2020 Catalogue TABLE OF Contents ABOUT PRATHAM BOOKS III LEARNING TO READ – LEVEL BY LEVEL IV LEVEL 1 1 LEVEL 2 32 LEVEL 3 90 LEVEL 4 146 LIBRARY-IN-A-CLASSROOM 180 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved. Cover Illustration by Rohan Chakravarty Illustrations on pages I, III and IV by Rajiv Eipe 2 | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved | I ABOUT PRATHAM BOOKS Reading is the first and most crucial step to literacy. Pratham Books publishes storybooks in multiple Indian languages to ensure that children have a choice of books in their mother tongues to read and enjoy. Children need early and sustained Be it bilingual books that make learning exposure to engaging, joyful books a second language easier and more to build a reading habit and become fun or STEM books where children can autonomous learners. We have created explore concepts related to science, a rich range of books with engaging maths and technology in a way that narratives and colourful illustrations sparks their curiosity and interest, our that reflect the diversity of our culture storybooks are designed to engage, to form a meaningful bridge for inform and open the minds of children children as they grow and expand their to worlds beyond their own. boundaries. Dive in. II | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved | III LEARNING TO READ – Level By Level Our books are categorised across four levels based on reading proficiency rather than age. This encourages children to read in a non-judgmental way. BEGINNING TO READ 1 For very young children who are eager to + READ ALOUD begin reading and listening to stories. For children who recognize familiar words LEARNING TO READ 2 and can read new words with help. READING For children who are ready to read on INDEPENDENTLY 3 their own. READING For older children who can read with PROFICIENTLY 4 confidence. IV | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 LEVEL© 2018 Pratham Books, All1 rights reserved | 1 1 ENVIRONMENT BEST SELLER Did You Hear? ₨35 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Sejal Mehta Rohan Chakravarty SYNOPSIS Upcoming Listen carefully and you will find that birds have a lot to say. TITLES PAGES 12 THEME Environment LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Nepali BEST SELLER Water Dance ₨40 Who Ate All That Up? ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Sean D'mello Ajanta Guhathakurta Sejal Mehta Rohan Chakravarty SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Guddu can dance to anything. Today he finds music in moving water. He can’t How is the forest so clean? Find out how nothing goes to waste in the jungle. stop doing a jig as he makes his way along a stream. A story that introduces water bodies and celebrates the joy of water. PAGES 16 THEME Science & Nature LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil PAGES 16 THEME Environment LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil BEST SELLER Tiger, Tiger, Where Are You? ₨45 Wild Cat! Wild Cat! ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Mujahid Khan Manjari Chakravarti Sejal Mehta Rohan Chakravarty SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS A tiger researcher is out looking for tiger hair and poop as part of his study. He Meet the different wild cats of India. finds plenty of signs of the tiger, but where is the big cat? After all, there are so many ways to see a tiger without seeing a tiger. PAGES 16 THEME Adventure & Mystery LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil PAGES 16 THEME Environment LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Nepali 2 | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved | 3 1 BEST SELLER Watch Out! The Tiger is Here! ₨35 Anand ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Sejal Mehta Rohan Chakravarty Rajiv Eipe Rajiv Eipe SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS When a tiger moves through the forest, all the animals and birds know! Listen Meet Anand! He likes driving around and meeting new people. He likes to the different alarm calls that warn everyone in the forest that the tiger is music, dancing, and animals. He likes looking good, and he likes making your here. neighbourhood look good. He’s awesome! PAGES 12 THEME Environment LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil PAGES 16 THEME Family & Friends LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil FAMILY & FRIENDS All Jumbled Up ₨40 Chiu's Power ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Jeyanthi Manokaran Jeyanthi Manokaran Shrujana Shridhar Shrujana Shridhar SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Ammu is ready to go on stage, but she can’t remember her lines. Chaos follows Chiu sees exciting things that others cannot – flying rockets in her room and fish as she jumbles up her words for the school play. swimming on the blackboard. Ajji takes Chiu to the eye doctor to find out about her magical powers. PAGES 16 THEME Family & Friends LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil PAGES 16 THEME Family & Friends LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil HUMOUR Gappu Can't Dance ₨45 Bow Meow Wow ₨45 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Menaka Raman Krishna Chandran A Nair Priya Kuriyan Priya Kuriyan SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Everyone in Class 1-A knows that Gappu can’t dance. When the other students A dog, a cat and a hilarious encounter await in this action-packed book raise their left hands, she raises her right! Can Komal Ma’am get Gappu to about colours. dance? A story about the joy of dancing, using the concept of opposites. PAGES 20 THEME Family & Friends LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil PAGES 20 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil 4 | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved | 5 1 BEST SELLER BEST SELLER Lost and Found ₨40 My Fish! No, My Fish! ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Sukhada Rahalkar Sukhada Rahalkar Suraj Menon Soumya Menon SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS A little boy looks for something he has lost and guess what happens when he A funny little story about three friends and three clever fish! finds it? Read on to find out for yourself. PAGES 16 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Konkani, Nepali PAGES 16 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Konkani, Nepali BEST SELLER The Lion's Howdah ₨35 What if? ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Amar Goswami Partho Sengupta Hari Kumar Nair Hari Kumar Nair SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS What happens when the king of the jungle imitates the king of the city? Many When Shyam is sleepy, he has trouble brushing his teeth. But dreaming big is rocking adventures! Read this funny story to find out more. no trouble at all. PAGES 12 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Punjabi, Urdu, PAGES 16 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Nepali Odia BEST BEST SELLER SELLER Fat King Thin Dog ₨35 Pehelwaan Ji Learns a Slippery Lesson ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Parismita Singh Parismita Singh Sanjiv Jaiswal 'Sanjay' Ajit Narayan SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Run along with the Fat King after the Thin Dog! From the earlier Pehelwaan Ji books, you may already know that Gappu is not as scared of the big Pehelwaan Ji as the others in the village are. Here, Gappu teaches Pehelwaan Ji another lesson! PAGES 12 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, PAGES 16 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Konkani Urdu, Odia, Konkani, Nepali 6 | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved | 7 1 The Royal Toothache ₨40 Bunty and Bubbly ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Sanjiv Jaiswal 'Sanjay' Ajit Narayan Sorit Gupto Sorit Gupto SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Even the king of the jungle must keep his teeth clean. Read this sweet story Bunty does not like soaps. So, she refuses to clean up. Then one night she has a about who taught him this important lesson. dream. What happens after that? PAGES 16 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Punjabi, Urdu, PAGES 16 THEME Life Skills LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu Odia, Bhoti Pehelwaan Ji Plays Cricket ₨45 Smart Sona ₨35 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Sanjiv Jaiswal 'Sanjay' Ajit Narayan Vineeta Krishna Suvidha Mistry SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS The children of the village were scared of the big man, Pehelwaan Ji. So when Sona’s father made her a lovely toy. Read this charming story about how they he wanted to play with them, they just had to let him play. helped each other. PAGES 20 THEME Humour LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil PAGES 12 THEME Life Skills LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu, Odia LIFE SKILLS Gadbad Das in No Water for You! ₨40 Today, I Am ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Jayanto Banerjee Jayanto Banerjee Varsha Seshan Sandhya Prabhat SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS There is no water at Gadbad Das’ puncture repair shop. Off he goes to find What will Megha be today – a botanist, an astronaut, an artist? some, but it’s not as easy as he thinks. PAGES 16 THEME Life Skills LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil PAGES 16 THEME Life Skills LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil 8 | PRATHAM BOOKS CATALOGUE: 2020 © 2018 Pratham Books, All rights reserved | 9 1 BEST SELLER Little Painters ₨40 The Kite ₨35 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Cheryl Rao Tanvi Choudhury Jeyanthi Manokaran Jeyanthi Manokaran SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Painting the house is such fun! But what colour should the gate be? Open the book. Spot the kite. See what happens to it. Enjoy the crisp lines and the Warli art. PAGES 16 THEME Life Skills LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Konkani, Nepali PAGES 12 THEME Read Aloud LANGUAGES English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, English-Tamil READ ALOUD BEST BEST SELLER SELLER SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! ₨40 Sam's Christmas Present ₨40 AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR Dawa Lahmu Yolmo Samidha Gunjal Annie Besant Alicia Souza SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Manu loves jumping and counting.