RECOMMENDED READING LIST
PRE-PRIMARY
1. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR BY ERIC CARLEY 2. ONE FISH,TWO FISH,RED FISH,BLUE FISH BY DR.SEUSS 3. THE LITTLE PRINCE BY ANTHOINE DE-SAINT 4. GREEN EGGS AND HAM BY DR.SEUSS 5. TIMMY & PEPE BY MADHAV CHAVAN (PRATHAM BOOKS) 6. VEERU GOES TO THE CIRCUS BY RICHA INGLE DEO (PRATHAM BOOKS) 7. SMART SONA HELPS HER MOTHER BY VINITA KRISHNA (PRATHAM BOOKS) 8. WHERE’S MY MUMMY BY COLIN HAWKINS (PRATHAM BOOKS) 9. A VISIT TO THE ZOO BY SANAT SURTI (NBT BOOKS) 10. SET ME FREE BY ASHISH SENGUPTA (NBT BOOKS) 11. EGG FRIED RICE BY RODRICK HUNTS (OXFORD READING TREE) 12. THE USBORNE BIG BOOK OF BUGS (USBORNE BOOKS) 13. THE ILLUSTARTED GRIMMS FAIRY TALES (USBORNE BOOKS) 14. 10 MORE TEN MINUTES STORIES (USBORNE BOOKS) 15. WOODLAND CRAETURES ( USBORNE BOOKS)
HINDI BOOKS
1. KAHANI MOOCH KI BY R.K.MURTI 2. CHALAK LOMDI AUR MURKH COWAA (SHREE PRAKASHAN) 3. HEERA BY MANORAMA JAFA (RATNA SAGAR) 4. GUBBARE AUR MAI BY NAVIN MENON (CBT)
CLASSES 1 & 2
1. GAJAPATI KULAPATI BY ASHOK RAJAGOPALAN 2. THE WEDDING BY JANEY LOUISE JONES: PRINCESS POPPY SERIES (RANDOM HOUSE) 3. PETER PAN : I CAN READ SERIES 4. FANCY NANCY : PEANUT BUTTER SERIES BYJANE O’CONNOR 5. GOLU THE GOLDFISH BY PIA RAINA
HINDI BOOKS
1. TITLI KA BACHPAN BY YUDHJEET SENGUPTA ( NBT) 2. PRANAV KI TASVEER BY NANDINI NAYAR ( TULIKA PRAKSHAN) 3. SURAJ NE CHUTTI MANAI BY DILIP M.SALWI ( RATNA SAGAR PUBLISHING) 4. SUI KI NOOK PAR THA EK BY GEETA DHARAMRAJAN(TULIKA BOOKS) 5. RAJA KA DARD BY SANJEEV JAISWAL ( PRATHAM BOOKS)
CLASS 3
1. THE WONDERFUL VACATION BY ANURADHA BHASIN 2. THE GIVING TREE BY SHEIL SILVERSTEIN 3. THE GRUFFALO BY JULIA DONALDSON 4. ARE YOU MY MOTHER BY P.D.EASTMAN 5. MAMBI AND THE FOREST FIRE BY NANDANA SEN 6. THE ENCHANTED WOOD BY ENID BLYTON 7. PUSS IN BOOTS BY CHARLES PERRAULT
HINDI BOOKS
1. PAPA KI BITIYA BY VAIJANTI SAVANT TONPE ( EPNOT PUBLISHING) 2. JIS DIN NADI BOLI THI BY KAMLA NAYAR ( NEHRU PUSTAKALAYA) 3. RUPA AUR EK PARI BY DR.VARSHA DAS (KITABGHAR PRAKASHAN) 4. DOCTOR CHICHU KE KARNAME BY AABID SURTI 5. PHOOL AUR MAI BY MANORAMA JAFA 9 (NBT BOOKS) 6. AAKASH NEELA KUN HAI BY DR.C.V.RAMAN ( TULIKA)
CLASSES 4-5
1. WE THE CHILDREN OF INDIA 2. MOIN AND THE MONSTER BY ANUSHKA RAVISHAKAR 3. THE CONCH BEARER BY CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKURNI 4. THE JUNGLE BOOK BY RUDYARD KIPLING 5. THE CASE OF THE CHINESE MASTERMIND BY KETAKI KARNIK 6. CHARLOTTE’S WEB BY E.B.WHITE 7. HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER AND OTHER STORIES BY SUDHA MURTY 8. THE GOLDEN BIRDS AND OTHER STORIES BY SUDHA MURTY 9. WHEN LION COULD FLY AND OTHER TALES FROM AFRICA BY NICK GREAVES 10. MAGIC TREE HOUSE SERIES BY MARY POPE OSBORNE 11. WHY WHY GIRL BY MAHASHWETA DEVI 12. ENID BLYTON SECRET SEVEN & FAMOUS FIVE SERIES 13. HAPPY PRINCE BY OSCAR WILDE 14. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY BY ROALD DAHL 15. MATILDA BY ROALD DAHL 16. WIND IN THE WILLOWS BY KENNETH GRAHAM 17. FIVE CHILDREN AND IT BY E.NESBIT 18. GRANDA BAG OF STORIES BY SUDHA MURTY
HINDI BOOKS
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3. 4. Sheikh Chilli Aur Uske Kisse (Tiny Tots Publications) 5. Gullu Aur Ek Satrangi By Shriniwas Vats (Kitabghar Prakshan)
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1. CALL OF THE WILD BY JACK LONDON 2. SCHOOL STORIES BY P.G.WOODEHOUSE 3. ARTEMIS FOWL SERIES BY EOIN COLFER 4. DEADLY ROYAL RECEIPE BY RANJIT LAL 5. THE ROOM ON THE ROOF BY RUSKIN BOND 6. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS BY J.K.ROWLING 7. WISE AND OTHERWISE BY SUDHA MURTY 8. CASE OF THE CHINESE MASTERMIND BY KETAKI KARNIK 9. DRIVEN BY VIJAY LOKAPALLY 10. Indian Folktales Retold By Ruskin Bond 11. My Family And Other Animals By Gerald Durell 12. The Lightning Thief And Other Stories By Rick Riordan 13. Haroun And The Sea Of Stories By Salman Rushdie 14. More Of Me By Kathryn Evans (Usborne Books) 15. A World Away By Pauline Francis (Usborne Books)
HINDI BOOKS
1. TAPOVAN KI KAHANIYAN ( VISHNU PRABHAKAR) 2. MAMTA (JAISHANKAR PRASAD) 3. KAHAVATO KI KAHANIYAN (DR.PRATAP ANAM) 4. VISHV KI SHRESHTA LOK KATHAYEN ( HIMANSHU JOSHI) 5. BULBUL KI KAHANI ( ACHARYA CHATUR SEN) 6. SHEIKH CHILLI AUR USKE KISSE (TINY TOT PUBLICATIONS) 7. SHAMADAN (VISHNU PRABHAKAR) 8. SUNO SUNAO (MANORAMA JAFA) 9. DO MITR (VISHNU PRABHAKAR)
(CLASS IX-X)
1. THE NOISE OF TIME BY JULIAN BARNES 2. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY 3. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRITTA LACKS BY REBECCA SKLOOT 4. THE HELP BY KATHRYN STOCKETT 5. GONE GIRL BY GILLIAN FLYTH 6. WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR BY PAUL KALANITHI 7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE 8. GHENGIS KHAN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY 9. GOLD DUST BY ZAKIA ZAHEER 10. THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE BY THOMAS HARDY 11. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD BY THOMAS HARDY
HINDI BOOKS:
1. MERA PARIWAR (MAHADEVI VERMA) 2. PREMCHAND KE PHATE JUTE (HARISHANKAR PARSAI) 3. KARMATH MAHILAYEN (NBT) 4. PATJHAR ME TUTI PATTIYAN (RAVINDRA KELEKAR) 5. JAHAN JAHAN CHARAN PARE GAUTAM KE ( TIK NYAT HUNH) 6. KABIRA KHADA BAZAAR ME ( BHISHM SAHNI) 7. PHADISHVARNATH RENU KI KAHANIYAN
SENIORS
1. GIRL ON THE TRAIN BY PAULA HAWKINS 2. THE ALCHEMIST BY PAULO COELO 3. HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD BY J.K.ROWLING 4. THE BOOK THIEF BY MARKUS ZUSAK 5. ROOM BY EMMA DONOGUE 6. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ 7. A BEND IN THE RIVER BY V.S.NAIPAUL 8. PAY IT FORWARD BY CATHERINE RYAN HYDE 9. THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING GOOD BY GURCHARAN DAS 10. Pickwick Papers By Charles Dickens 11. Jinnah Often Came To Our House By Kiran Doshi 12. Fly Me To The Moon By Prafull Goradia 13. Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe 14. Cry The Beloved Country By Alan Paton
HINDI BOOKS
1. AAJ KE ATEET (BHISHM SAHNI) 2. BHARTI KE SAPUT ( RANGHEY RAGHAV) 3. PATH KE SAATHI (MAHADEVI VERMA) 4. JALIANWALA BAGH BY BHISHM SAHNI ( NBT) 5. SMRITI KI REKHAYEN (MAHADEVI VERMA) 6. DUS PRATINIDHI KAHANIYAN ( MAMTA KALIYAN) 7. RANGBHOOMI (PREMCHAND) 8. SKANDAGUPT ( JAISHANKAR PRASAD)
(FRENCH)
1. BONNE CHANCE ( PART 1 & 2 ) 2. LE PETIT PRINCE BY ANTOINE DE SAINT 3. LES MESERABLES ( VICTOR HUGO) 4. MONSIEUR MADAME / THE MR.MEN AND LITTLE MISS” 5. ASTERIX ( RENE GOSEINNY) 6. LES CONTES DU CHAT PERCHE( THE TALES OF PERSHED CAT) MARCEL AIME