Reviews of Books on Nature — NWFC
List of Reviews of Books on Nature - NWFC
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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
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City City Dang Dang!
Book Title: Happiness City
Author: Bhawna Jaimini
Illustrator: Deepa Balsavar
Publisher: The People Place Project, 2024 (paperback, ₹500)
Reviewed by: Meghaa Gupta
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Koel’s Conundrum
Book Title: Koel Wants a Nest
Author: Kaushik Viswanath
Illustrator: Niloufer Wadia
Publisher: Karadi Tales, 2024 (paperback, ₹399)
Reviewed by: Garima Bhatia
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Coucal Calling
Book Titles:
Is that a Kudkud Kumbha?
Author: Samita Aiyer & Vijaya Chakravarty
Illustrators: Ambika Karandikar
Publisher: Karadi Tales, 2024 (hardback, ₹295)
Reviewed by: Anita Mani
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The Call of the Wild
Book Titles:
GO WILD: Stories, Essays and Comics that Celebrate Our Earth
Author: Various
Editor: Bijal Vachharajani
Illustrators: Prabha Mallya
Publisher: Penguin, 2024 (hardback, ₹499)
Reviewed by: R Sivapriya
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Rooster Raga
Book Title: Goondi Come Home?
Author: Adithi Rao
Illustrator: Fida Hamid
Publisher: Tulika, 2024 (paperback, ₹195)
Reviewed by: Vivek BG
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Jungle Jamboree
Book Titles:
A LITTLE LOST ELEPHANT
HOW THE COBRA GOT HIS SPECTACLES
IF YOU WERE A TIGER CUB
Author: Stephen Alter
Illustrators: Mohit Suneja, Shruti Hemani
Publisher: Aleph Book Company, 2024 (hardback, ₹250 each)
Reviewed by: Zai Whitaker
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Lost in the Woods
Book Title: EYE TO I WITH MY FIRST TIGER
Author: Nirmal Kulkarni
Illustrator: Aanchal Lodhi
Publisher: Perky Parrot, 2024 (paperback, ₹295)
Reviewed by: Peeyush Sekhsaria
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Bungle in the Jungle
Book Title: The Forestborns
Author: Vardhini Amin
Illustrator: Pia Alize Hazarika
Publisher: Hachette, 2024 (paperback, ₹599)
Reviewed by: Mukta Patil
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Birds and Beyond
Book Title: Birds on the Brain
Author: Uma Krishnaswami
Publisher: Duckbill, 2024 (paperback, ₹250)
Reviewed by: Garima Bhatia
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Of Rom, Reptiles and Reminiscences
Book Title: Scaling Up
Author: Zai Whitaker
Publisher: Indian Pitta/Juggernaut, 2024 (paperback, ₹599)
Reviewed by: Srinath Perur
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In a Swamp
Book Title: Lakshmi’s Little Bird
Author & Illustrator: Sharanya Kunnath
Publisher: Hachette, 2024 (paperback, ₹399)
Reviewed by: Sandhya Rao
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Earth Song
Book Title: The Young Earth Lover’s Book of Nature: Stories, Poems, Essays
Author: Various
Editor: Deepa Agarwal
Illustrator: Damini Gupta
Publisher: Hachette, 2024 (paperback, ₹499)
Reviewed by: Aditi Patil
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Tree’s Company
Book Title: Let’s Talk About Trees
Author: Roopa Pai
Illustrator: Barkha Lohia
Publisher: Juggernaut/WWF-India, 2024 (paperback, ₹499)
Reviewed by: Revathi Suresh
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Catching the Rain
Book Title: The Rain Harvesters
Author: Sylvia Sikundar & Stephen Aitken
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2024 (paperback, ₹199)
Reviewed by: Sharmila Vaidyanathan
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Turtle Trials
Book Title: The Case of Missing Turtles: An M4 Mystery
Author: Mallika Ravikumar
Publisher: Talking Cub (paperback, INR 399)
Reviewed by: Madhuri Ramesh
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A De-light-ful Read
Book Title: Lights Out
Author: Vibha Batra
Illustrator: Sahitya Rani
Publisher: Karadi Tales, 2023 (paperback, INR 295)
Reviewed by: Archana Atri
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TWISTED TALES
Book Title: When Fairyland Lost Its Magic
Author: Bijal Vachharajani
Illustrator: Rajiv Eipe
Publisher: HarperCollins (hardback, INR 499)
Reviewed by: Anil Menon
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Moonlit Memories
Book Title: Out in the Moonlight
Author: Perumal Murugan
Illustrator: Ashok Rajagopalan
Publisher: Tulika, 2023 (paperback, INR 215)
Reviewed by: Nidhi Gaur