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ABSTRACT Over 100 selectedbooks by Indian authorsabout the editions of this culture of India are listedin the first and second bibliography. The guide isdivided into two parts. Thefirst section lists books for elementatyand secondary students.Titles are the content of arranged with informativeannotations that describe aid for each book. The secondsection, designed primarily as an the teachers, contains suggestionsconcerning use of these books at levels. All books primary, intermediate,junior high, and senior high less) and are availablefrom are reasonablypriced (wany are $1.00 or Inter Culture Associatesin Thompson, Connecticut. (SJN) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE DFFICE DF EDUCATIDN THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECES- SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE 0 F EDU- CATION POSIPON OR POLICY.

A guide to Indian Books for use in AmericanSchools

1 antereuiture(Issociates box277-THOMPS')N, CONNECTICUT 06277 A Guide toIndian Books Recommended for Use in AmericanSchools

prepared by the Educational Resources Center, anundertak- ing of the University of the State of NewYork/The State Education Department, to develop materialsfor teaching and study about India in American schoolsand colleges

Discovering India Table of Contents

Bor'for the Elementary School 5 for the Secondary School 9 Srtggestions for Book UsePrimary School 12 Suggestions for Book UseIntermediate 13 Suggestions for Book UseJunior High 13 Suggestions for Book UseSenior High 14 Aids for the Teacher 14 MUCH PROGRESS has been irdein recent years The books are intended to complementand books on India now in teaching American childrenabout India, but the supplement the several good difficulties confrontir. , the conscientiousteacher are available in the United States, a rolewhich several still many. These difficulties mustbe tackled and factors equip them to play mostusefully. Written overcome because India isrelevant and important. by Indian writers for the most partand aimed at The homeland of one-seventh ofmankind, India may Indian readers, these books willfrequently bring into values in be underdeveloped economicallybut is second to sharp focus differences in attitudes and convincing because their none in thewealth of her creative contribution to a manner all the more they do human civilization, the richnessof her history, the authors do so unself-consciously, writing as insights of her sages, the songs of her poets,the con- for Indian readers. This fact also lendsadded weight tributions of her scientists and statesmen. tothe descriptionof similarities between diver- gent cultures. India has much to learn from the restof the world. Equally, India has much toteach. Just how The Educational Resources Center is not a com- in the many lessonsIndia can teach A merican children merical establishment and does not engage depends upon the availability ofclassroom time, book trade. On the other hand, the Centeris well teachers and materials, includingbooks. aware of the difficultieswhich American schools and teachers may encounter in their efforts toobtain Indian books written in English are not scarce. copies of the books listed in thisGuide. The Center India in fact ranks third in the worldin the number has therefore used its good officeswith a reputable currently some of English books produced every year, Indian book exporter and a specializededucational be sure than are 10,000 titlesfewer books to materials firm in America for the supplyof the books Great published annually in the United States and listed in the Guide, either as sets at aconcessional Britain, but more than in Canada,Australia and price, or individually, title by title.All prices noted select from so other English-speaking nations. To below are net, all are subject to changeand the cur- vast a number ofbooks those that can be macc useful rent availability cannotbe guaranteed. Discounts are about India is ob- for teaching American children available on bulk orders. viously no easy task. The EducationalResources Center has spent more than three yearsin collabora- Orders may be wr;`-nnn thP a tion with experts to prepare thisGuide. The books or on your school's stativaiuforu., and should be have been tested with Americanstudents and sent to: INTERCULTURE ASSOCIATES teachers both in India and in the UnitedStates. The BOX 277, Guide lists and recommends a selectionfrom this THOMPSON, CONNECTICUT06277 intensive evaluation by educators, writers,students All matters pertaining to availability, price, payment, and publishers, Indian and American. TheGuide is etc., should be handled withInterculture Associates. notdefinitive;ratherthe Educational Resources Comments or questions on the Guide or thebooks Center earnestly iavites suggestions, commentsand which itlists should be sent to the Educational critiques from every American teacherwho uses one Resources Center; P.O. Box 857, Radio CityStation, or more of therecommended books in the classroom. New York, N.Y. 10019. Such comments will receive seriousattention, and their cumulative effect will no doubtbe reflected in *** future revisions of the Guide.

4 SECTION I Books Recommended forthe ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The annotations which follow are designed to give 4.THE BULLOCK. Constance McCullough. New Delhi,1965.Paper. a synopsis of each book andcertain details of the Stapled. 28p. 400. books needed by librarians and th,-,% who order This is a simple tale with a strong, veryIndian moral. books. For the use of teachers and curi...eulurn build- 'Written by a non-Indian, it gives anexcellent intro- ers, a section on the LEVEL ANDSITUATION will duction, through a story, to Indian rural lifeand help in the selection of books which are most perti- the great part played in the human dramaby the nent at each grade level.This section appears on simple bullock. pages 1 2,1 3, 14.

1. THE BLACK PRINCESS AND OTHERSTORIES. 5.CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF INDIA. Bombay, India Book House. Board. 96p. Sheila Dhar. 4th ed., adhi, PublicationsDivision, 1965. Stories about contemporary India for children. These Paper. 154p. 950. are somewhat moralistic in tenor,but as the values An official history, this book does notfail into the which underlie are significantly different from the usual traps for such books. Simple, though abit severe American, they are useful in teaching about cultural both in literary style and mechanicaldetails, it has differences at a very basic level. Local color makes it been used successfully in Americanschools for stu- possible to illustrate India's great geographic and dents in the intermediate grades. Usefulfor preparing cultural diversity. Physically, the books' binding is short reports due to its topical organization. similar to those found on the racks of the local drugstore or supermarket. 6. CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR THE YOUNG READF" 2.BOMBAY. New Delhi,Tar,d Coury Jaional seah R. Sundaram. Bombay, R. Sundaram. Board , and Training, 1967. Paper. 56p. 500. A large-sized picture book featuring wry text and P.1.epared by a team of American and IndianedEzators, colorful, humorous pictures of scenes and sights in -his pamphlet is designed to teachIndian -_::adents Bombay, India's second-larrest and perhaps most cos- about the organization of their own govern ..ft-rt. It mopolitan city. Therefore it ,../rovin.?s a useful correc- goes well beyondthe strict outline of the Torstitu- tive to the prevailing viewF India as being all toiling don, diagramming political relationships at11 levels farmers and bullock carts. liesignefor foreigners, it of government. Includes the nationalan&en and requires no preparation for understanding. the national flag. Excellent. 3.BOSIMAKKA. M. Krishnan. 2nd ed. Nw Delhi, Children's Brok 7.GRANDFATHER'S PRIN ATE ZOO. Trust', 1967. Paper. Sta_ _ed Ruskin Bond. Bombay, Ir iia Book Hou: "oard. 61p. 95g. With beautiful illustrations, this story of a water buf- fatht'put his falo shc-s the central Lrnrcrtance of thisbeast in The writer was born in India, as was his Indian rural life. The authcx a namralist, is India's English lineage gives added perspective arL..: wit to cou,dn't say forernoF-.7 writer on wildlife and is noted for his grace- these stories of a kind grandfather who The pets are animals pecu- ful use of the English language. no to any prospective pets.

5 liar to India, seen in a rich, but intimatesetting in a teachers of the dance. All four of the majorstyles typicA British cantonment. Drawings,by India's fore- are covered: Bharata Natyam,Manipuri, Kathakali, most cartoonist, Mario, arefunny and delightful. and Kathak.

8.HARI AND OTHER ELEPHANTS. 13. INDIAN FAIRY TALE& Shankar. New Delhi, Children's Book Trust,1967. lk Raj Anand. 2nd ed., Bombay, Kutub-Popular, Board. 61p. 95g. 1966. Board. 104p. $2.75. A collection of stories about elephantswith fine color India's foremost man of 1,..tters retells some of the illustrations by the author, a famous cartoonist.I3oth most familiar tales for Indianreaders. This is the best text and pictures tell a greatdeal about Indian vil- of many such books for younger readers. It is valu- and lage life. able for an idea of the traditional culture its hints of the deep religious bias still persisting 9.THE HIDDEN POOL. in India. Ruskin Bond. New Delhi, Children's BookTrust, 1966. Paper. Stapled. 63p. 500. 14. JATAKA TALES FROM culture clues THE AJANTA MURALS. The story of an English boy learning the Anjali Pal. Bombay, India Book House, 1968. Board. of Indiaith two Indian boys in a series of adventures 103p. 750 set in or near the Himalayas.An excellent way to There are two great masses of legends familiar to approach the value conflicts of a 'West-meets-Eastsitu- most Indians, the Panchatantra(see number 23 be- ation. Illustrations are so-so. low) and the jataka Tales. Though ostensiblyBud- dhist, they are not, as they are often billed, stories 10. HOME. Kam la Nair. New Delhi, Children's Book Tri2!;c,1966. about the Buddha himself, but are stories of episoC Paper. Stapled. 20p. 40ft. he supposedly witnessed or heard 'about in his pre- Richly illustr- -d, it will show to the younger Ameri- vious lives. Here is a small collection of thebest which are to be found illustrated in the famous,1,500 can child wi...1: his Indian confrere would see as he looks about his own most intimateenvironment, year-old frescoes in the Ajanta Caves. The illustrations his home. Many contrasts arepossible from the perhaps follow too closely the design of the frescoes, vivid illustrations. but the stories are clearly and sympathetically told. 15. KARNA. 11.INDIA, A PICTORIAL SURVEY. Nee la D'Souza. Bombay, India Book House,1967. Delhi, Publications Division, 1960. Board. 118p.$1.75. Board. 106p. 75g. Black and white photographs from aroundIndia, it is From the vast and complicated epic poem,the the best in-print collection of visualsavailable in book Mahahharata, the author has wisely selected one in- form. The cultural and geographic diversityof India tegral episode for retelling. A particularly vibrant is well illustrated, though theabsence of urban and section, it should appeal to all, but especially toboys. industrial scenes may require supplemeAtationfrom The excitement and passion of the original comes other sources. An excellent book forlibrary browsing. through in this prose form. Of interest to the teacher will be the fact that this story focuses with sympathy 12.INDIAN DANCING. Mrinalini Sarabhai. Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, upon the figures in the epicwho are usually seen as 1967. Paper. Stapled. 44p. $1.25. the villains of the piece. Until someone isable to do This little book, copiously illustrated, is afirst-hand as well for the othermajor episodes and assemble exposition by one of India's foremostdancers and them into one book, this will remain oneGE the

6 delightful pic- best ways to bring the greatepic struggle to Ameri- ings by Shankar are impressive and tures of villagelife in India. can students. 20. A MAN OF AN ASS. 16. KRISHNA ANDSUDAMA. Book Trust, Delhi, Children's Book Trust, K. Shiv Kumar. New Delhi, Children's K. Shiv Kumar. New 1965. Paper. Stapled. 24p. 300. 1967. Paper. Stapled. 24p. 400, for the American closer to the style most pop- This tale may prove more difficult With illustrations much trick played vibrant with color, the text student to understand for it highlights a ular in India, bright and by a learned and powerful of the most popular Hindu upon a greedy washerman is a simple tale about one twist for the American is that the here is not his impish man. The curious gods, Lord. Krishna. Krishna uncriticized,but well-known tales, but a lovely trickstergoesunpunished and self, as found in other teaching the value God in whom all men therein lies a powerful vehicle for and lovable and wholly real differences which make other cultures seem strange may have thefaith that brings release.This is per- and odd to the American child.Though the tale is haps one of the most usefulbooks for building an basically about a North Indian Muslimsituation, it understanding of another anddifficult religion. is still thoroughly Indian. 17.LIFE WITH GRANDFATHER. Book Trust, 1967. 21. SCHOOL ATLAS Shankar. New Delhi, Children's Debra Dun, Surveyor-General of India,1961. Paper. Board. 53p. 700. Stapled. 62p. Folio. $1.25. Indian and rather typ- The story is typically South The despair of the elementarygeography or social faces the many facets ically 'rahmin. A young lad studies teacher is the dearth of decent maps on con- of hi .dfather, whose sternness and severity are tinents other than our own. Here is apaper-bound, understanding. The tempered by deep love and real color-printed atlas which concentrates onSouth Asia. bright, sharp and drawings, by Shankar himself, are Small maps itemize such features as theregional con- leading political meaningful. Shankar, one of India's centration of natural resources andagricultural crops. leading lover of children. cartoonists, is also India's Larger maps detail climate, topography,demography of each region of 18. LUMBDOON, THELONG-TAILED LANGOOR. and transport. Large political maps Uma Anand. Bombay, IndiaBook House, 1968. Board. India give more detail than is oftenfound in more 92p. 750. expensive library atlases. and wit appeal to any Here is a book whose style 22.SHOBHANA. American youngster. The hero isLumbdoon, a long- Margaret Kidd. New Delhi, Children'sBook Trust tailed langoora monkey, thatisand he lives up 1968. Paper. Stapled. 28p. 400. to the monkey'sreputation. Both text and illustra- A very simple story of a school outing,without much tions are hilarious. The illustratoris Mario. A good of a point or moral. What makes itteachable is its book to read aloud for most effect. colorful illustrations of a different setof children, dressed differently and yet doing muchthe same 19. MAHAGIRI. Hemlata. Illustrated by Shankar. New Delhi,Children's things as an American primary school groupwould Book Trust, 1964. Paper. Stapled. 24p. 300. do under the teacher's direction.Gives an opportunity to sharpen the eye toobserve differences and A sympathetic st3ry about amisunderstood elephant who is used and abused by Indianvillagers, and similarities at a very basic level. about the child whose humane response serves as a lesson to those who should knowbetter. The draw-

7 23.STORIES FROM THE PANCHATANTRA. 25. THE STORY OF INDIA. 3 volumes. New Delhi, Children's Book Trust, 1965 Mu lk Raj Anand. Bombay, Kutub Popular,1958. 68. Board. 70p. each. 95¢ each. Board. 145p. $1.00. These are the famous stories known to most Indian Best known for his novels and short-stories, Mu lk children which compare to Aesop's fables both in Raj Anand here turns his skill to retelling the history subject matter, purpose and style. This collection is of India. While emphasis is quite naturally on the specifically designed for the younger reader and is dignity of Indian history and the integrity of the lavishly illustrated. The best collection for children. culture as it moved from oppression to independence, (Teachers may want to have on hand the paper- the book is appropriate for younger and intermediate back translation by Arthur Ryder, Panchatantm readers unable' to handle the more sophisticated Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Paper.). workd. A time chart at the end helps to keep the perspective. Illustrated.

24. TEE STORY OF GANDHIJI. 26.TALES FROM THE INDIAN CLASSICS. Krishna Hutheesing. 2nd. ed., Bombay, Kutub, 1950. 2 volumes. New Delhi, Children's Book Trust, 1965 Paper. Derni-octavo. 95p. 400. 67. Board. 70 p. each. 950 each. Written with love and respect, but without the fawn- There are two great epic poems of India: the Rama- ing adulation of other such books, this little book was yana and the Mahabharata. These stories aretaken aimed at teaching younger Indian readers about from the two classics, and are ideal for conveying to Mahatma Gandhi, father of the Indian nation. The American children the storiesand their morals author was Krishna 1-lutheesing, Nehru's younger known to virtually all Indians. The brilliant illustra- sister. There are simple sketches to supplement, tions complement the text. These are matching vol- though they are not of especially high quality. umes to the Stories from the Panchatantra.

*** SECTION Ii Books Recommended for the SECONDARY SCHOOL

27. ADVENTURES OF KING VIKRAMA. patient to be free, then cautiously searchingfor what Hansa Mehta. Bombay, Oxford University Press, 1950. freedom may mean. Whereas most short stories avail- Paper. 128p. 50r. able in America were originally written in English, The values and standards of an ancient day are well- these were written in the various Indianlanguages. presented in retelling these famous legends. The eight stories included date from the era of Chandra- 31.FESTIVALS OF INDIA. New Delhi,PublicationsDivision,1968.Paper. gupta II, the Gupta Emperor of the4th century A.D. Stapled. 25p. 400. Few comparable sources from the Classical Period A brief but comprehensive pamphlet on the major of Hindu culture are available for schooluse. Indian celebrations. The rationale for eachpcovides illustrate Neat black and white drawings well an opportunityfor comparison with American na- period costumes. tional and religious holidays. Hindu, Muslim, Chris- Copiously 28. ANCIENT INDIA. tian and Buddl:qst festivals are included. Romila Thapar. New Delhi, National Council for illustrated. Educational Research and Training,1966.Paper. 151p. $1.00. 32.GLIMPSES OF RURAL RAJASTHAN. This well-written and comprehensive text was pre- Jaipur, Superintendent of Census Operations,1968. pared for Indian students to study their own early Album, laced binding. 108p. $5.00 and classical periods. The text covers the period up This flexible book is a treasury of visual data onrural to about 1000 A.D. While the suggestedexercises life in one Indian state. The line drawings aresuperb are not suited to American use, the maps,charts and and reproduce well for overhead transparencies.Each illustrations are not matched in any other volume, drawing is annotated. The volume illustrates every- Indian or American. Professor Thapar is one of the thing, from types of housing and various carts to leading scholars of the period who puts kings and moustache and turban styles. Excellent for use inthe batt).es in their proper social, economic and institu- inquiry method. tional context. An excellent book. 33.HISTORICAL ATLAS OF 29. CONSTITUTION OF INDIA THE INDIAN PENINSULA. FOR THE YOUNG READER. C. Collin Davies, 2nd. ed., Bombay,Oxford Uni- (See number 6 above) versity Press, 1965. Paper. 94p. $1.00. good for produc- 30. CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SHORTSTORIES. Simple black and white line maps, 2 volumes. New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi, 1966-67. ing OHT's, cover the major featuresof Indian his- Board. Vol. 1, 132p. $2.25; Vol. II, 220p. $2.25. tory. Opposite each map is acommentary-background Not all the .great Asian writers are dead, asthese for the map subject. In itself ahandbook of Indian collections demonstrate. Lively and yettroubled, history from ancient times to the present.Excelknt these stories reflect the temper of modern India: im- for teacher preparation.

ANNUAL. 39-MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OFINDIA. 34.INDIA, 1968; A REFERENCE Division, New Delhi, Publications Division,1969. Paper. S. Krishnaswamy. New Delhi, Publications 628p. $1.50. 1965. Board. 102p. $1.25. Indian music and Thiis a compendium of usefulinformation about A brief but excellent little book on inporary India, especially governmentand de- musical instruments. Manyphotographs show the velopment. State-by-state data is provided.Good for historical development of the majorinstruments, today are photo- reports,teacher-backgrounding,libraryreference. while those most commonly used Publication ordinarily runs at least a yearlate. graphed and described in detail.

35.INDIAN DANCING. 40. NEHRU FOR CHILDREN. Mrinalini Sarabhai. M. Chalapathi Rao. New Delhi,Children's Book (see number 12 above). Trust, 1967. Board. 112p. $1.00. good for all ages, 36.JUNGLE AND BACKYARD. The title is misleading: this book is M. Krishnan. New Delhi, PublicationsDivision, 1961. including slow secondary readers. It is oneof the few Board. 148p. $1.10. which does not either talk down tothe reader or India's foremost nature writer hasassembled some idolize its important subject. Nehru'sfamily, edu- tales of wild animals which are fastdisappearing, for cation and career are seen in theIndian perspective example the Indian cheetah. Writtenwith real in which non-alignment andneutralism are hut a knowledge and sensitivity, it is a fine and bold intro- small part. duction to the glorious fauna of thesubcontinent, matched in the world only by that of Africa. 41. SCHOOL ATLAS (See. number 21 above).

37.LEGENDS OF INDIA. 42.SOME EMINENT INDIAN SCIENTISTS. Muriel Wasi. New Delhi, National Councilfor Edu- Jag* Singh. New Delhi, Publications Division,1966. cational Research and Training, 1968. Paper.Stapled. Cloth. 131p. $1.25. 56p. 800. sketches here skillfully This is an impressive series of biographical Several favorite classical stories are scientists who-e fame and reputation retold specifically for their teaching value.Origi- of Indian among fellow scientistsaround the world is acknowl- nally prepared for retelling on NewYork ETV at edged, but whose names are not familiar toAmeri- the instance of the New York StateEducation sketches include not only personal Department, they appear here substantially un- can students. The data, but competent analysis of the scientific ortech- changed for Indian students. Some of the moreim- nical contributions. A real lure for thescience- portant religious and value concepts maybe identified oriented student who does not usually seethe social in this book. implications of science or who looks uponscience

38.MEDIEVAL INDIA. and technology as western monopolies. Romtla Thapar. New Delhi, National Councilfor Educational Research and Training,1967. Paper. 43.SONS OF PANDU. 180p. $1.00. M. Boothalingam. Madras, DoltonPublishers, 1966. Board. 122p. $1.50. This volume matches number 28 in an as-yetincom- Mahabharata is dif- plete three-volume set. The exercises aresomewhat Because of its vast scope, the epic is a better than in Ancient India, but the highquality of ficult to convey to non-Indian students. Here simplified portion of the tale, retold with feelingand text, maps, charts andillustrations is the same. A skill. Not too cluttered with details or names as tobe very judicious,well-balanced interpretation. alsocomments 47. SWAMI AND FRIENDS. indecyphcrable.Illustrated. ( See R. K. Narayan. Mysore, New ThoughtPublications, under 15 above). 1965. Paper. 179p. 950. This is a charming novel of growing upin South 44. THE STORY OF INDIA. India, sometimes called the IndianHuckleberry Finn. Mulk Raj Anand. Bombay, KutubPublishers, 1958. Good for child and adult alike. If someof the adult (See number 25 above). subtleties are not apparent to the child, itnevertheless gives an intimate and believable glimpseof adoles- 45.STORY OF MY LIFE. cent life in another culture. Mohandas K. Gandhi. Ahmedabad, NavajivanTrust, 1955. Paper. 200p. 400. 48. RABINDRANATH TAGORE. Marjorie Sykes. Calcutta, Orient Iongmans,1962. This is an abridged version ofGandhi's Autobiog- Paper. 125p. 600. raphy, one of the century's greatestautobiographies. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literaturein 1911. Told in his original, simple,straightforward style, He had a tremendous impact notonly on Bengali this is the most direct way tobring students to a literature but on the National Movementtoward In- comprehension of the great Indianleader and h;s. dependence. Here is a concise biographyof the poet- thought. Exercises are designedfor Indian students of artist with synopses and descriptions ofseveral poems English and should be disregarded. and stories.

49. TOWARDS UNDERSTANDINGINDIA. 3td ed., New Delhi, Indian Council forCultural Rela- 46. STORY OF RAMA. tions, 1967. Paper. 120p. $1.00. M. Boothalingam. Bombay, AsiaPublishing House, 1958, Board. 94p. $2.75. Although the fast student might use it for reports or As she did with the Mahabbarata(number 43), Mrs. term-papers, this book isincluded here for the Boothalingam tells the simplified coreof the other teacher's use. It is the best Indian-writtenintroduc- It is the major religious great epic, the Ratnayana. tionto Indianlife and culture compiled espe- narrative of Hinduism, in which someof the Ameri- different topics by faithfulness, marriage, cially for non-Indians. Essays on ;:an's presuppositions about broad range of and reward and punishment, to name afew, are leading Indian commentators cover a challenged. vital topics.

*** SUGGESTIONS concerning use of these bocks at various LEVELS AND SITUATIONS

PRIMARY SCHOOL (K through 3) certain concepts which usually emerge at this level of education: The following books are recommended for primary 1. Awareness of the self in relation to others school use. Various criteria have been used to evalu- (members of the family, classmates, teachers, etc.). ate them, pa rticularly the relevance of subject matter Numbers 10, Home and 22, Shobhana. to the usual concepts introduced at this level. In addi- 2. Basic social organization. tion, judgment was made on the basis of excellence Roles, status and custom, numbers 4, The of illustration, simplicity of vocabulary, size oF type- Bullock, and 17, Life with Grandfather. face. They are: 2. Bombay Divisions of space, time and labor, numbers 4. The Bullock 2, Bombay; 4, The Bullock; 17, Life with 7.Grandfather's Private Zoo* Grandfather; and (to be read aloud) 8, Hari 8. Hari and Other Elephants* and Other ElOhants. 10. Home 13. Indian Fairy Tales* 3. How people are alike and how they are differ- 17. Life with Grandfather* ent. This represents a building on concepts 1 and 2. 18. Lurnbdoon, the Long-Tailed Langoor* Numbers 2, Bonzbay; 4, The Bullock; 8, 19. Mahagiri Hari and Other Elephants; 10, Home; 20, 20. A Man of an Ass A Man of atz Ass; and 22, Shobhana. 22. Shobhana 4. Decision-making, a personal process. *Read aloud specials: The books starred are excel- Number 19, Mahagiri. lent for reading aloud. For individual reading the Many of the books recommended for the Inter- teacher may help. mediate Grades will be of interestto younger children if read aloud. On the whole they are too SITUATION difficult for the first, second and third graders to read Some books are particularly useful for illustrating by themselves. INTERMEDIATE (4 through 6)

Books recommended at this levelembrace the entire 4. Decision-making. of Elementary list. Here, however,there is room for Numbers 15, Karna; and 24, Story more extendeddevelopment of the same topicsand Gandhiji. the relationship of two or more concepts orthemes. 5. Value systems, mythologyand religion. Value SITUATION conflicts and ethnocentric attitudes maybe studied 1. Cultural adaptation. here, leading to establishmentof a world-view for Numbers 2, Bombay; and 10, 1109126. the student. and 2. Social organization. Numbers 14, Jataka Tales; 16, Krishna Numbers 6,Constitutionof India;16, Sudama; 24, The Story of Gandhiji; and26, Krishna and Sudama; and 25,The Story of Tales from the Incli'.:i Classics. India. 6. Creative ex-Dression, a_so leading to comment Natural and community resources. 1: -Don ethnocentrism. Numbers 3, Bom akka; 4,The Bullock; 9, The Hidden Poo-, 11, India, aPictorial Sur- Numbers 12, IndiaDancing; 13, Indian vey; 17, Lifewith Grandfather; 21, School Fairy Tales; 17, Lib with Grandfather; and 26, Tales from the Indian Classics. Atlas.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL of In this and the next, Senior High School, category, Numbers 28, Ancient India; 32, Glimpses Atlas; 34, an attempt has beenmade to sort out titles by rele- Rural Rajasthan; 33, Historical India, 1968; 38, Medieval India; 42, Some vance to normal JuniorHigh School curriculum pat- Eminent Indian Scientists; and 45, TheStory terns. For Junior High we havestressed Lands and Peoples. For Senior High stress is onHistory and of My Life. Literature. Please note that the tHesinclude some 2. Traditional social system andmodernization: which are well-suited to the slow readerin which caste and fam4, role, statusand decision-making; the content is relatively maturebut expressed in a social mobility. simple vocabulary which does not talkdown to the Numbers 28, Ancient India; 30, Contempo- suitable to Amer- reader. We believe these eminently rary Indian ShortStories; 32, Glimpses of ican school use. Rural Rajasthan; 37, Legends ofIndia; 38, Medieval India; and 47, Swami and Friends. SITUATION 3. Traditionalpoliticalsystem and moderni- This level includes situations which havebeen enum- zation: the village council; politicaldemocracy; repre- erated under elementary above to which wewould sentative institutions; regionalism;nationalism; com- add: munalism. 1. Traditional economic systemand moderniza- Numbers 28, Ancient India; 29, Constitu- tion: decision-making in the economicsphere, agri- tion of India; 33, Historical Atlas;U., India, cu1rnrn rhapi7ation, etc. 1968; 38,Medieval India. 13 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (See commentunder Junior High School)

Numbers 40, Nehru for Children; 44, Story SITUATION of India; 45, Story of My Life. 1. Geography. Numbers 33, Historical Atlas and 21,School The interact.; n of traditional and modern ele- ments in coi, .21-37 India. Atlas. S, Ai; 'ent I dia; 31, Festivals of 2. History: the cultural unityand diversity of the Numbers India; 34, 7di4, !.968.2, Indian Dancing; pc ple of India. in, -mines;40, Nehru for Shaping and persistence of thetraditional Indian 39, Music, Children;4- 2: .y of 1! Life; 46, -Story of culture. Rama; 47,SI, ian,..1Friends; and 48, Numbers 28, Ancient India,. 31, Festivalsof Rabindranati 7:ore. India; 37, Legends of India; and 38,Medi- 3. Literature and -di( ts. eval India, Numbers 27, -entier:-.; of King Vikrama; The interaction of Hindu India withinvaders. Contemf.,. Indi n Short Stories; 12. Number 38, Medieval India qt-id44, The Indian Dancing,' 37, LeLgends of India; 43, Story of India. Sons of Pandu; 46, Story ,of Rama; 47, The cultural effects of Indian civilization onthe Swami and Friends; .48, Rabindranath Ta- struggles for independence andmodernization. gore; 49, TowardsUnderstanding India.

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Let another culturespeakforitself.Letits DISCOVERING INDIA is split topically in two teachers, scholars, writers and other creative artists ways, as well: annotations of eachtitle and levels guide American students. Let your students dis- and situations for which each title is appropriate. cover another culture for themselves,trying to see The annotations are designed to be as informative iton its own terms.Let preconception and about the contents as possible. At each major prejudice meet their challenge through an un- level Primary, Intermediate, Junior High, and cluttered inwAry into another society. Senior High School certain situations or topics arelisted,withtheappropriateli books liSted Thii.; ideal is now possible, at least for India. India, beneath each category. Using bth sections, a can speak for itself in English and students teacher or librarian can determine which would may findthe perspectives different fromtheir be the best books to order in qi.lanfity forspecial sacred-cow images. Books and other rnaterials from local needS.,' But it ,is ,recompnended that the sets South Asia are being imported and,Idistributed by be \ordered in the firSt inStance as a Way ofstarting Inter Culture Associates, materialS Whicl have been an, Ind ia ,Col lettion. rigorously examined and assessed by experienced teacher and scholars. This originally was a project InterCulture stocks all of the titles listed. On rare I of the Educational Resources Center of the New occasions some titles may go out of print tem- York State Education Department. porarily, but never before has there been an agency to.stock Indian books in this quantity or of this DISCOVERING INDIA is in fact two lists: one for educational and mechanical quality. Elementary Schools, ore for Secondary- Schools. These book lists are sets of books for Sale at special

prices. Each title, however, is available separately , 6 and can be ordered at the net price listed. As alk, Teachers and teacherS. of teachers would dowell sales are to schools, all prices are net, withthe to send for InterCult(re's list ofpaperback titles, special price offered on the sets as an inducement appropriate to readers from- 9th grade on upand to start an Asian library in your school. featuring contemporary fiction.

19 SECTION I Books Recommended for the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ANNOTATIONS which follow are designed to give a synopsis of each bookand certain details of the book needed by librarians and those who order books.

LEVEL AND SITUATION will help teachers and curriculum builders select books which are most pertinent at each grade level.

ANNOTATIONS

THE BLACK PRINCESS AND OTHER BOMMAKKA. STORIES M. Krishnan. .50 .75 A. V. Bharath With beautiful illustrations, this story of a water Stories abOUt contemPorarV India for children. buffalo shows the central importance of this beast These may be somewhat moralistic in tenor, but as inIndian rural life. The author, a naturalist, is the values which underlie aresignificantly different India's foremost writer on wildlife and is noted for from the American`; they are useful in teaching his graceful use of the English language. about cultural differences at a very basic level. Local colOr makes it possible to illustrate India's CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF INDIA. great geographic and cultural diversity.Physically, Sheila Dhar. $1.50 the book's binding is similar to those found on the racks of the local drugstore or supermarket. An official history, this book does not fall into the usual traps for such books. Simple, though a bit details, 2. BOMBAY. severe both in literary style and mechanical R. Sundaram. $4-.0CA it has been used successfully in American schools for students in the intermediate grades. Useful for A large-sized picture book featuring wry text and preparing short reports due to its topical organiza- colorful, humorous pictures of scenes and sights in tion. Bombay, India's second-largest and perhaps most cosmopohtan city. TherefOrL it provides a useful corrective to the prevailing view of India as being all toiling farmers and bullock carts. Designed for foreigners,it requires no preparation for understanding. 5. CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FORTHE 9. HOME. .65 YOUNG READER. Kamla Nair. National Council for EducationalResearch will show to the younger and Training. .85 Richly illustrated,it American child what his Indian confrere would see Prepared by a team of American and Indianeduca- as he looks about his own mostintimate environ- tors, this pamphlet isdesigned to teach Indian ment, his home. Many contrasts arepossible from students about the organizationof their own the vivid illustrations. government. It goes well beyondthe strict outline of the Constitution, diagramming politicalrelation- 10.INDIA, A PICTORIAL SURVEY. $2.50 ships atalllevels of government. Includesthe Publications Division. national anthem and the national flag.Excellent. Black and white photographs fromaround India, it 6. GRANDFATHER'S PRIVATE ZOO. is the best in-print collectionof visuals available in Ruskin Bond. .95 book form. The cultural andgeographic diversity of India is well illustrated, thoughthe absence of The writer was born in India, as was hisfather, but urban and industrial scenes mayrequire supple- his English lineage gives added perspectiveand wit mentation from other sources. Anexcellent book to these stories of a kind grandfatherwho couldn't for library browsing. !For a similar, moreexpen- say no to any prospective pets.The pets are sive book see Face of New India inSupplement. j animals peculiar to India, seen in arich, but intimate setting in a typicalBritish cantonment. 11.INDIAN DANCING. Drawings, by India's foremost cartoonist,Mario, Mrinalini Sarabhai. $1.25 are funny and delightful. This little boOk, copiouslyillustrated,is a first- foremost,dancers 7:, HARI AND OTHER ELEPHANTS. hand exposition b one of India:s four cif the major Shankar. $1.25 and, teachefs of the dance. All styles are coyered: BharataNatyam, Manipuri, A collectiOn of stories about elephantswith fine- Kathakali,' and Kathak. color iljustrations by the author, a famous cartoonist. Both text and , pictures tell a greatdeal $2.75, abG, :t Indian village life. Mulk Raj Arland.

India's foremost man of lettersretells some of the . THE HIDDEN POOL. Ruskin Bond. .85 most familiar talesfcir Indian readers. This is the best of many such books for youngerreaders. It is The story of an English boy learning theculture valuable for an idea of the traditionalculture and clues of India with two Indian boys in aseries of its hints of the deep religious biasstill persisting in adventuressetinor near the Himalayas.An India. excellent way to approach the value conflictsof a West-meets-East situation. Illustrations are so-so.

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13. JATAKA TALES FROM THE AJANTA 16.LIFE WITH GRANDFATHER. MURALS. .75 Shankar. $1.00

There are two great masses of legends familiar to The story is typically South Indian and rather typ- mostIndians,thePanchatantra (see numbers ically Brahmin. A young lad faces the many facets 22-25 below)andthe Jataka Tales.Though of his grandfather, whose sterness and severity are ostensibly Buddhist, they are not, as they are often tempered by deep love and real understanding. The billed, stories about the Buddha himself, but are drawings, by Shankar himself, are bright, sharp and stories of episodes he supposedly witnessed or meaningful. Shankar, one of India's leading politi- heard about in his previous lives. Here is a small calcartoonists,isalsoIndia's leading lover of collection of the best which are to be found children. illustrated in the famous, 1,500 year-old frescoes inthe Ajanta Caves. The illustrations perhaps 17. LUMBDOOM, THE LONG-TMLED LAN- follow too closely the design of the frescoes, but GOOR. _he stories are clearly and sympathetically told. Uma Anand. .75

Here is a book whose style and wit appeal to any 14_ KARNA. American youngster. The hero is Lumbdoom, a .75 Nee la D'Souza. long-tailed langoora monkey, that isand he lives up to the monkey's reputation. Both text and From the vast and complicated epic poem, the illustrations are hilarious. The illustrator is Mario. Mahabharata, the author has wisely selected one A good book to read aloud for most effect. integral episode for retelling. A particularly vibrant section, it should appeal to all, but especially to 18. MAHAGIRI. boys. The excitement, and passion of thse original Hemlata. Illustrated by Shankar. .50 comes through in this prose form. Of interest to the teacher will be the fact that this story focuses A symp3thetic story about a misunderstood ele- with sympathy upon the figures in the epic who phant who is used "and abuised by Indian villagers, are usually seen as the villains of the piece. and about the child whose humane response serves as a lesson to those who should knoW better. The 15. KRISHNA AND SUDAMA. drawings by Shankar are impressive and delightful K. Shiv Kumar. .65 pictures of village life in India. With illustrations much closer to the style rnost popular in India, bright and vibrant with color, the ir A MAN OF AN ASS. text is a simple tale about one of 'Ile most popular K. Shiv Kumar. .50 Hindu gods, Lord Krishna. Krishna here is not his impish self, as found in other well-known tales, but Highly recommended, this /late win be morally a lovely and lovable and wholly real God in whom challenging for the American student for it high- all men may have the faith that brings release. This lights a trick played upon a greedy washerman by a is perhaps one of the most useful books for build- learned nd powerful man. Tt4i3 curious twist is ing an understanding of another and difficult reli- that the trickster goes unpunished and uncriti- gion_ cized, but therein lies a powerful vehicle for teaching the value differences which make other cultures SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE SET seem strange and odd to the American child. $30

22 SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE SET $30

is Though the tale is basically about aNorth Indian subject matter, purpose and style. This collection specifically designed for the younger reader and is Muslim situation,itisstill thoroughly Indian. best collectionfor Don't let the title put you off. lavishlyillustrated.The children. (Teachers may want to have on hand the paperback translation by Arthur Ryder,Pancha- 20. SCHOOL ATLAS. tantra,Chicago,UniversityofChicago Press, Surveyor-General ofIndia. $1.50 Paper.). The despair of the elementary geography or social studies teacher is the dearth of decent maps on 26. THE STORY OF GANDHI JP. continents other than our own. Here is a paper- Krishna Hutheesing. .65 bound, color-printed atlas which concentrates on South Asia. Small maps itemize such features as Written with love and respect, but without the the regional concentration of natural resourcesand fawning adulation of other such books, this little book was aimed at teaching younger Indian readers agriculturalcrops.Larger maps detailclimate, Indian topography, demography andtransport.Large about Mahatma Gandhi, father of the poNtical maps of each region of India give more nation.The authorwasKrishnaHutheesing, Nehru's younger sister. There are simple sketches detailthanisoften foundinmore expensive to supplement, though they are notof especially library atlases. striking quality. 21. SHOBHANA. Margaret Kidd. .65 27. THE STORY OF INDIA. Mulk Raj Anand. $1.20 A very simple story of a school outing, without Mulk much of a point or moral. What makes it teachable Best known for his novels and short-stories, Raj Anand here turns his skill to retelling thehis-. isits colorful illustrations of a different setof children, dressed differently and yet doing much tory of lirdia. While emphasis isquite naturally on integrity of , the same things as an American priniary school the dignitV of indian history and the inde- group would do under the teacher'sdirection. the culture as it moved ffom oppression to and Gives an OpPOrtunity to sharpen the eye to observe pendence, the book is appropriate for younger differences and similarities at a very basic level. interTediate readers unable to ,handle the more sophisticated works. A time chart at the end helps 22. STORIES FROM THE ,PANCHATANTRA. to lf.eep the perspective. Illustrated. Book I. Children's Book Trust. $1.25 28. TALES FROM THE INDIANCLASSICS. 23. STORIES FROM THE PANCHATANTRA. Book I. Children's Book Trust. $1.25 Book II. Children's Book rrust. $1.25 29. TALES FROM THE INDIAN CLASSICS. 24. STORIES FROM THE PANC.HATANTRA. Book I LChildren's Book Trust. $1.25 Book III. Children's Book Trust. $1.25 There are two great epic poems of India:the 25. STORIES FROM THE PANCHATANTRA. Ramayana and the Mahabharata. These stories are

Book IV. Children's Book Trust. $1;25 taken from the two classics, and are ,ideal for conveying to American children the storiesandtheir , These are the famous stories known to mostIndian moralsknownto_yytuallyallIndians.The children which cOmpare to,.Aesop's fablesboth in brilliant illustrations complement the text. SUPPLEMENTARY TITLES

Titles to be considered by schools in addition to TREASURY OF INDIAN TALES. BOOK I. the books listed earlier. Shankar. New Delhi, Children's Book Trust. $1.50 FACE OF NEW INDIA: SOME ACHIEVEMENTS OF PLANNED EFFORT. TREASURY OF INDIAN TALES. BOOK II. New Delhi, Publications Division, Ministry of Shankar, New Delhi, Children's Book Trust. Information and Broadcasting, 1960. Illustrated. $1.50 $5,00 These two volumes are charming Indian legends Though this book is now eleven years old, it is full and tales told by a master story-teller and illustra- of photos and annotations on modern India, its tor, Shankar Pillai. Written and illustrated with industrial' ation and economic development a wit and love, these books may be added to the useful corrective to the bullock cart and sacred collection of other tales included within the book cow image of India. The book is nowout-of-print, set for elementary schools. but we have a limited number of copies available. First-come, first-served. GAUTAMA BUDDHA. J.Kashyap. New Delhi, National Council for THREE FISHES (English) Educational Research and Training, 1968. 34-p. TEEN MACHCHALIYAN (Hindi) 45 cents. New Delhi, Children's Book Trust. Both books: 85 cents. Told with real reverence, this is a simple summary of the tradition of the Buddha's life on earth. A simple _picture-story book, Inter Culture sells Remembering that there is no hard evidence of THREE FISHES onlyinsets withitsHindi- events in the Buddha's life they weren't written language versionpaired with the English. This down for several centuries the teaCher may still offersan opportunity for comparison of two use this book to shoW_how Buddhists seetheir writtenlanguagesforstudents too young to leader's life and his teachings. ----- readilycomprehendwhat"another language" means unless they carfsee it. A Guide to IndianBooks Recommended for Use in American Schools

DISCOVERING INDIA Second edition

Let anotherculturespeakforitself.Letits DISCOVERING INDIA is split topically in two teachers, scholars, writers and other creativeartists ways, as well: annotations of each titleand levels guide American students. Let your studentsdis- and situations for which each title is appropriate. cover another culture forthemselves, trying to see The annotations are designed to be as informative iton its own terms.Let preconception and about the contents as possible. At each major _prejudice meet their challenge through an un- level Primary, Intermediate; Junior High, and cluttered inquiry into another society. Senior High School certain situations:Or topics areii5ted,withtheappropriate books listed This ideal is now possible, at least for India.India beneath each category. Using both sections, a can speak for itself in English and students teacher or libr'arian can determine which would may findthe perspectives differentfrOm their be the best books to order _in quantity for -special sacred-cow images. Books and other materialsfrom local needs. -Rut it is' recommended that the sets South Asia are being imported anddistributed by be ordered in the first 1ns4rance as a wayof starting !nterCuiture-Associates, materials which have been an India collection. rigorously examined and assessed byexperienced teachers and scholars. This originally was aproject InterCulture stocks ali of the titles listed. On rare of the Educational Resources Center ofthe New occasions some titles may go out of print tem- York State Education Department. porarily, but never before has there been an agency to stock Indian books in this quantity or of this DISCOVERING INDIA is in fact two lists: onefor educational and mechanical quality. Elementary Schools, one for SecondarySchools. IC These book lists are sets ofbooks for sale atspecial prlces. Each title, however, is availableseparately and can be ordered at the net pricelisted. As all Teachers ,and teachers of teachers would do well of paperback titles, sales are to schools,, allprices are net, with the to send for InterCulture's list special price offered on the sets as aninducement appropriate to readers from 9th grade on up and to start an Asian library in yourschool. featuring contemporary fiction. SECTION II Books Recommendedfor the SECONDARY SCHOOL

ANNOTATIONS which follow are designed to give a synopsis of each book and certaindetails of the book needgd by librarians and those who order books.

LEVEL AND SITUATION will help teache7s End curriculum builders select books which are r 7ost pertinent at each grade level.

. ADVENTURES OF KING VI KRAMA. ANrIFNNDIA. $1.75 Hansa Mehta. Romilaria7ar.

The values and standards of (an ancientday are This well-written and comprehensive text was pre- welkpresented in retelling these famouslegendS: pared for Indian students to study their own early ,The eight. ,stories..ineludeddate."froni.:'the. and classical periods. The text covers the period up 4th to about 1000 A.D. While thesuggested exercises . Chandragupta :11:;':-.4he-=',.-GUptal7ErnPerO(.14:tne..,. are not suited JO American use,the maps, charts any other ClaSsica(-.PeriOd.Of and illustratiohs are not matched in School use. Neat blaCk:and volume Indian or American. Professor Thaparis illustrate period costumes. one of the leading scholarsof the period who puts kings and battles ih their proper soCial, economic See 2. AKBAR. and institutional context. An excellent book. M. Mujeeb. .60 also number 16.

Books about Muslims in India arehard to find 4. ARCHAEOLOGY IN INDIA. though Muslim rule lasted for over 300 yearsand Publications Division. .95 lvluslims are today 50 million in number.Here is a colorful and literate history of the greatestMughal A brief survey of archaeology, what it meansand of them all, Akbar, told by anoted historian and how it has developed in India, listingmajor excava- eminent Indian national for the purposeof helping tions,epigraphy and the role of the famous intro- all Indians understand their commonihistory. An Archaeological Survey of India. A (igood 2 \- duction to an important subject.Illustrated. excellent book. 5. CHILDREN'S MAHABHARATA. rural life in one Indian state. The line drawings are Shanta Rameshwar Rao. $2.75 superb and reproduce well for overhead transparencies.Each drawingisannotated. The volume A sensitive re-telling of the greatepic. illustrates everything from types of housing and Mrs. Rameshwar Rao, a noted educator herself, various cartsto moustache and turban styles. has kept in mind the danger of using too many Excellent for use in the inquiry method. names and elaborating too many episodes. The story is clear and uncluttered and compelling. 11. HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE INDIAN The reason why t:ie story is much-loved and why it PENINSULA. is used for teaching values comes through clearly. C. Collin Davies. $1.10

6. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. .95 Simple black and white line maps, good for pro- ducing OHT's, cover the major features of Indian A plasdc bound pocket editionof the entire history:. Opposite each map is a commentary-back- Constitution. ground for the map subject. in itself a handbook of Indian history from ancient times to the present. 7. CONTMPORARY INDIAN SHORT STOR- Excellent for teacher preparation. lE.Vumei. Sahitya Akademi. $2.25 12.INDIA, 1968: A REFERENCE ANNUAL. Publications Division. $1.00 8. CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SHORT STOR- IES. Volume II. This is a compendium of useful information about Sahitya Akademi. $2.25 contemporary India, especially government and development. State-by-state data is provided. Good Not all the great Asian writers are dead, as these for reports, teacher-backgrounding, library refer- collections demonstrate. Lively and yet troubled, ence. Though up-dated annually, the basic data these stories reflect the temper of modern India: is useful far beyond the year of publication. impatient to be free, then cautiously searching for what freedom may mean. Whereas most short 13. INDIAN DANCING. stories available in America were originally written Mrinalini Sarabhai. $1.25 Iii Engish, these were written in the various Indian languages. See number 8. This little book, copiously illustrated, is a first- hand exposition by one of India's foremost dancers 9. FESTIVALS OF INDIA. .50 and teachers of the dance. All four of the major styles are covered: Bharata Natyarn, Manipuri, A brief but comprehensive pamphlet on the major Kathakali, and Kathak. Indian celebrations. The rationale for each provides an opportunity for comparison with American na- 14. JUNGLE AND BACKYARD. tional and religious holidays. Hindu, Muslim, Chris, M. Krishnan. $1.75 tian and Buddhist festivals are included. Copiously India's foremost nature writer has assembled some tales of wild animals which are fast disappearing, 10. GLIMPSES OF RURAL RAJASTHAN. for example the Indian cheetah. Written with real Superintendent of Census Operations. $5.00 knowledge and sensitivity, it is a fine and bold in- troductiontothe glorious fauna of the sub- This flexible book is a treasury of, visual data on continent, matched in the world only by that of Africa. SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE SET $37.54 2Fl 15. LEGENDS OF INDIA. 19. SCHOC_ATLAS. Surveyc .--General of India. $1.50 Muriel Wasi. $1.25

Several favorite classical stories are here skillfully The despair of the elementary geography or social retold specifically for their teaching value. Origi- studies teacher is the dearth of decent maps on nally prepared for retelling on New York ETV at continents other than our own. Here is a paper- the instance of the New York State Education bound, color-printed atlas which concentrates or Department, they appear here substantially un- South Asia. Small maps itemize such features as changed for Indian students. Some of the more im- the regional concentration of natural resources and portant religious and value concepts may be identi- agricultural:Tops.Larger maps detailclimate, fied in this book. topographydemography andtransport.Large poiiticai maps of each region of India give more 16. MEDIEVAL INDIA. detailthanisoften foundinmore expensive Romila Thapar. $1.75 library atlases.

This volume matches number 2 in an as- ,et incom- 20. SONS DF PANDU. plete three-volume set. The exercises are somewhat M. E:othalingam. better than in Ancient India, but theigh quality of text, maps, charts and illustrations is the same. Because of its vast scope, the epic Mahabharata A very judicious, well-balanced interpretation. difficult to convey to non-Indian students. Here is a simplified portion of the tale, retold withfeeling 17. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA. and skill. Not too cluttered with details or namfs S. Krishnaswamy. $2.00 as to be indecypherable. Illustrated.

A brief but excellent little book on Indian music 21. THESTORY OF INDIA. and musical instruments. Many photographs show Mulk Raj Anand. $1.20 the historical development of the major instru- Best known for his novels and short-stories, Mulk ments, while those most commonly used today are , photographed and described in detail. Raj, Anand here turns his skill in retelling the history of India. While emphasis is quite naturally on 18. NEHRU,FOR CHILDREN. the dignity of Indian history and the integrity of M. Chalapathi Rao. $1 .00 the culture as it moved frokn oppression' to independence, the book ia appropriate for younger and A This jtle is misleading: this book is good for all intermediate readers unable to handle the more ages, including slow secondary readers. It is one of sophisticated works. A time chart at the end helps the few which does not eithertalk down to the tq keep the perspective. Itlustrated. reader or idolizeits important subject. Nehru's family, education and career are seen in the Indian 22. STORY OF MY LIFE. perspective in which non-alignment and neutralism Mohandas K. Gandhi. .95 are but a small part. Effective use can be made of this book inconjunction with a recording of This is an abridged version of Gandhi's Autobiog- Jawaharlal Nehru: Speeches. (InterCulture, catalog raphy, one of the century's greatest autobiog- number 7-MOCE 1020. $498 Mono. 33 rprn)- raphies.Toldinhisoriginal, simple,straightforward style, this.is the most direct way to bring PRICE FOR THE SET students to a comprehension of the great Indian $37.50 SPECIAL PRICE FOR THE SET $37.50 broad range leader and his tnought. Exercises aredesigned for leading Indian commentatcrs cover a Indian students of English and cjId be dis- of vital topics. regarded. SUPPLEMENTARY LIST 23. STORY OF RAMA. M. Boothalingam. $2.75 The following books win -implify the sets 3ted above. As she did with the Mahabhczrata (number20), Mrs. Bc othalingam tells the simplified core ofthe BALASARASVATI. Delhi, Inter-Nat anal other g--2at epic, the Ramayana.l is the major Narayana Menon. religious narrative of Hinduism, in ,mhich someof Cultural Centre, $1.50 the American's presuppositions about faithfulness, marriaga, and reward and punishment, to name a Text and photographs (someincolor) o-L tne greatest contemporary ex onent ofBharaTa Nit- few, are challenged. yam, a classical danceo= South India. n- 24. SWAMI AND FRIENDS. clusion of family data heips to see the wa R. K. Narayan. .95 which the artistic tradition is passed in India.

This is a charming novel of growing up in South CENSUS OF INDIA, VILLAGE SURVEY MONO- India, sometimes called the Indian Huckleberry GRAPHS. Finn. Good for child and adult alike. If some of the adult subtleties are not apparent to the child, AYYANGARKULAM (Madras) it nevertheless gives an intimate and believable BHUMI1 DHAN SOL (West Bengal) glimpse of adolescent life in another culture. Im- GALIBPUR (Delhi) ported from the author's own publishing house, ISANPUR (Gujarat) this is the original Indian paperback. InterCulture has selected these four village surveys 25. RABINDRANATH TAGORE. for sctiool use. They illustrate the diversityof vil- Marjorie Sykes. lage culture in type and location.Ayyangarkulam is in South India and is a weavingvillage; Bhumij Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in Dhan Solisatribalvillageof easternIndia; 1911. He had a tremendous impact not only on Galibpur is a wheat-growing village of thenorthern Bengali literature but on the National Movpment plains; and Isanpur is an imandari(feudal) village toward independence. Here is a concise biography within the city limits of Ahmedabad.These are not of the poet-artist with synopses and descriptions readily usable for grades below 11 or12, but they of several poems and stories. are excellent forresearch projects.

26. TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING INDIA. FOLK PAINTINGS OF INDIA. Indian Council for Cultural Relations. $1.65 Verrier Elwin. New Delhi,Inter-National Cul- tural Centre, 1967. $3.00 Although the fast student might use it for reports expert on or term-papers, this bookis induded here for the With a vibrant text by the late, great lavishly teacher's use. It is the best Indian-written introduc- folkartinIndia,VerrierElwin,this the f^lk tion ;an life and_ el III" iro_c.-.nirtiled _ecnpniall.L. -illustr-t-d -b^^k is a fine-intrisrluction t^ for non-Indians.Essays on different topics try culture of India. SUGGESTIONS 7,oricerning use of thesebooks at various LEVELS AND SITUATIONS

PRIMARY SCHOOL (K througt- Divisions of space, time and labor, numbers 2, Bombay; 16, Life with Grandfather; and The foHowing Dooks are recommer,d for primary (to be readaloud)7, Hari and Other school use. Various criteria have er used to Elepharts. evaluate them, particularly the re., ianceof subject matter to the usual conceptsintroduced at this 3. How people are alike and how they are different. This represents a building on concepts 1 and 2. level.Inaddition, judgment was made on the basis of excellence of illustration,simplicity of vocabulary, size of typeface. They are Numbers 2, Bombay; 7 , Hariand Other Elephants; 9, Home; 19, A Man of anAss; 2. Bombay and 21,,Shobhana. 6. Grandfather's Private Zoo*

7.Hari and Other Elephants* 4. Decision-making, a personal process. 9. Home 12. Indian Fairy Tales* 16. Life with Grandfather* 17. Lumbdoom, the Long-Tailed Langoor* Many of the boOkS recommendedfor the Inter- 18. Mahagiri mediatc.: Grades Will be ofinterest to younger 19. A Man of an Ass chtldren if read....,alOUd.'On the whole they aretoo and third graders to 21. Shobhana . difficult for the firSt, second read by themselves: *Read aloud specials: The books starred are excellent for reading aloud. For individual reading, the teacher may help. INTERMEDIATE (4 through 6) SITUATION Books recommended at this level embrace the Some books are particularly useful for illustrating entire Elementarylist.Here, however, thereis certain concepts which usually emerge at this level room for more extended development of the same of education: topics and the relationship of two or more concepts or themes. 1. Awareness of the self in relation to others (members of the family, classmates, teachers, etc. Numbers 9, Home and 21, Shobhana. SITUATION

2. Basic soci.i organization. Role, status and custom 1. Cultural adaptation. with Grandfather Numbers 2 Bombay. and 9 Home. 2. Social organization. conflictsandenthnocentricattitudes may be Numbers 5,Col::: Jn of India;15, studied here, leading to establishment of a world- Krishna and Suck 27, The Story of view for the student. India. Numbers 13, jakika Tales; 15, Krishna and 3. Natural and commur szurces. Sudama; 22-25, Stories From the Panclut- Numbers 3, 8 omT 7:8, The Hidden tantra;26, The Story of Gandhiji; and Pool; 10, India, a Survey; 16, Life 28,29, Tales from the Indian Classics. with Grandfather; 7ool Atlas. 6. Creative expression, also leading to comment 4. Decision-making. upon ethnocentrism. Numbers 14, Kar nd 26, Story of Gandhiji. Numbers 11, Indian Dancing; 12, Indian Fairy Tales; 16, Life with Grandfather; and 5. Value systems, mytho .-:gy and religion. Value 28,29, Tales from the Indian Classics. ** Numbers above refer to SectionI,Elementary ..--..7notations. Numbers below refer to Section II, econdar y Annotations.

Numbers 3,. Ancient I ndia; 10, Glimpses of JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Rural Rajasthan; 11 ,. Historical Atla:S; 12, India, 7968; 16, Medieval India; 22, Me In this and the next, Senior F--..111 School, category, an attempt has been made to _Drt outtitles by rele- Story of MyLife. vance to normal JuniorHigh School curriculum modernization: patterns. For Junior High 4ve havestressed Lands 2. Traditional social system and and Peoples. For Senior F-'t stress is onHistory caste and family, role, status anddecision-making; and Literature. Please not, :hat the titlesinclude social mobility. some which are well-suiter. -.athe slow reader in which the content isrelatively mature but ex-. Numbers 3, Ancient India, 5, Children's Cot7temporary Indian pressed in a simple vocabulary which does nottalk Mahabharata, 7..8. down to the reader. We' believe theseeminently Short Stories; 10,,Giiinpses of RuralRajas- Medieval suitable to American school use. than; 15, Legends of India; 16, India; and 24, Swami and Friends.

3. Traditional political system andmoderniza- SITUATION tion:thevillagecouncil;political demorracy; representativeinstitutions; regionalism; national- -h...levelincludess. uat,,A which have been enumerated under elementa.--,bove to which we ism; communahsm. would add: Numbers 2, Akbar; 3, Ancient India; 5, 1. Traditional economic si iiahdmoderniza- Children'Wahabharata; 6, Constitution of India, 1968; tion: decision-making in the etonomicsphere, agri- India; 11, Historical Atlas; 12, culture, urban izatio- 16, Medieval India. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (See comment under struggles for independence and modernization. Junior High School) Numbers 18, Nehru for Children; 21, Story of India; 22, Story of My Life. SITUATION The interaction of traditional and modern ele- 1. Geography. ments in contemporary India. Numbers11,HistoricalAtlas and 19, School Atlas. Numbers 3, Ancient India; 9, Festivals of India; 12, India, 1968; 13, Indian Dancing; 2. History: the cultural unity and diversity of 17, Musical Instruments; 18, Nehru for the people of India. Children; 22, Story of My Life; 23, Story Shaping and persistence of the traditionalIn- of Rama; 24, Swami and Friends; and 25, dian culture. Rabindranath Tagore.

Numbers 3, Ancient India; 4, Archaeology 3. Literature and the arts. in India; 9, Festivals of India; 15, Legends of India; and 16, Medieval India. Numbers 1, Adventures of King Vikrama; 7,8, Contemporary Indian Short Ston'es; The interaction of Hindu India with invaders. 13, Indian Dancing; 15, Legends of ,India; Numbers 2, Akbar; 16, Medieval India and 20, Sons of Pandu; 23, Story of Rama; 21, The Story of India. 24, Swami and Friends; 25, Rabindranath Tagore; 26, Towards Understanding India. The cultural effects of Indian civilization on the **

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Among the books in this list of-help in preparing 2. Backgrouncling. for teaching India in the class room are: NUnlberS 2; Akbar; 3, Ancient India; 4, Archaeilogy' in India; 16, Medieval India; 1. Reference. and,"epecially, 26, Towards Understanding Numbers 11, Historical Atlas;2, India, India ?(whichis likeiy to be beyond the 1968; and 19, School Atlas. level Of aver4e high school students). * Many other books on India and from India are carried, in stock or procured from India on order by InterCulture Associates. Such requests may be inserted on theorder form enclosed. E:iPecially Acknowledgements: useful in high school teaching are conemporary Those who contributed to this Guide are: Artur novels in paperback. Write for separate catalog Isenberg, Shirley Isenberg, Sharada Nayak, Joan M. 17-2. FergusOn, Henry fergdson, Doris Heinz, A. Elgin Heinz, M. N. Rao, and the National Council for Send also for our general eatalbg of other mater:rals Educiitional ReSearch and Training (particularly including the notable Village Life Study kit. Professor T. S. Mehta).,

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