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HARMONY SILVER INAUGURAL AWARD
TO ARVIND GUPTA Harmony Silver Foundation
HARMONY SILVER INAUGURAL AWARD
Harmony Silver Foundation (October 2007)
SCIENCE OF SKILLS - Tanya Roy
Maharashtra Herald Aug 2007
MATCHSTICK MODELS AND OTHER SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS - Arvind Gupta Translated in 12
Indian Languages
LITTLE SCIENCE - Arvind Gupta Science activities
TOY BAG - Arvind Gupta Science activities
LITTLE TOYS - Arvind Gupta Science activities
TOY TREASURES - Arvind Gupta Science activities
PUMPS FROM THE DUMP - Arvind Gupta
A dozen simple pumps from throwaway material
TEN LITTLE FINGERS - Arvind Gupta Science Activities
HANDS-ON Part1 - Arvind Gupta Science Activity
book
HANDS-ON
Part2 - Arvind Gupta Science Activity book
STRING GAMES - Arvind Gupta Fifty popular
Sting Games
AHA! ACTIVITIES - Arvind Gupta
New Science Activities 2007
THUMBPRINTS - Arvind Gupta
MORE THUMBPRINTS - Arvind Gupta
MATCHSTICK PUZZLES - Arvind Gupta
LEAF ZOO - Arvind Gupta
LEARNING SCIENCE THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND
TOYS - Arvind Gupta Article
in 'Khagol'
DIFFUSING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN VARIOUS
SUBJECTS - Arvind Gupta Article for NCERT
AHA! BOOKS - Arvind Gupta
Fifty Books I have loved
Books on Education :
MISEDUCATION - David Elkind
Most lucid book on Education
THE LIFE & TIMES OF KAMLA BAKAYA
1900-1973 - Ravi M. Bakaya Life of a great
Educationist
AAMADER SHANTINIKETAN -
Shivani -Translated by Masooma Ali
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - INDIAN
SUBCONTINENT -
MEENA KHORANA - GREAT BIBLIOGRAPHY
WAITING FOR A GENIUS - Lu
Shun Chinese Greatest Writer's Eternal Philosophy
FOREWORD "TEACHER" Sylvia
Ashton Warner - Elliot Henderson - Sylvia's son
THE OPEN CLASSROOM -
Herbert Kohl Educational Classic
IMPROVING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS - Mandira
/ Padma What works for Indian Schools
36 CHILDREN - Herbert Kohl
Amazing Experiences of a tough Black School
A SCHOOL UNDER TREES - Raghu Babu
Creative, honest experience of an Indian Village
School
THE BLACKBOARD BOOK -
Eleanor Watts
Most amazing practical help for school teachers
FRISKOLEN - STORY OF THE LITTLE NEW SCHOOL
- Aaron Falbel Story of John Holt's Dream School
THE EXPLORING CHILD - Ruth Kohn
Early Childhood Education
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON SCHOOL
EDUCATION - David Horsburgh of Neelbagh
Rosalind Wilson
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
-
David Elkind Wonderful enunciation of Piaget's
Theories
FOR YOUR OWN GOOD - Alice Miller
Hidden cruelty in child
rearing and the roots of violence
THE SELF RESPECTING CHILD -
Allison Stallibrass
FREE FROM SCHOOL - Rahul Alvares
Wonderful Experiences of a school drop-out
DIVASWAPNA - Gijubhai Badheka
India's most original pedagogical contribution
NAYEE TALIM - BASIC EDUCATION
- Marjorie
Sykes Educational
Classic
MARJORIE SYKES - QUAKER GANDHIAN
- Martha
Dart Inspiring
Educational Biography
AN EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATION
- Sybil Marshall Educational
Classic
CREATIVE WRITING - Sybil Marshall
A 'Language Guides' book
THE WAY IT SPOZED TO BE
- James Hendron Inspiring Educational
Book
DEMOCRATIZING YOUR SCHOOL - Ellie
Keen / Anca Tirca Inspiring Educational
Book
DESCHOOLING SOCIETY - Ivan Illich
Landmark Book
SCHOOL OF BARBIANA : LETTER TO A TEACHER
Why schools throw out poor kids?
TEACHER - Sylvia Ashton Warner Seminal work on education
"TEACHER IN AMERICA" - Sylvia Ashton Warner
The great educationist's American experience
SYLVIA! BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA ASHTON
WARNER - Lynley Hood Home schooling
ANYTHING SCHOOL CAN DO YOU CAN DO BETTER -
Maire Mullarney
TO CHILDREN I GIVE MY HEART - Vasily
Sukhomlinsky Russian
classic on education
MY COUNTRY SCHOOL DIARY - Julia
Weber Gordon
FREEDOM - NOT LICENCE! - A. S.
Neill Important advice to parents on child
rearing
SUMMERHILL - A. S. Neill Story of the first free school
in the world
NEILL! NEILL! ORANGE PEEL! - A. S. Neill
Biography of a great educator
FREEDOM OR LICENSE - A.
S. Neill (128 KB zip)
TOTTO CHAN : THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE
WINDOW - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Most popular book ever on education
READING - Frank Smith
COMPREHENSION AND LEARNING - Frank
Smith Selected papers and afterthoughts
ESSAYS INTO LITERACY - Frank
Smith Amazing book on literacy
LANGUAGE & LEARNING - James
Britton Classic on language
DANGER SCHOOL - IDAC document The most subversive cartoon book
on education
SCHOOL, SOCIETY, THE FUTURE -
IDAC document Sequel to Danger School
THE MILITANT OBSERVER -
IDAC Document
THE HOT SEAT - VOLUNTEERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT
DEBATE - IDAC document
CONSCIENTISATION & LIBERATION -
IDAC document Conversations with Paulo Friere
CARTOONS FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION -
IDAC document CLAUDIUS - FAMOUS BRAZILIAN
CARTOONIST
THE OPPRESSION OF PEDAGOGY -
IDAC document ILLICH & PAULO FREIRE
SOCIAL CHARACTER OF LEARNING - Krishna
Kumar
THE CHILD'S LANGUAGE & THE TEACHER -
Krishna Kumar
WHAT IS WORTH TEACHING - Krishna
Kumar
COMPULSORY MISEDUCATION - Paul Goodman
SCHOOL IS DEAD - Everett Reimer
PIONEER IN EDUCATION - RABINDRANATH TAGORE -
L. K. Elmhirst
INSULT TO INTELLIGENCE - THE BUREAUCRATIC
INVASION OF OUR CLASSROOMS - Frank Smith
TEACHING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY - Neil Postman & Charles
Weingartner
THE IDIOT TEACHER - Gerard Holmes
THE CONTINUUM CONCEPT - Jean Liedloff
HOW THINGS ARE A Science Tool-Kit for the Mind
ESCAPE FROM CHILDHOOD - John Holt
Wonderful book on Education
FREEDOM & BEYOND - John Holt
Wonderful book on Education
A LIFE WORTH LIVING - John Holt
Selected Letters of John Holt
WHAT DO I DO MONDAY - John Holt Educational Classic
INSTEAD OF EDUCATION - John Holt
Description of the Best School in the World
THE UNDERACHIEVING SCHOOL -
John Holt
NEVER TOO LATE - John Holt Educational Classic
TEACH YOUR OWN - John Holt
Home schooling
LEARNING ALL THE TIME - John Holt
last book by the great educationist
HOW CHILDREN FAIL - John Holt Educational Classic
HOW CHILDREN LEARN -
John Holt Educational Classic
LIVES OF CHILDREN - George
Dennison
SHARING TREASURES - Book reviews by John Holt
(Most Amazing Book)
DUISHEN - Chingiz Aitmatov This book on education will
make you weep
THE ROAD TO LIFE (I) - Anton Makerenko Story of the
Gorky Colony
THE ROAD TO LIFE (II) - Anton Makarenko Story of the
Gorky Colony
ENTIRELY FUN PLAYGROUNDS - Jimmy Jolley
Make Playgrounds with used car tyres
LECTURES TO PARENTS -
Anton Makerenko (33 KB zip) Famous Russian
pedagogue
PAULO FRIERE'S CONSCIENTISATION
- A GLIMPSE - Paulo Friere
KING OF CHILDREN - BIOGRAPHY OF JANUSZ
KORCZAK - Betty Jean Liffton
TEACHERS AS TRANSFORMERS:
LEARNING FROM OUTSTANDING PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS -
UNICEF
UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN – An
Introduction to Psychology for African Teachers - J. S. Lawes /
C. T. Eddy
A TREATISE ON PEDAGOGY FOR YOUNG TEACHERS -
Edwin C. Hewett
SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING EDUCATION -
John Locke
TRASHCAN KIDS - Richard Benedict
A TREATISE ON PARENTS AND
CHILDREN - George Bernard Shaw
THE MONTESSORI METHOD:
SCIENTIFIC PEDAGOGY APPLIED TO CHILD EDUCATION - Maria Montessori
DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION: AN INTRODUCTION
TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION - John Dewey
THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILD - Ellen
Key
A STUDY OF FAIRY TALES - Laura
F. Kready
HOW TO TELL STORIES TO CHILDREN
AND SOME STORIES TO TELL - Sara Cone
Bryant
THE ART OF THE STORY-TELLER - Marie L.
Shedlock
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BABY -
Millicent
Washburn Shinn Sensitive observations
of a baby's first year
THE CHANGING NATURE OF MAN INTRODUCTION
TO A HISTORICAL PSYCHOLOGY - J. H. van den Berg
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION - John Dewey Classic in Education
ADVENTURES
IN EDUCATION - Willem Eyken & Barry Turner Classic in Education
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY - Stanley Milgram Why do people obey cruel
orders?
PLAYING & LEARNING - Aga Khan
Foundation Manual for Pre-school learning
TOLSTOY AS A SCHOOLMASTER
- Ernest Howard Crosby
EXPERIENCE WITH DAVID HORSBURGH - Malathi
Founder of VIKASANA shares her experiences
Books on Environment / Anti-war / Peace :
BROTHER EAGLE SISTER
SKY - Susan Jeffers Chief Seattle's Outstanding
Speech on the Environment
SECRETS OF THE EARTH -
Aika Tsubota-
Amazing Environmental Comic by a 6th grade Japanese girl
WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL -
P. SAINATH- BICYCLE
BRIGADE EMPOWERING WOMEN
PEOPLE LIKE US -
P. VERMA - PROFILES
OF ORDINARY PEOPLE - EXTRAORDINARY DEEDS
SONG OF THE BIRD -
ANTHONY de MELLO -
PLURALISTIC SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS - WONDERFUL
PLATFORM FOR THE POOR -
A. MAHADEVAN INTERVIEW
OF P. SAINATH
BANKER TO THE POOR -
STORY OF GRAMEEN BANK-
Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus & A. Jolis
WHAT ME RACIST? -
European Union -
Wonderful comic book lampooning RACIST stereotypes
ANCIENT FUTURES -
Helena Norberg-Hodge -
A landmark book on traditional ways of Ladhaki Society
RADIANT RAINDROPS OF RAJASTHAN -
Anupam Mishra - A
landmark book on traditional water harvesting
VOICES OF SANITY -
Bhasin, Kothari, Thapar - Reaching out
for peace
GANDHI - HIS GIFT OF THE FIGHT -
SYKES / PATEL -
GREAT GANDHI GAATHA
BAHUROOPE GANDHI - Anu Bandopadhyay Best
book on Gandhiji ever
THE PEACE POEM - Compiled by UNESCO
Poems by children from 38 countries
TOUCHING CALENDAR - Amnesty
Internatinal, 1987 Drawings by a father for
his son from his prison cell
THE WORLD OF INSECT, TREES & WILD
FLOWERS - Ruskin Bond
Wonderful Book
CYBERNETICS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILE -
Stafford Beer Zaheer Lecture Dec 1974
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION -
Stockholm Environment Institute Low-cost
sanitation techniques
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES
DARWIN - Edited by his son Frank Darwin
MOVED BY LOVE - MEMOIRS OF VINOBA BHAVE -
Marjorie Sykes
THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES -
Jean Giono Greenest book ever
SOLAR'S DAY IN THE SUN - John
Carey Wonderful article on Solar Energy
RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER - MAN OF THE
TREES A Centenary tribute
SILENT SPRING - Rachel
Carson A landmark
classic on the environment
PLANT MYTHS & TRADITIONS IN
INDIA - Shakti M. Gupta Scholarly work!
WILD FLOWERS OF INDIA -
TORFRIDA NURSERIES OF HEAVEN
OUR MONSOON PLANTS - MADHAV
RAUT MOST AMAZING BNHS PUBLICATION
NATURE WATCH - Khushwant
Singh Diary of a Nature Lover
THE GARDEN OF LIFE - Naveen
Patnaik An Introduction to the healing
plants of India
BRAHMA'S HAIR -
Maneka Gandhi / Yasmin Singh Mythology of Indian
Plants
COMMON TREES -
Fr. H. Santapau A simple book on Indian Trees
FORTY COMMON INDIAN TREES -
Pippa Mukherjee Lovely Book on Indian Trees
WILD FLOWERS OF INDIA -
Nimret Handa Lovely Text, Beautiful flower
paintings
COMMON TREES OF INDIA-
R. N. Parker Most Amazing Book on Indian Trees
since 1933!
FLOWERING TREES & SHRUBS OF INDIA - D. V. Cowen Excellent descriptions
and paintings of trees
100 BEAUTIFUL TREES OF INDIA -
Charles McCann Amazing descriptions and paintings
of trees
OUR TREE NEIGHBOURS - Chakravarti Venkatesh Wonderful Introduction
to Trees
THE INSECT MAN - Eleanor Doorly
Story of Jean Henri Fabre
ASKING THE EARTH - Winin Pereira
STAYING ALIVE - Vandana Shiva Landmark book on Eco-Feminism
THE COMMON BIRDS OF INDIA - Edward
Hamilton Aitkin EHA was India's best natural history writer
TRIBES OF MY FRONTIER - Edward Hamilton Aitkin EHA was India's best natural history writer
BEHIND THE BUNGLOW - Edward
Hamilton Aitkin EHA was India's best natural history writer
CONCERNING ANIMAL & OTHER MATTERS - Edward Hamilton Aitkin EHA
was India's best natural history writer
WALKING THE WILD PATH - CEE Personal Stories Of 15 Environmentalists
FOUR AGAINST THE ODDS -
Stephan Krensky The struggle
to save the environment
ENERGY & SELF-RELIANCE -
Yona Friedman Survival guide with over 600
illustrations
ENVIRONMENT & SELF-RELIANCE -
Yona Friedman Survival guide with over 1000
illustrations
FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS - Yukio Tsuchiya True Anti-Nuke story
CHILDREN OF THE ASHES
- Robert Jungk People of Hiroshima after the
Bomb. Classic
SHIN'S TRICYCLE - Tatsuharu Kodama True Anti-Nuke story
THE FIRE OF HIROSHIMA - Toshie
Maruki True Anti-Nuke
story
BROTHERS OF CHICHIBABA -
D. P. Sengupta Anti-war story (English)
BROTHERS OF CHICHIBABA -
D. P. Sengupta Anti-war story (English) /
Hindi
HIROSHIMA -
John Hersey Anti-war story (Albert Einstein
ordered 1000 copies of this wonderful book!)
SADAKO True anti-nuke
story which will bring tears to your eyes
NIGHT - Elie Wiesel Winner of the 1986 Noble Prize
ONE STRAW REVOLUTION - Masanobu
Fukuoka Classic on Organic Farming
EXPLORING NATURE -
Nikhil / Puspasree Pattnaik Wonderful
Nature Activity Book
THE BEAUTIFUL TREE - Dharampal
INDIAN SOCIETY & TECHNOLOGY IN THE 18TH CENTURY - Dharampal
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN INDIAN SOCIETY - Dharampal
PANCHAYAT RAJ & INDIA'S POLITY - Dharampal
ESSAYS ON TRADITION, RECOVERY & FREEDOM - Dharampal
INNOCENCE LOST -
FROM MUJAHIR TO MUJAHID Politics of War
through Aid in Pakistan
THINKING DESIGN -
S. Balaram Best book on Indian Design
YEAR 2070 SITUATION OF WATER -
Powerful Power Point
THE GIVING TREE - Shel Silverstien
Powerful Power Point
MADNESS -
Powerful Power Point NEVER HATE IN PLURALS
POWERS OF TEN -
Powerful Power Point OPENS UP A NEW WORLD
Books on Science / Maths / Activities:
700 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR EVERYONE-
PART 1 - Compiled by UNESCO
700 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR EVERYONE-
PART 2 - Compiled
by UNESCO
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS & AMUSEMENT FOR CHILDREN
- Charles Vivian Simple Science Book
"SURELY YOU'RE JOKING MR.
FEYNMAN - RICHARD FEYNMAN RAMBLINGS OF AN
EXTRAORDINARY SCIENTIST
CHILDREN'S TOYS FROM AFRICA
- Unesco Publication Great Toys from Trash
RAMANUJAN- THE MAN BEHIND THE
MATHEMATICIAN - Sunderesan & Padmavijayam
PLAY & PUMP - Simple
Merry-Go-Round Pumps water in a tank
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BOOKS -
HARVEY WEISS BOOK TO MAKE BOOKS
NATURE, SCIENCE & SOCIETY -
K. K. Krishna Kumar Wonderful book for
children
THE SCIENTIFIC EDGE -
Jayant V. Narlikar Indian Scientist from Vedic to
Modern Times
MANNERS CAN BE FUN -
Munro Leaf Wonderful Book
READING CAN BE FUN -
Munro Leaf Wonderful Book
ARITHMETIC CAN BE FUN -
Munro Leaf Wonderful Book
GEOGRAPHY CAN BE FUN -
Munro Leaf Charming Book
INVESTIGATING SCIENCE WITH
PAPER - Laurence B. White Great
Activity Book
100 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH
PAPER - Steve Moje Wonderful
Activity Book
INVESTIGATING SCIENCE WITH
RUBBER BANDS - Laurence B. White Great
Activity Book
THE RUBBER BAND BOOK -
Eric Kenneway Simple Activities with Rubber Bands
SCIENCE IN THE BACKYARD -
Elizabeth K. Cooper Lovely Science Book
THINKING & DOING - David
Horsburgh - Amazing Activity Book
LET'S DISCOVER SCIENCE - BOOK ONE -
David Horsburgh - Amazing Science Book
LET'S DISCOVER SCIENCE - BOOK TWO -
David Horsburgh - Amazing Science Book
LET'S DISCOVER SCIENCE - BOOK THREE -
David Horsburgh - Amazing Science Book
LET'S DISCOVER SCIENCE - BOOK FOUR -
David Horsburgh - Amazing Science Book
LET'S DISCOVER SCIENCE - BOOK FIVE -
David Horsburgh - Amazing Science Book
LEARNING ABOUT LIVING - PART ONE -
David Horsburgh - Activity book on the Environment
LEARNING ABOUT LIVING - PART THREE -
David Horsburgh - Activity book on the Environment
FUN SCIENCE - David L. Drotar
Wonderful Book of Science Experiments
400 EXPERIMENTS IN SCIENCE - Don Herbert Amazing
Science Book
HOW TO BUILD A TELESCOPE - P.
N. Shankar How to do it manual
A GUIDE TO THE NIGHT SKY - P.
N. Shankar Simple, lucid book
CLUSTERS, NEBULAE & GALAXIES -
P. N. Shankar Novice Observer's Handbook
LIFE OF GALILEO -
Bertolt Brecht
Historic
Play - Fight between Obscurantism & Enlightenment
THE HOSHANGABAD VIGYAN -
HSTP Group
Science Today December 1977
A SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF SCIENCE -
Dunu Roy
Science Today October 1979
THE BICYCLE STORY -
Vijay
Gupta The Science behind the humble bicycle
LOOKING AT THE BODY - David
Suzuki / Barbara Hehner Wonderful Book on the
Human Body
LOOKING AT PLANTS - David
Suzuki / Barbara Hehner Wonderful Book on the
Plant Kingdom
THE CHEMISTRY OF EVERYDAY
LIFE - Yasmin Jayathirtha Krishnamurthi
Foundation Journal
DRAGONFLIES / DAMSELFLIES OF
PENINSULAR INDIA (Intro) - Subramanian / Edited
Madhav Gadgil
DRAGONFLIES OF
PENINSULAR INDIA - Subramanian / Ed.
Prof Madhav Gadgil
DAMSELFLIES OF PENINSULAR
INDIA - Subramanian / Ed. Prof Madhav
Gadgil
RIDDLES IN YOUR TEA CUP -
Partha Ghosh / Dipankar Home Science Questions from
Daily Life
PERIODIC TABLE
WITH PICTURES OF ALL ELEMENTS - Dr. Vidula Mhaiskar
LIVES OF A CELL - Lewis Thomas Award Winning Popular Science
PREPARATION FOR UNDERSTANDING - Keith Warren
Absolutely Marvelous Science Activity Book
THE PAPER AEROPLANE BOOK - Seymour Simon Great Activity
Book
TO KNOW A FLY - Vincent G. Dethier Classic Popular Science
LOW-COST, NO-COST TEACHING AIDS - Mary Ann Dasgupta
Magnificent activities for underprivileged children
I AM JOES BODY - J. D. Radcliff Most successful series
in the history of the Reader's Digest
A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHING SPORTS (VSO) - VSO TEAM
Wonderful Book on Sports
SCIENCE TEACHER'S HANDBOOK (VSO) - VSO TEAM Most Wonderful
Science Activities Book
SETTING UP & RUNNING A SCHOOL LIBRARY (VSO) -
Nicola Baird Great help for Rural Schools
SCIENCE THROUGH POSTCARDS - Prof. Jayant Narlikar
Fifty most often asked questions on Astronomy
THE STORY BOOK OF SCIENCE -
Jean Henri Fabre From the father of Entomology
CHILDREN OF THE SUMMER - HENRI
FABRE’S INSECTS - Margaret J. Anderson
THE STORY OF CHEMISTRY - Dr.
Anirban Hazra / Madhuvanti Wonderful Picture Book
of Chemistry
THE STORY OF PHYSICS -
Prof. T. Padmanabhan; Redrawn by Avinash Deshpande
Brilliant / lucid Physics
CHILDREN AND WATER - Jos Elstgeest
CHILDREN AND BALANCES - Jos Elstgeest
CHILDREN, MIRRORS AND REFLECTIONS - Jos Elstgeest
HOW YOU BEGAN - Amabell Williams - Ellis Amazing
story about evolution.
JOY OF LEARNING PART 1 - Centre for Environmental Education Wonderful
Science Book - Classes 3-5
JOY OF LEARNING PART 2 - Centre for Environmental Education Wonderful
Science Book - Classes 6-8
JOY OF LEARNING PART 3 - Centre for Environmental Education
Wonderful Science Book - Classes 9-11
SCIENCE PUZZLERS - Martin Gardner Science Activities
from a Maestro
SPACE & FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS WITH EVERYDAY
MATERIALS - L. V. Loeschinig
Simple Science
PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS FOR CHILDREN - Muriel Mandell
PARTICIPATORY SCIENCE EXHIBITS -
Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Center
PREPARATION FOR SCIENCE-
Richard Gregs 1928 unmatched classic on Science
Activities for the poor
THE SACRED BEETLE & OTHER SCIENCE ESSAYS - Ed. Martin Gardner
Collation of Classic Science Essays
THE
CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE - Michael Faraday
Science Classic
THE LIFE AND WORK OF J. B. S.
HALDANE - Ronald Clark
Brilliant Biography
ON BEING THE RIGHT SIZE & OTHER ESSAYS - J. B. S. Haldane
Brilliant Essays
EVERYTHING HAS A HISTORY - J. B. S. Haldane
FROM BONE TO STONE - Karen Haydock
Great Children's book on Geology
BOOK OF EXPERIMENTS - Leonard de Vries
SECOND BOOK OF EXPERIMENTS - Leonard de Vries
VSO HOW TO MAKE VISUAL TEACHING
AIDS- VSO Team
UNESCO RESOURCE KIT SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
COMMUNITY-BASED BIOLOGY UNESCO-IUBS Bioliteracy
Series No.1
SIMPLE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS -
Hans Jurgen Press
CANOPY OF THE HEAVENS Baburao P.
Save Simple Story of Astronomy
JOY OF MAKING INDIAN TOYS - Sudarshan
Khanna 100 simple toys which children have
made for centuries
INDIAN TOYS & TOYMAKERS -
Sudarshan Khanna
THE GAMES CHILDREN PLAY - Raymond I. Knight
HOW CHILDREN LEARN MATHEMATICS -
Pamela Liebeck Wonderful book on Primary
Mathematics
NUMERACY COUNTS! - Rampal,
Ramanujan, Saraswati Wonderful book on
Survival
Mathematics
1001 USES OF THE 100 SQUARES -
Leah Mildred Beardsley Activities
with a squares copy
MATHS CLUB ACTIVITIES - P. K.
Srinivasan Sixty articles
from the HINDU
NUMBER FUN WITH A CALENDAR - P.
K. Srinivasan Hidden number patterns in an
ordinary calendar
ROMPING IN NUMBERLAND -
P. K. Srinivasan Mathematical delight
MATHEMATICS THROUGH PAPER FOLDING Alton
T. Olson Math
Activity Book
MATHEMATICS FOR SMART PANTS M.
BURNS Math Book - full of CARTOONS
TRICKS, GAMES & PUZZLES WITH MATCHES -
Maxey Brooke Mental Activities
THE MATHS TEACHERS' HANDBOOK
- Jane Portman / Jeremy Richardson VSO Math
Activity Book
DISCOVERED QUESTIONS
- Yash Pal and Rahul Pal A colation of Prof
Yash Pal's responses to questions by young students
Isaac Asimov's Masterpieces
:
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS - MOTION,
SOUND AND HEAT - Isaac
Asimov
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS - LIGHT, MAGNETISM
AND ELECTRICITY - Isaac
Asimov
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS - ELECTRON, PROTON
AND NEUTRON - Isaac Asimov
ISAAC ASIMOV The Bicentennial Man
How we found out about
OUR HUMAN ROOTS? - Isaac Asimov
How we found out about THE EARTH IS
ROUND? -
Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about
NUCLEAR POWER? - Isaac Asimov
How we found out about ATOMS? -
Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about ANTARCTICA? -
Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about BLACK
HOLES? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about DEEP SEA? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about DINOSAURS? -
Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about EARTHQUAKES? -
Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
ELECTRICITY? -
Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about ENERGY? -
Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about GERMS? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about NUMBERS? -
Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about OIL? -
Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about OUTER
SPACE? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about SOLAR POWER? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about VITAMINS? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about COMETS? - Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about BRAIN?
- Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY?
- Isaac Asimov
With Illustrations
How we found out about ATMOSPHERE?
- Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about VOLCANOES?
- Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about THE UNIVERSE? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about SUNSHINE?- Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about PLUTO? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about LASERS? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about COMPUTERS? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about DNA? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about NEPTUNE? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about BEGINNING
OF LIFE? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about ROBOTS? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
PHOTOSYNTHESIS? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
COAL? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
BLOOD? - Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
GENES?- Isaac Asimov With
Illustrations
How we found out about
THE EARTH IS ROUND PLAY - Isaac Asimov Written
by V. S. Chakravarthy
Children's Books:
SIBBO AND THE EARTH MAN -
GINNY STONE
Inspiring environmental poem
THE COOKCAMP -
GARY PAULSON AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
BEST BOOK
MORNING GIRL - M. DORRIS AWARD
WINNING BOOK
WE INDIANS - MINOO MASANI
GREAT INDIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK
ABC ZOO - Detlef Kersten
Most creative animation book
HAROLD & THE PURPLE CRAYON -
C. JOHNSON
MOST AMAZING BOOK
THE LITTLE OLD MAN -
N. NORTON - LOVELY
CHILDREN'S BOOK
THE LION & THE LITTLE RED
BIRD - ELISA KLEVIN
Most creative book
A CHRISTMAS STORY - OUR
LADY'S JUGGLER - PAUL COELHO LOVELY
STORY
GRANDMOTHER'S BOAT -
HARINDRANATH CHATTOPADHYAYA
Most creative poem
WOLFIE - JANET CHENERY
LOVELY SCIENCE STORY
A LITTLE OLD MAN - N. Norton
Lovely Children's book (Hindi / English)
MY FEET ARE THE
WHEEL-CHAIR - Franz Joseph Huainigg / Annegret Ritter
English/Hindi (Special needs)
PLENTY OF FISH -
Millicent Selsam Wonderful story book on the
method of science
MOTHER MOTHER I FEEL
SICK - Remy / Burton Wonderful picture
book
THE GIRL WHO HATED
BOOKS - M. Pavagi Wonderful children's
Book (English/Hindi)
PRINCESS POOH - K.
Muldoon / Linda Shute
English (Disability from the viewpoint of an able co-sister)
CHUSKIT GOES TO
SCHOOL - Sujatha Padmanabhan / Madhuvanti
English / Hindi (Special needs)
KAMPUNG BOY -
LAT
Comic Book - how to grow up as a Muslim boy in a Malaysian village
MAHAGIRI - Hemlata
India's Best Children's Book Illustrations by
Pulak Biswas
THE SMALL MIRACLE -
Paul Gallico Beautiful Story - of a poor boy
and his sick donkey
THE SNOW GOOSE -
Paul Gallico A very sensitive and touching
story
THE HUNDRED DRESSES -
Eleanor Estes Newbery Honor Book
BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL -
Robert McCloskey Caldecott Honor Book
MAKE WAY FOR
DUCKLINGS - Robert McCloskey Caldecott Honor Book
THE FOX WENT OUT ON A
CHILLY NIGHT - Peter Spier Caldecott Honor Book
BRINGING THE RAIN
TO KAPITI PLAIN - Verna Aardema / Pix Beatriz Vidal
A beautiful Nandi Tale
THE ABC BUNNY
Wanda Gag
A beautiful children's primer
PICTURE STORIES COLOUR - Radlov
Most loved Picture Stories (wordless)
THE FUNNY
LITTLE WOMAN - A. Mozel / Pix B. Lent
Caldecott Medal Winner
THE TALE OF THE LITTLE
RED HEN - Unicef Story Politically correct,
modern story
THE ELEPHANT'S
CHILD - Rudyard Kipling Illustrated by Jean
Pierre Petit & Qin Jie
THE WUMP WORLD - Bill Peet
English - lovely illustrations
THE PINKISH, PURPLISH, BLUISH EGG -
Bill Peet
English - lovely illustrations
WEE GILLIS - Munro Leaf
English / Hindi
ANNO'S MAGIC SEEDS - Mitsumasa
Anno English / Hindi Math's
woven brilliantly into a story
THE STORY OF FERDINAND -
Munro Leaf English / Hindi / Marathi
Greatest Pacifist Tale Ever
THREE PROMISES TO YOU -
Munro Leaf English / Hindi Picture
Story of the United Nations
HOW BABIES ARE MADE - Andrew C. Andry & Steven
Schepp English / Hindi / Marathi
HOW BABIES ARE MADE - Andrew C. Andry & Steven
Schepp English / Hindi (Colored Pictures)
PICTURE STORIES - Radlov Redrawn by Avinash Deshpande
English / Hindi
LITTLE CHILDREN HELP Chinese Picture Story
English / Hindi
HOW BIG IS A FOOT? -
Written and illustrated by Rolf Myller English
/ Hindi
ZELLA ZACK AND ZODIAC -
Bill Peet
English (Wonderful Illustrations)
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD -
Sarah Barchas / Jack Kent
English
THE RUNAWAY BUNNY -
Margaret Wise Brown
English/Hindi
THE RED BALLOON -
Albert Lamorisse
English/Hindi (Very poignant story - made into a beautiful film)
THE TRAIN -
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
English/Hindi (Most Beautiful Children's song from the film AASHIRWAD)
THE WEB OF LIFE - Chief
Seattle's Speech
English/Hindi (Most Visionary Statement on the Environment)
OH SAY CAN YOU SEED? -
Bonnie Worth
English Amazing verses / pictures of
Flowering Plants
THE STORY ABOUT PING -
Marjorie Flack / Kurt Wiese
English (Brilliant Children's Illustrated Book)
MILLIONS OF CATS -
Wanda Gag
English/Hindi (The first great American picture book for children)
AUNT LULU - Daniel Pinkwater
English/Hindi
THE LAST FLOWER - James
Thurber
English/Hindi (Anti-war Classic)
BRINGING RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN -
Verna Aardema
English/Hindi (Ditty based on the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT)
KAHANI - A South Asian
Literary Magazine for Children
English
HOT ON THE SCENT- Bente
Bech / Peter Lind
English (Amazing Wordless picture book)
THE DAY OF THE BUBBLE-
James A. Smith
English/Hindi
HOPE FOR THE FLOWERS -
Trina Paulos
English (A story which has changed many lives)
FREE FALL - David Wiesner
English (Amazing Wordless Picture Book Caldecott Medal Winner)
FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS - Yukio
Tsuchiya
English/Hindi (Anti-war book in its 70th reprint)
CURIOUS GEORGE - H. A. Rey
English
BUTTERFLY KISSES - Bob
Carlisle English (Great letter from a father to
his daughter)
THE LIBRARIAN OF BASRA - Jeanette
Winter English/Hindi (Anti War - Love of
Books)
THE LITTLEST RABBIT -
Robert Kraus English/Hindi
THE HAPPY LION - Louise Fatio
English
FROM BONE TO STONE - Karen
Haydock English
BOBAK GOAT - Munro Leaf English/Hindi
(Don't follow orders - learn to think on your own)
FIVE CHINESE BROTHERS - Claire
Huchet Bishop English/Hindi
MY FRIEND MISTER LEAKEY - J. B. S. Haldane Educative book
IDGAH - Premchand English Translation by Kushwant Singh
(Perhaps the best Indian Story ever)
ELEVEN STORIES BY PREMCHAND -
Premchand
- India's Greatest Writer
THE CHILDREN'S STORY - James
Clavell
GUESS WHAT I AM DOING ACCU - UNESCO
(A brilliant Children's Book)
I HAVE A SISTER, MY SISTER IS DEAF -
Jeane Whitehouse Peterson
(Special needs)
JOLLY FAMILY - Nikolai Nosov
Masterpiece by Nosov
SOMETHING SPECIAL Touching story
of Special Children
THE RED BALLOON - Albert Lamorisse An amazing story
- Made into a very sensitive film
GIVE US THE TOOLS - Henry Viscardi An Amazing story
of 300 Handicapped people running a factory
THE SPIRIT OF ANT - Henry Van Vyk
PIPPI LONGSTOCKINGS - Astrid Lindgren
(Feminist Children's Book)
RATS - J. B. S. Haldane (27 KB html)
(An amazing science story)
WHERE WE COMPETED WITH OURSELVES - Radhika Aradhya
THE BEE AND THE ROSE - Peter Derosa
(Wonderfully "liberating" story)
THE GENEROUS TREE Best "Green" Story
ever
THE DAY OF THE BUBBLE - James A. Smith
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN - Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth
JOHNATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL - Richard Bach
THE LITTLE PRINCE - Saint Exupery
(A world classic - Bible for many)
THREE DAYS TO SEE - Helen
Keller
(Special needs)
INDIAN FAIRY TALES - Joseph Jacobs
JATAKA TALES - Ellen C. Babbitt
Newbery Medal Winners:
THE JAZZ MAN - Mary Hays Weik
Wonderful Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE - Hugh Lofting
THE STORY OF MANKIND - Hendrik Van Loon
THE MATCHLOCK GUN - Walter D. Edmonds
SECRET OF THE ANDES - Ann Nolan Clark
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL - Patricia MacLachlan
THE WHIPPING BOY - Sid Fleischman
THIMBLE SUMMER - Elisabeth Enright
CALL IT COURAGE - Armstrong Sperry
THE GREY KING - Susan Cooper
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN - Elisabeth Coatsworth
DEAR MR. HENSHAW - Beverley Clearly
RABBIT HILL - Robert Lawson
MISS HICKORY - Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE - Karen Cushman
KING OF THE WIND - Marguerite Henry
AMOS FORTUNE - FREE MAN - Elizabeth Yates
MISSING MAY - Cynthia Rylant
A GATHERING OF DAYS - Joan W. Blos
JULIE OF THE WOLVES - Jean Craighead George
YOUNG FU OF THE UPPER YANGTZE - Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
IT'S LIKE THIS CAT - Emily Cheney Neville
WALK TWO MOONS - Sharon Creech
JACOB HAVE I LOVED - Katherine Paterson
INVINSIBLE LOUISA - Cornelia Meigs
THE WHITE STAG - Kate Seredy
THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW - Eric P. Kelly
GAY NECK - Dhan Gopal Mukerji Only Indian To Win Newbery
Medal
KARI THE ELEPHANT - Dhan Gopal Mukerji Only Indian To
Win Newbery Medal
HARI THE JUNGLE LAD - Dhan Gopal Mukerji Only Indian
To Win Newbery Medal
GHOND THE HUNTER - Dhan Gopal Mukerji Only Indian To
Win Newbery Medal
THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL - Meindert Dejong
DOOR IN THE WALL - Marguetite De Angeli
SMOKY THE COWHORSE - Will James
DICEY'S SONG - Cynthia Voigt
HITTY - HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS - Rachel Field
SHADOW OF THE BULL - Maia Wojciechowska
RIFLES FOR WATIE - Harold Keith
SHILOH - Phyllis Reynold Naylor
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS - Scott O'Dell
THE GIVER - Lois Lowry
SOUNDER - William H. Armstrong
THE TWENTY ONE BALLOONS - William Pene Du Bois
ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY - Mildred D. Taylor
BUD, NOT BUDDY - Christopher Paul Curtis
THE DARK FRIGATE - Charles Boardman Hawkes
MANIAC MAGEE - Jerry Spinelli
MIRACLES ON MAPLE STREET - Virginia Sorensen
ROLLER SKATES- Ruth Sawyer
STRAWBERRY GIRL - Lios Lenski
CADDIE WOODLAWN - Carol Ryrie Brink
CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD - Avi
OUT OF THE DUST - Karen Hesse
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND - Elizabeth George Speare
HATCHET - Gary Paulsen
Inspiring Books :
Pune - Queen of the Deccan -
Diddee, Gupta Most readable history of Pune
City
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT - SIMPLIFIED -
SHAILESH GANDHI MOST USEFUL ACT
ONCE UPON A MORE
ENLIGHTENED TIME- J. F. Garner
More POLITICALLY correct Bedtime Stories
DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD - Victor Papanak Masterpiece
on Design
WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY -
Gordon Childe Classic on History
YUGANTA - the end of an epoch -
Irawati Karve Scholarly treatise on the
Mahabharata
OUR INDIA - Minoo Masani Sold a million copies before
Independence
LISTEN LITTLE MAN - Wilhelm Reich
MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FASCISM - Wilhelm Reich
Brilliant Classic
ZEN FLESH, ZEN BONES - Paul Reps
MUTUAL ENRICHMENT AMONGST EMANCIPATORY
CURRENTS - Jogin Sengupta
, Dimple
WHY AM I A MATERIALIST? - J. B. S. Haldane
CALCUTTA DIARY - Ashok Mitra Deeply sensitive articles
from EPW
ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS - Norman Cousins Reflections
on Healing
GOODWORK - E. F. Schumacher Compilation of Lectures
on Human Nature by the Author
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL - E. F. Schumacher
WHAT IS HISTORY? - E. H. Carr Classic in History
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