Reviews of Books on Nature — NWFC
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A Well-Steeped Mystery
Book Title: Trouble in the Tea Gardens
Author: Mitali PerkinsIllustrator: Tanvi Bhat
Publisher: Duckbill (paperback, INR 250)
Reviewed By: Nadia Nooreyezdan
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Wander and Wonder
Book Title: Falling in Love
Author: Sujatha Padmanabhan
Illustrator: Sangeetha Kadur
Publisher: Kalpavriksh (paperback, INR 170)
Book Title: Rain Perfume
Author: Niveditha Reddy
Illustrator: Shubhshree Mathur
Publisher: Kalpavriksh (paperback, INR 170)
Book Title: The Book of Wild Challenges
Author: Chandini Chhabra
Illustrator: Vandana Singh
Publisher: Kalpavriksh (paperback, INR 170)
Reviewed by: Deeptha Vivekanand
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Missing a Beat
Book Title: The Shelter Cats
Author: Daya Subramanian
Illustrator: Divya George
Publisher: Daffodil Lane Books (paperback, INR 299)
Book Title: We Care
Author: Chitra Soundar
Illustrator: Isha Nagar
Publisher: Daffodil Lane Books (paperback, INR 299)
Reviewed by: Radhika Timbadia
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A Jungle Jigsaw
Book Title: A Girl, A Tiger and A Very Strange Story
Author: Paro Anand
Illustrator: Priya Kuriyan
Publisher: Penguin, 2025 (paperback, ₹399)
Reviewed by: Maithreyi M.R.
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In Search of Climate Realism
Book Title: The Sunshine Project
Authors: Uma Krishnaswami
Illustrator: Chetan Sharma
Publisher: Duckbill (paperback, ₹299)
Reviewed by: Dakshayini Suresh
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Of Mangroves and Murmurs
Book Title: Whispers of the Mangroves
Authors: Radhika Suri and Chetna Singh Kaith
Illustrator: Pari Satarkar
Publisher: HarperCollins (paperback, ₹399)
Reviewed by: Richa Chadda
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High and Dry
Book Title: The Whispering Mountains: Marvellous Folktales from the Himalayas
Authors: various
Editors: Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal
Illustrator: Dennis Laishram
Publisher: Penguin (hardback, ₹699)
Reviewed by: Parvati Sharma
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Wild about Verse
Book Title: Dancing Frogs and Other Creatures in Verse
Author: Zai Whitaker
Illustrator: Bhargavi Rudraraju
Publisher: Talking Cub (paperback, ₹399)
Reviewed by: Suchi Govindarajan
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Under the Banian Tree
Book Title: Banian Buddies
Author: Vibha Batra
Illustrator: Isha Nagar
Publisher: Scholastic India (paperback, ₹299)
Reviewed by: Venkataraghavan
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Future Tense
Book Title: Where We Left Off
Author: Nikhil Kamath
Illustrator: Abhijeet Kini
Publisher: Abhijeet Kini Studios (paperback, ₹150)
Reviewed by: Smit Zaveri
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Much to Crow About
Book Title: The Great Indian Safari
Author: Arefa Tehsin
Illustrator: Mohit Suneja
Publisher: Penguin (paperback, ₹399)
Reviewed by: Aditi Patil
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Mighty Mammoths, Missing Magic
Book Title: The Lost Elephant and the Soul Tree
Author: Akila Kannadasan
Publisher: Red Panda (paperback, ₹250)
Reviewed by: Sandhya Rao
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One Flew Over the Flamingo’s Nest
Book Title: Go Go Flamingo
Author: Devashish Makhija
Illustrator: Priya Kuriyan
Publisher: Tulika (paperback, ₹275)
Reviewed by: Garima Bhatia
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Book Title: The Missing Rocks of Hampi
Author: Mala Kumar
Illustrator: Megha Vishwanath
Publisher: BlueOne Ink (paperback, ₹350)
Reviewed by: Anagha Gopal
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The Mythical and the Magnificent
Book Title: Song of the Asunam
Author: CG Salamander
Illustrator: Rajiv Eipe
Publisher: HarperCollins India (hardback, ₹499)
Reviewed by: Saudamini Jain
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Reclaiming Paradise
Book Title: An Absence of Squirrels
Author: Aparna Kapur
Publisher: Duckbill (paperback, ₹299)
Reviewed by: Gautam Bhatia
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Tribal Tales
Book Title: Once Upon a Beginning: Incredible Origin Stories from India
Author: Nalini Ramachandran
Illustrator: Various
Publisher: Hachette India (hardback, ₹799)
Reviewed by: JoAnne Saldanha
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Hot and Bothered
Book Title: The Cuckoo Capers
Author: Bijal Vachharajani
Illustrator: Canato Jimo
Publisher: HarperCollins (paperback, ₹199)
Reviewed by: Revathi Suresh
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Soiled Stories
Book Title: Maati
Author & Illustrator: Aditi Iyer
Illustrator: Damini Gupta
Publisher: Karadi Tales (hardback, ₹599)
Reviewed by: Meghaa Gupta
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Of Tusks and Tears
Book Title: If Elephants Could Talk: A Novel in Verse
Author: Ranjeeta Raam
Illustrator: Damini Gupta
Publisher: Hachette India (paperback, ₹499)
Reviewed by: Venkataraghavan
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The Cat’s Whiskers
Book Title: A Roof for Norbu
Author: Sujatha Padmanabhan
Illustrator: Labonie Roy
Publisher: Snow Leopard Conservancy-India Trust (paperback, ₹200)
Reviewed by: Siddharth Pandey
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We Don’t Need No Education!
Book Title: The Great Indian Nature Trail with Chunmun
Author: Rohan Chakravarty and Bijal Vachharajani
Illustrator: Rohan Chakravarty
Publisher: India Pitta Kids/Juggernaut, 2025 (paperback, ₹499)
Reviewed by: Dakshayini Suresh
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Ode to Rivers
Book Title: Submerged Worlds and Other Stories of India’s Mighty Rivers
Author: Vaishali Shroff
Publisher: Penguin (paperback, ₹299)
Reviewed by: Krupa Ge
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Irula in the Shadows
Book Title: Secret Wild Vet Kalyani
Author: Geeta Dharmarajan
Illustrator: Boski Jain
Publisher: Katha (paperback, ₹205)
Book Title: The Keepers of Darkness
Author: Mamta Nainy
Illustrator: Upasana Agarwal
Publisher: Katha (paperback, ₹205)
Reviewed by: Revathi Suresh
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Tepid Tales
Book Title: Wonder Tales for a Warming Planet
Author: Rajat Chaudhuri
Illustrator: Isha Nagar
Publisher: Perky Parrot (paperback, ₹295)
Reviewed by: Suchi Govindarajan
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Pulse of the Planet
Book Title: Our Potpourri Planet
Author: Ranjit Lal
Illustrator: Anushua Sinha
Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2025 (paperback, ₹599)
Reviewed by: Chintan Girish Modi
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Beasts on the Battlefield
Book Title: Mules that Fall from the Sky and Other Stories of Animals in War
Author: Nandini Nayar
Illustrator: Ira Nagar
Publisher: Scholastic, 2025 (paperback, ₹350)
Reviewed by: Aditi Patil
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Wild Wonders
Book Title: My Nest Is The Best
Author: Niyatee Sharma
Illustrator: Sushma Durve
Book Title: Ila, My Wild Mongoose Friend
Author: Abhisheka Krishnagopal
Illustrator: Ambika Karandikar
Book Title: What Am I Good At?
Author: Rahul Pradhan
Illustrator: Sunaina Coelho
Publisher: Kalpavriksh, 2024 (paperback, ₹170 each)
Reviewed by: Payal Dhar
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Paws, Claws and Punchlines
Book Title: Sea Ice? Now You Don’t! A Green Humour Collection
Author: Rohan Chakravarty
Illustrator: Rohan Chakravarty
Publisher: Penguin, 2024 (paperback, ₹799)
Reviewed by: Vinayak Varma
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Prickly Pleasures
Book Title: Quills: The Hungry Little Porcupine
Author: Shibani Alter
Illustrator: Shruti Hemani
Publisher: Aleph, 2024 (paperback, ₹250)
Reviewed by: Saudamini Jain