Educational Resources

Learner's Library

Books by Arvind Gupta :

LIST OF ARVIND GUPTA'S BOOKS Addresses to buy books
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'
AHA! BOOKS - Arvind Gupta Fifty Books I have loved

Books on Education :

MISEDUCATION - David Elkind Most lucid book on Education
THE EXPLORING CHILD - Ruth Kohn Early Childhood Education
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
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
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
SUMMERHILL - A. S. Neill Story of the first free school in the world
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
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
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
A LIFE WORTH LIVING - John Holt Selected Letters of John Holt
WHAT DO I DO MONDAY - John Holt Educational Classic
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
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?
TOLSTOY AS A SCHOOLMASTER - Ernest Howard Crosby

Books on Environment / Anti-war / Peace :

BAHUROOPE GANDHI - Anu Bandopadhyay Best book on Gandhiji ever
SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION - SODIS Low-cost water purification technique for the poor
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
RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER - MAN OF THE TREES A Centenary tribute
SILENT SPRING - Rachel Carson A landmark classic on the environment
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 tees
OUR TREE NEIGHBOURS - Chakravarti Venkatesh Wonderful Introduction to Trees
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
MUD - Laurie Baker [ English / Hindi ]
HOUSES - HOW TO REDUCE BUILDING COSTS - Laurie Baker [ English / Hindi ]
BRICK WORK - Laurie Baker Great Book on utility of bricks
YEAR 2070 SITUATION OF WATER - Powerful Power Point
THE GIVING TREE - Shel Silverstien Powerful Power Point
MADNESS - Powerful Power Point NEVER HATE IN PLURALS

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
400 EXPERIMENTS IN SCIENCE - Don Herbert Amazing Science Book
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
SCIENCE TEACHER'S HANDBOOK (VSO) - VSO TEAM Most Wonderful Science Activities Book
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
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
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
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
TRICKS, GAMES & PUZZLES WITH MATCHES - Maxey Brooke Mental Activities
THE MATHS TEACHERS' HANDBOOK - Jane Portman / Jeremy Richardson VSO Math Activity Book

Isaac Asimov's Masterpieces :

Children's Books:
MY FEET ARE THE WHEEL-CHAIR - Franz Joseph Huainigg / Annegret Ritter English/Hindi (Special needs)
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 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 :

DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD - Victor Papanak Masterpiece on Design
OUR INDIA - Minoo Masani Sold a million copies before Independence
LISTEN LITTLE MAN - Wilhelm Reich
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