padmanabh; Published by: Pratham Books Crow is neither beautiful nor does it enjoy a melodious voice. So it goes to a Koyal to learn singing but was unable to learn. Koyal declares she can't teach…

Row Row Row Your Boat

Written in Kannada by Jayashree Deshpande,  Translated to English by Dr. Divaspathy Hegde; Published by Pratham Books Visiting Ajja and Ajji in the village is always exciting for Raju, but this time, his grandparents have a special surprise for him. One evening, when they are taking their usual wa…

The Sparrow and The Fruit

Written in Kannada by Jayashree Deshpande; Translated to English by Dr Divaspathy Hegde; Illustrated by Padmanabh; Published by Pratham Books  A bird named Gubbi got herself a juicy guava from the market. He was very excited but unfortunately, the guava fell from her claws into a thorny bush. She w…

Grandpa Fish and The Radio

Written in Kannada by Jayashree Deshpande; Translated to English by Dr Divaspathy Hegde; Illustrated by Srikrishna Kedilaya; Published by Pratham Books In a stream far away, lived several families of frogs, tortoises, and fish happily in each other’s company. The fish family was the largest of all.…

The Day The Vegetables Came to School

Written in Kannada by Venkatramana Gowda; Translated to English by Dr Divaspathy Hegde; Illustrated by Padmanabh; Published by: Pratham Books One day Raju was going to school and was very happy. He noticed something very strange. Ahead of him marched unusual shapes going towards the school with sch…

Kato Clever and The Big Trouble

Written and Illustrated by: Herminder Ohri; Published by: Pratham Books Kato the squirrel had come to visit his cousin Vikki and his family from the faraway forest in the city. One day, people came with machines and the yellow cap came to the spot they lived to cut down the trees and convert the pl…

The Boat Ride

Written and Illustrated by: Herminder Ohri; Published by: Pratham Books In a small garden in the city lived a family of squirrels on a big peepal tree. Vikki, one of the members, had his cousin Kato come over to meet him from a faraway forest where he lived. They both decided to go on a boat ride i…

The Rainbow Fish

Written in Kannada by Jayashree Deshpande; Translated to English by Dr. Divaspathy Hegde; Illustrated by Monappa; Published by Pratham Books A little boy named Raju lived in the city but during every summer break; he would visit his grandfather’s house in the village. In one such break, Raju decide…

The Sweet Soup

The Sweet Soup is the story of a young and kind girl who lived with her mother and had nothing to eat in her house. One day the girl went to the forest in search of some food. There she found a little rabbit limping around in pain. It’s feet were hurting due to a thorn. As soon as she pulled the th…

Too Many Bananas

Written by Rohini Nilekani; Illustrated by Angie & Upesh; Published by: Pratham Books Sringeri Srinivas used to grow bananas on his farm, but nobody wanted to buy his sweet ripe bananas. His friends, wife, traders, and even the cows denied eating any. They all would say, “No, Thank you. The bananas…