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Manya Learns to Roar

Author : Shruthi Rao

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,95 MB

Release : 2019-09-05

Category : Chapter-headings

ISBN : 9789383331574

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Manya badly, badly wants to be Shere Khan in her school play. The Jungle Book is her favorite film and she knows all the lines. She's sure she'll be a superb Shere Khan. But not everyone thinks so. Her classmate Rajat is always making fun of her stammer. Her English teacher thinks its risky to let her get on stage and her principal seems to agree. The more anxious Manya gets, the worse her stammer becomes. Will Manya lose her dream role? Can she overcome her fears and learn to roar?



Susie Will Not Speak

Author : Shruthi Rao

Publisher :

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 42,27 MB

Release : 2019-11

Category : Speech disorders

ISBN : 9789387103030

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Avani and the Pea Plant

Author : Shruthi Rao

Publisher : Pratham books

Page : 13 pages

File Size : 49,87 MB

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Category : Juvenile Fiction

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Avani drops a pea one evening while helping Amma make dinner. What happens next leads to a curious mystery. Readers will follow the pea's trail with glea and revel in knowing something Amma and Avani do not. Story Attribution:”Avani and the Pea Plant” is written by Shruthi Rao. © Pratham Books, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0/) Other Credits: “Avani and the Pea Plant” has been published on StoryWeaver by Pratham Books. The development of this book has been supported by P.A.N.I. Foundation. www.prathambooks.org



Spaceship to the Universe

Author : Shruthi Rao

Publisher : Penguin Group

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 42,92 MB

Release : 2021-07

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780143452621

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A great library is freedom. And that freedom must not be compromised. It must be available to all who need it, and that's everyone, when they need it, and that's always.'--Ursula le Guin Libraries. We love them. Tyrants tremble before them. There are children in the world desperate for them, and people who are willing to put their own lives at risk to save them. In this book, you'll discover the oldest libraries, and the largest ones. You'll find libraries in battlefields, in Antarctica and even in space. You'll come across libraries in boats, on the backs of donkeys and elephants, and in telephone booths. And you will meet amazing people who will do almost anything to take libraries to people who need them In this celebration of libraries, Shruthi Rao and Anuradha Jagalur bring together inspiring and fascinating stories to delight all those who love books and libraries



Malhar in the Middle (Hole Books)

Author : Shruthi Rao

Publisher : Duckbill

Page : 80 pages

File Size : 33,80 MB

Release : 2022-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780143451709

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Malhar wants to be a famous tabla player. But why do tabla players always sit to one side of the stage? Are they not important enough? Malhar wants answers--and he wants to sit in the middle!



India to the Rescue

Author : Sushant Singh (Journalist)

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 24,20 MB

Release : 2021

Category : Maldives

ISBN : 9789391165000

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Adapted from Sushant Singh's Operation Cactus: mission impossible in the Maldives.



How We Know What We Know

Author : Shruti Rao

Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Page : 214 pages

File Size : 25,20 MB

Release : 2021-01-18

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9353052963

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Why did pirates covet maps more than gold? Does Mars sometimes slip into reverse gear? Can trees reveal secrets of the past? There are millions of facts that we know about the world-that the earth is round, that birds migrate and that dinosaurs once roamed the planet. But how do we know what we know? Regaling us with tales of remarkable men and women who didn't rest until they got the answers they sought, Shruthi Rao chronicles the stories behind the discoveries and inventions we take for granted today. This book, in fifty marvellous accounts, tells us of the sense of mystery and wonder that propel scientists to find solutions to the puzzling problems of the world around us.



10 Indian Women Who Were the First to Do What They Did

Author : Shruthi Rao

Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 31,43 MB

Release : 2019-08-15

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9353059038

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This book tells the stories of ten Indian women who were pioneers in diverse fields. While their stories and challenges are different, what is common is that they all opened up the way for all women to achieve their dreams. Savitribai Phule | Kadambini Ganguly | Cornelia Sorabji | Anasuya Sarabhai | Jaddan Bai Hussain | Lakshmi Sahgal | Indira Gandhi | A Lalitha | CB Muthamma | PT Usha Award-winning writer Shruthi Rao writes absorbing tales of the lives, times and societies that these women lived and worked in.



20 Indians Who Changed the World

Author : Shruthi Rao

Publisher :

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 16,76 MB

Release : 2019-05-10

Category : Young Adult Nonfiction

ISBN : 9789388874724

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A brilliant collection of profiles of 20 trailblazing Indians who changed the world with their ideas, innovation and discoveries. For over 3000 years, the Indian subcontinent has contributed to fields as diverse as mathematics and science, spirituality and philosophy, as well as music and literature. In this absorbing book, Shruthi Rao profiles 20 legendary Indians who dared to think differently and changed the world--from starting a new religion based on the principles of compassion and peace; to creating the first set of rules for grammar; to discovering the existence of black holes, and so much more. 20 Indians Who Changed the World is as informative and well-researched as it is inspiring, a book every Indian can read with pride. Amartya Sen Ashoka Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya) Buddha C.V. Raman Faqir Chand Kohli Har Gobind Khorana Indra K. Nooyi Jawaharlal Nehru Kalpana Chawla Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mother Teresa Narinder Singh Kapany Pandit Ravi Shankar Panini Rabindranath Tagore Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Swami Vivekananda Tipu Sultan Venkatraman Ramakrishnan



The Vertigo Years

Author : Philipp Blom

Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)

Page : 490 pages

File Size : 10,83 MB

Release : 2010-11-02

Category : History

ISBN : 0465020291

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Examines how changes from the Industrial Revolution prior to World War I brought about radical transformation in society, changes in education, and massive migration in population that led to one of the bloodiest events in history.