New Books!

We've had new books for some time now but haven't told you yet because we've been having some trouble keeping our catalogue up to date. Probably because this is the summer vacation, we've been getting more orders than our little technologically backward system can handle! A major change in our website is sorely needed, but until then, I'm afraid you'll have to deal occasionally with books you order having been sold just before you got to them :)

Here are some of the wonderful books we have right now...

Daily Dump's '5 Disgustingly Cool Books for Kids' are now part of our collection. Look at our earlier blogpost (cross-posted) about them here. These are five very thin booklets that encourage children (8 up) to enquire into some of the assumptions and choices that are part of daily life. The pages are scattered with questions with options that a child can tick off, as well as images and little snippets of information, not in strict linear sequence. The booklets are meant to be gone through with a sensitive and open adult -- parent or teacher -- because what they do best is to open up topics for discussion and questioning by adult and child together. What we liked best is that these are not questions that have a "right" answer that the adult must provide. Instead, the very act of pondering over these questions makes you look a little closer at your conditioning, assumptions, choices, and at everything that goes on around you. The set costs Rs. 100.

'Holes' is one of those books that shows up on every 'Best Books' list (like this one). It is wonderful in all ways. Perfectly structured and written, with humour, adventure without sensationalism, a lovely intelligent plot, and a strong, compassionate story to back it up. Like The Independent on Sunday said, "There is not one false sentence." You don't have to be a child to love it. Everyone seems to love it, there is a movie based on the book, and to top it off, it won the Newbery medal! We would recommend it for roughly ten and older -- it has a few slightly frightening scenes and an intricate story. Click here to know more.

'Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle' is the main character in a series of delightful, old-fashioned short stories for the younger ones . Amazon describes her perfectly:

"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has been wildly popular with children and adults for over 50 years. Children adore her because she understands them--and because her upside-down house is always filled with the smell of freshly baked cookies, and her backyard with buried treasure. Grownups love her because her magical common sense solutions to children's problems succeed when their own cajoling and yelling don't. For the child who refuses to bathe, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle recommends letting her be. Wait until the dirt on her body has accumulated to half an inch, then scatter radish seeds on her arms and head. When the plants start sprouting, the nonbather is guaranteed to change her mind about that bath."

'Green Eggs and Ham', by the wildly popular Dr. Suess, is one of his best books, in our opinion. Little ones (and everyone else!) love the clever delightful rhymes, they are encouraged to try new things that they may think they do not like, and as a bonus, they may even learn to read!

Have a look at our catalogue(excel file) on the Story Revolution website.

From our earlier posts, we do right now have copies of Corduroy, Pictures of Hollis Woods, and Beverly Cleary's books.

We are also excited to have many of the books from the SLJ top 100 books list (click for descriptions: #1 Charlotte's Web, #2 A Wrinkle in Time, #5 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, #6 Holes, #7 The Giver, #8 The Secret Garden, #9 Anne of Green Gables, #11 The Westing Game, 13 Bridge to Terabithia, #15 Because of Winn-Dixie, #17 Maniac Magee, 19 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, #23 Little House in the Big Woods, #26 Hatchet, #28 Winnie-the Pooh, #29 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland /Alice Through the Looking Glass, #30 The Dark is Rising , #33 James and the Giant Peach, #37 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, #41 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, #42 Little House on the Prairie, #43 Ramona the Pest, #47 Bud, Not Buddy #50 Island of the Blue Dolphins, #53 Wind in the Willows, #55 The Great Gilly Hopkins, #56 Number the Stars , #57 Ramona Quimby, Age 8, #58 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, 60 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, #63 Gone-Away Lake#64 A Long Way from Chicago, #68 Walk Two Moons, #73 My Side of the Mountain, #74 The Borrowers, #78 Johnny Tremain, 82 The Book of Three, #85 On the Banks of Plum Creek, #89 Ramona and her Father, #92 Ella Enchanted, #93 Caddie Woodlawn, and #99 The Indian in the Cupboard)