SUGGESTED READING LIST - 2015 NURSERY This is an indicative list. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested [trains, dogs, baby sisters, etc.]. Silly stories, wordplays and guessing games entertain this age group, who are now more verbal and eager to participate actively in story time. Discussing the illustrations help the child look for context clues. Continue including "how" and "why" information books in your reading. Series Dr. Seuss Beginner Books series Read it Yourself series - level 1 (Ladybird) Read at Home series - levels 1, 2 & 3 (Oxford University Press) My First I Can Read Book – „Shared My First Reading‟ level (Harper Trophy) Read at Home - level 1 (Collins Big Cat) Flying Boot series (Nelson) Bright Sparks series Pepper/Bubbles series Superphonics series Magic Castle Readers series (Child’s World) Little Princess Story series (Tony Ross) Charlie & Lola series (Lauren Child) Rasha series The Large Family series (Jill Murphy) Clifford series (Norma Bridwell) Maisy series (Lucy Cousins) Amazing Animals series (Tony Mitton) The Things I Love About…(Trace Moroney) Authors Eric Carle “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Jan Fearnley “A Very Proper Fox” Claudia Lloyd “A Busy Busy Day in Tinga Tinga” Anoushka Ravishankar “Alphabets Are Amazing Animals” Sam McBratney “Guess How Much I Love You” and “I’m Sorry” Margaret Wise Brown “Goodnight Moon” and “The Runaway Bunny” Juliet Dallas-Conte “Cock-A-Moo-Moo” Mij Kelly “I Hate Everyone” Sirish Rao “That’s How I See Things” Madeleine Floyd “Cold Paws, Warm Heart” Wendy Brody “Mup’s Day of the Week” Uma Krishnaswami “Out of the Way! Out of the Way!” Shobha Viswanath “When The Earth Lost Its Shapes” Geeta Dharamrajan “Dinosaur-Long-As-127-Kids” Manjula Padmanabhan “Same & Different” Anushka Ravishankar “Catch That Crocodile” and “One, Two, Tree!’ ihndI pustkoM – nasa-rI ko ilae babalja maaoTa rajaa dubalaa kuta pirirmata maInaU AaOr pUsaI igarjaa ranaI Asqaanaa kudrt ko rMga baulabaula Samaa- maora rukmaNaI baOnaja-I- Gar maa^M! jaldI krao rukmaNaI baOnaja-I- baMdr AaOr magarmacC Magnum Private Limited ba<aI gaula saaOmyaa rajaond`na barKa NCERT series daosaa saMQyaa rava khaM ga[`- iballaI maMjaulaa pdmanaaBana Gaora manaaormaa jafa SUGGESTED READING LIST - 2015 CLASS I This is an indicative list. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. Books with predictable plots are often enjoyed, as the children enjoy being "right"! Silly stories like tall tales and Dr. Seuss nonsense are a big hit. Discussing the illustrations helps the child look for context clues. Continue including "how" and "why" information books in your reading. ENGLISH Dr. Seuss Read it Yourself series - Level 2 ( Ladybird) e.g. The Gingerbread Man Read at Home - Levels 2, 3 & 4 (Collins Big Cat) e.g. Arthur’s Fantastic Party Fisher-Price First Grade Ready Reader Storybook e.g. Tappy’s Team Step into Reading books – Step 1, 2 & 3 Ready to Read - Key Stage 1 (Make Believe Ideas) e.g. The Elves and the Shoemaker Cambridge Bright Sparks series Bruno & Bubbles‟ First Story Books My First I Can Read Book (Harper Trophy) e.g. Dumpy to the Rescue “Start Reading & Writing series Jean & Gareth Adamson “Topsy & Tim” series Picture Ladybird series ( Ladybird) Silver Tales series( Ladybird) “Dora the Explorer” series Margaret & H E Rey “Curious George” series Stuart Murphy “Mathstart” series Mercer Mayer “Little Critter” series Octanauts series Little Einstein series Usborne Young Readers Eric Carle “The Mixed-Up Chameleon” Eleanor Estes “The Hundred Dresses” Jan Fearney “Milo Armadillo” Jean Craighead George “Giraffe Trouble” Marc Brown “D. W.’s Guide To Perfect Manners” Robert Robinson “Danny Goes to the Dentist” Jackie Morris “The Snow Leopard” Sandra Brug “Football Feet” Julia Donaldson “Monkey Puzzle” and “The Gruffalo” Phyllis Root “Rattletrap Car” Barney Saltzberg “Star of The Week” Michael Ambrosio “I Don’t Like Mosquites!” Anoushka Ravishankar “Catch The Crocodile” Sirish Rao “The Old Animal Forest Band” Hanuman and the Juicy Fruit (Large Print Reader) Anitha Balachandran Mister Jeejeebhoy and the Birds- Shobha Viswanath “When the Earth Lost its Shapes” Jataka Tales ihndI pustkoM – kxaa ek ko ilae maorI bagaIyaa Aha imala gayaI saUrja ka gaussaa gaubbaaro AaOr maOM ba=o Axarao mao khainayaa^ caup maorI naak kuC kh rhI maorI dunaIyaa bahadur daost barKa series ]saI sao zMDa ]saI sao garma bbalsa AaOr pOpr kI khainayaaM isagarUna EaIvaastva ‘Pratham’ series by Read India saMjaIva jaayasavaala saMjaya navaIna maonana hO naaonaI isagarUna EaIvaastva NCERT NCERT jaaikr husaOna SUGGESTED READING LIST 2015 CLASS II This is an indicative list. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. They can then be introduced to a wide variety of books with different styles, subjects, and genres. Children can start reading longer stories and make a smooth transition to chapter-books with the help of a beginner chapter books like the Usborne Young Reading series among others. English The Berenstein Bears series (Stan/Jan Berenstain) Magic School Bus (Joanna Cole) Franklin‟s Neighbourhood (Paulette Bourgeois) I Am Reading series (Kingfisher) Step into Reading – Step 2 & 3 (Random House) Read to Read series (Nick & Claire page) Dr. Seuss Classic Collection e.g. The Lorax Ladybird Classics “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly” , Said the Sloth (Eric Carle) The Traveller, The Tiger and the Very Clever Jackal (Reshma Sapre) Usborne Young Reading series Noddy (Enid Blyton) Hello, Mr. Twiddle (Enid Blyton) Little Animal Ark (Lucy Daniels) Young Corgi series (Dick King-Smith) Junior Classics My Weird School (Dan Gutman) The Children Who Smelled Rat (Allan Ahlberg) Pixie Tricks (Tracy West) Rainbow Magic (Daisy Meadows) Nate the Great (Marjorie Weinman Sharmat) Nancy Drew Clue Crew (Carolyn Keene) Secret Seven (Enid Blyton) Mog the Forgetful Cat (Judith Kerr) Dinosaur Time (Peggy Parish) The Phantom Carwash (Chris Powling) Karadi Tales Aesops Fables Tales from Panchatantra Art Tales from India (Anjali Raghbeer) Dancing on Walls (Shamim Padamsee) Elephants Don‟t Diet (Paro Anand) Fun in Devlok series (Devdutt Patnaik) Runny Babbit (Shel Silverstein) ihndI pustkoM – kxaa dao ko ilae \APpU saIrIja, babalsa saIrIja, barKa saIrIja, prI kqaaAaoM kI baD,I pustk Aanaa AaOr caonaa AkbarI laaoTa BaartI gaaolaU maaolaU kOTriplar KTPaT caUha ivaSvaasa kI jaIt maOnaa maddgaar maInaa PyaasaI maOnaa mahaigair pasa yaa naapasa Anaupma khainayaaM Baaga 2 icaTkU BaarI kaOnaÆ ijaSnaU kI catura[myaa}M iballaI ko sapnao eosaa BaI haota hO naTKT AaOr Sao$ caUha paTI- ija,dabaad saaOmyaa rajaond`na AnnapUNaa-nand vamaa- ima~ fukna vaYaa- sahs~bauwo maInaaxaI BaarWaja navadIp ivaBaa kaOla navadIp kivataeM SUGGESTED READING LIST - 2015 CLASS III This is an indicative list. The list is arranged according to genre. However, some books could belong to more than one genre. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. Children in Class 3 start reading longer stories and can make a smooth transition to chapter-books while also enjoying well-illustrated picture-books. They relate well to School Stories and stories with outrageous characters tickle their funny bones. Having a variety of materials available - magazines, newspapers, and books - encourages reading as a leisure activity. Adventure The Young Adventurers series (Enid Blyton) Secret Seven series (Enid Blyton) Secret Agent Jack Stalwart (Elizabeth Hunt) Sophie‟s Adventures (Dick King-Smith) Geronimo Stilton Andrew Lost (J C Greenburg) Zac Power (H I Larry) The Flying Magic Jharokha series (Shamim Padamsee) Mystery James Preller School Stories Books in this genre are an all time favourite with children. Clementine (Sara Pennypacker) Jake Drake series (Andrew Clements) St. Clares/Malory Towers (Enid Blyton) My Weird School (Dan Gutman) Marvin Redpost series (Louis Sachar) Ramona series (Beverly Cleary) Bailey School Kids series (Marcia Thornton Jones) Mr. Majeika (Humphrey Carpenter) Judy Moody / Stink series (Megan McDonald) Fantasy Spell Sisters George’s Marvellous Medicine Amber Castle Roald Dahl The Faraway Tree Enid Blyton Secrets of Droon Tony Abott Oliver Moon Series Sue Mongredien Pixie Tricks series (Tracey West) Sleepover Club series (Fiona Cummings) Starfighters series (Steve Cole) Astrosaurs Academy series (Max Chase) Lucky Stars series (Phoebe Bright) Space Mutts (Michael Broad) Animal Stories Magic Ponies (Sue Bentley) Bindi Wildlife Adventure series The Return of the Killer Cat (Anne Fine) Spy Pup (Andrew Cope) Pets Please (Paro Anand) Animal Ark series (Lucy Daniels) Secret Unicorn series Pet Sitters series Muddle Puddle Farm series (Michael Morpurgo) Historical Fiction Gladiator Boy David Grimstone Will Solvit Zed Storm Magic Tree House series Mary Pope Osborne Amar Chitra Katha Folktales/ Legends There is a treasury of literature with multi-hued tales from our rich and traditional folklore and mythology. The Indian Storybook (Rani Singh) Stories from Panchatantra (retold by Shiv Kumar) Regional folktales like Mazzoo Mazzoo Magical Indian Myths (Anita Nair) Fun in Devlok series (Devdutt Patnaik) Aesops Fables Karadi Tales Art Tales From India (Anjali Raghbeer) Classics Gulliver‟s Travels (Jonathan Swift) Black Beauty (Anne Sewell) Heidi (Johanna Spyri) Classic Starts series Junior Classics series Tudor Tales Terry Deary Great Illustrated Classics series And here‟s more … Sly The Sleuth and the Food Mysteries (Donna Jo Napoli) Daydreamer Dev Series (Ken Spillman) Zain & Ana series (Anushka Ravishankar) The Worst Witch (Jill Murphy) Penny Dreadful (Joanna Nadin) Kylie Jean (Marci Peschke) Magic School Bus series (Joanna Cole) Football Academy ( Corgi Pups series (Jacqueline Wilson) Judy Moody series (Megan McDonald) My Father‟s Dragon (Ruth Gannett) The Capital Mysteries (Ron Roy) The Twits (Roald Dahl) Nancy Drew & the Clue Crew (Carolyn Keene) The Boy Who Could Fly (Sally Gardner) ihndI pustkoM - kxaa tIna ko ilae baairSa kI ek jaadu[- baUMd (gaIta Qama-ajana) Abdula kI [-d Scholastic ek $pyaa bahut dUr jaata inaralaI paoSaak riskna baa^ND AaSaa naohoimayaa maIzo saoba kmalaoSa kaOiSak raocak khainayaaM pZ,nao maoM kxaa tIna ko baalakaoM kao bahut Aanand Aata hO.]prao@t ko Aitir@t [sa str kI Anaok AcCI khainayaa ]plabQa hOM jaOsao fUla ifr sao iKlaoMgao; kRYNa saudamaa(e jao pTola); naoha kI AlaamaGaD,I(igairjaa ranaI Asqaanaa); ijad\dI TInaa (kmalaoSa kaOiSak); caalja,- rMga rMgaIlaa igarigaT; kuStI mastI (pMjaaba kI laaok kqaa); Baaolaa icaTkU; bagaulaa Bagat (AaoOr Anya pMcatn~ khainayaaM); kmala sao Bara AakaSa (SaantI kRYNaasvaamaI) [%yaaid. SUGGESTED READING LIST-2015 CLASS FOUR This is an indicative list. The books are listed according to genre. However, some books could belong to more than one genre. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. Children in Class 4 start to gather more information by reading than before. They begin showing interest in non-fiction books about people and the things they do. Stories with outrageous characters tickle their funny bones. Having a variety of materials available - magazines, newspapers, and books - encourages reading as a leisure activity. Adventure Andrew Lost series ( (Young Samurai series (Chris Bradford) Adventure series (Enid Blyton) Adventures According to Humphrey (Betty Britney) Molly Moon series (Georgia Byng) Magic Tree House series (Mary Pope Osborne) Agent Alfie series (Justin Richards) Space Mutts (Michael Broad) Mystery Agent Amelia (Michael Broad) Jane Blonde (Jill Marshall) Diamond Brothers series (Anthony Horowitz) School Stories Marvin Redpost series (Louis Sachar ) Judy Moody (Megan McDonald) School Soup (Paro Anand) Ramona series (Beverly Cleary) Wayside School series (Marcia Thornton Jones) Malory Towers / St. Clare‟s series (Enid Blyton) Stink series(Megan McDonald) Hank Zipzer series (Henry Winkler) Lunch Money (Andrew Clements) Fantasy Magyk (Angie Sage) The Boy Who Could Fly (Sally Gardner) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl) Beast Quest series (Adam Blade) How To Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell) The Secrets of Droon (Tony Abbott) Animal Stories Awesome Animals series Tiger My Friend (Ruskin Bond) Muddlepuddle Farm (Michael Morpurgo) Nim At Sea (Wendy Orr) Spy Dog (Andrew Cope) Sky Horses (Linda Chapman) Animal Ark series (Lucy Daniels) My Secret Unicorn (Linda Chapman) Pup Idol (Anna Wilson) Eco-Worriers (Kathryn Lamb) Farm Boy (Michael Morpurgo) Historical Fiction Three Indian Princesses (Jamila Gavin) History, Mystery, Dal & Biryani (Subhadra Sengupta) DOA Detectives: Trouble at Taj (Sonja Chandrachud) Tudor Tales (Terry Deary) Auto\Biography This is a wonderful age to introduce children to well-written and interesting books from this genre Scholastic Biographies (e.g. Louis Braille) The Dead Famous series Folktales/ Legends There is a treasury of literature with multi-hued tales from our rich and traditional folklore and mythology. Tall Tales (Jasper Utley) Gulla & Hangul (Mariam Ahlawat) Kashmiri Storyteller (Ruskin Bond) Tigers for Dinner (Ruskin Bond) The Rumour (Anushka Ravishankar) Amar Chitra Katha Water Stories from Around the World Tales of Arabian Nights Grandma‟s Bag of Stories (Sudha Murty) Classics A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) Alice in Wonder land (Lewis Caroll) The Adventures of Robin Hood (Roger L. Green) The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas) The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling) Frankenstein (Mary Shelly) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne) And here‟s more … Framed (Frank Cotrell Boyce) Diary of A Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney) Jeremy Strong We, The Children of India (Leila Seth) Taranauts series (Anoopa Pai) The Diary of the Worst Cook in the World (Subhadra Sengupta) Meddling Mooli series (Asha Nehemiah) Football Academy (Tom Palmer) The White Tiger (Rohini Chowdhury) Soccer Squad (Bali Rai) Wasim the Wanderer (Chris Ashley) Elephant Child (Mary Ellis) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume) You, Me & Thing (Karen McCombie) Hooey Higgin series ( Steve Voake) Mallory series (Laurie Friedman) The Cupcake Diaries () ihndI pustkoM - kxaa caar ko ilae khanaI saMga`h nanhMo maunnaaMo ko ilae galp kqaaeM rajaa kI maUCoM maullaa nasa$_Ina tonaalaIrama pustk 1 sao 5 pustk 1 sao 6 iSaxaap`d khainayaaM ivakasa baaoQakqaaeM maukoSa naadana pustk 1 sao 3 kxaa caar ko baalak ivaivaQa p`kar kI khainayaaoM ka Aanand ]za sakto hOM jaOsao tonaalaI AaOr b`aah\maNa; ek AnaaoKI rajakumaarI (kaoimalaa ra]to); piryaaoM ka Kola (svapnaa d%ta); gapgaupMgadasa (caa$ Aanand); Apnaa jaIvana Apnao haqa (naOitk khainayaaoM kI EaRMKlaa); nanha krmakllaa (iSanta caao); rajaa kI maUCoM (CBT); hnaumaana AaOr patala laMka ka jaadUgar (maaQavaI esa mahadovana); pMcatM~ kI khainayaa^M va nayaa pMcatM~ [%yaaid. SUGGESTED READING LIST - 2015 CLASS FIVE This is an indicative list. The books are listed according to genre. However, some books could belong to more than one genre. It is a good idea to start with a book in an area in which your child is interested. Children in Class 5 gather more information by reading than ever before. They are interested in nonfiction books about people and the things they do. Stories with outrageous characters tickle their funny bones. Having a variety of materials available - magazines, newspapers, and books -encourages reading as a leisure activity. Adventure Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell) The Water Catchers (Bhairavi Parekh) The Grand Plan To Fix Everything (Uma Krishnaswami) The Indus Investigators-Mohenjodaro Mystery (Ilona Aronovsky) Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell) Gangsta Granny (David Walliams) Young Samurai series (Chris Bradford) On Top of the World-My Everest Adventure (Arjun Vajpai) Jimmy Coates-Revenge (Joe Craig) The Wanderer (Sharon Creech) Meanwhile Adventures (Roddy Doyle) The Kaziranga Trail (Arup Kumar Dutta) Mystery Roman Mysteries (Caroline Lawrence) Nicki Holland Mysteries (Angela Elwell Hunt) 39 Clues series Lady Grace Mysteries Alex Rider series (Anthony Horowitz) Artemis Fowl series (Eoin Colfer) School Stories Frindle (Andrew Clements) Frecklejuice (Judy Blume) Holes (Louis Sachar) Maniac Magee (Jerry Spinelli) Dear Mr. Henshaw (Beverly Cleary) Malgudi Schooldays (R K Narayan) Wayside School Stories (Louis Sachar) Wringer (Jerry Spinelli) Koni The Story Of a Champion (Moti Nandy) School Friends series (Ann Bryant) Fantasy Fablehaven (Brandon Mull) The Girl Who Fell Into Fairyland (Catheryne M Valente) Ghost Knight (Cornelia Funke) Phantom Tollbooth (Norman Juster) How To Ride A Dragon’s Storm (Cressida Cowell) Escape from Mr Lemencello’s Library (Chris Grabenstein) If You’re Reading This, Its Too Late Journey Into the River Sea Psuedonymous Bosch Eva Ibbotson The Magic Thief Harry Potter Eragon Sarah Prineas JK Rowling Christopher Paolini Animal Stories Winterling (Sarah Prineas) The Daring Escape of the Misfit Menagerie (Jacqueline Resnick) Eco Worriers series (Kathryn Lamb) There’s A Tarantula in My Purse (Jean Craighead George) Mr. Poppers Penguin (Richard Atwater) The Call of The Wild (Jack London) Born to Lead (Paro Anand) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) Phantom Stallion (Terry Farley) Warriors (Erin Hunter) Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (Michael Morpurgo) Historical Stories (Non/Fiction) The Spitting Cobra (Gill Harvey) Before They Were Famous series Amar Chitra Katha Let’s Go Time Travelling (Subhadra Sengupta) D O A Detectives (Sonja Chandrachud) Letters From A Father to His Daughter (Jawaharlal Nehru) The Boy in Striped Pajamas (John Boyne) Auto\Biography The Boy on the Wooden Box (Leon Leyson) Going Solo and Boy (both by Roald Dahl) The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank) Scientists who Have Changed the World The Dead Famous series Folktales/ Legends Fun in Devlok: Saraswati’s Secret River (Devdutt Patnaik) Treasury of Myths & Legends (James Riordan) Mahabharata Ramayana Magical Indian Myths (Anita Nair) Seasons of Splendour (Madhur Jaffrey) Three Princes of Persia (Rohini Chowdhury) City Stories From Here & There Classics The Secret Garden (Frances Burnett) Abridged Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare) The Railway Children (E. Nesbitt) Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum) A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine ‘Engle) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) And here’s more … The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street (Shabnam Minwalla) The Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Genius (Paro Anand) Dork Diaries (Rachel Russell) Matilda (Roald Dahl) Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan) H. I.V.E. (Mark Walden) Boyhood Days (Rabindranath Tagore) Rusty, the Boy from the Hills (Ruskin Bond) The Diary of the Worst Cook in the World (Subhadra Sen Gupta) The Narayanpur Incident (Sashi Deshpande) Rajula and the Web of Danger (Deepa Agarwal) The Owl Service (Alan Garner) Love That Dog (Sharon Creech) Mockingbird (Katherine Erskine) Araminta Spookie series (Angie Sage) Wilderness (Roddy Doyle) Bridge to Terabithia (Katerine Paterson) Sleepovers (Jacqueline Wilson) Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul Billy The Kid (Michael Morpugo) Eragon (Cornelia Funke) ihndI pustkoM kxaa paMca ko ilae khanaI saMga`h kuC paOraiNak khainayaaM jala dovata ka vardana Anamaaola naOitk kqaaeM PMacatM~ kI Anaupma khainayaaM baala mahaBaart P`oark baala kqaaeM iTnaI Ta^T khainayaaM laa^TrI p`omacand kxaa 5 ko baalak ivaivaQa p`kar kI khainayaaoM ka Aanand ]za sakto hOM jaOsao kabaulaIvaalaa, (rivand` saaih%ya) Ammaa ka pirvaar (saraoja mauKjaI ) kRYNa saudamaa (iSavakumaar) ek qao maullaa nasa$_Ina phaD, ijasao ek icaiD,yaa sao Pyaar huAa (eilasa maklaosa) baaGa kI gaja-na (riskna baa^ND) [nsaana ka baoTa (Alaka pazk),, baD,o Axar maoM naOitk khainayaa^, eosaa doSa hmaara (GamaMDIlaala Aga`vaala) mahana maugala Saasak , BaartIya gaaOrva kI khainayaaM (manamaaohna sarla) Anya barKa (NCERT) bauw kI khainayaaM (Ainata Knnaa) laaokkqaaeM iTnaI Ta^T p`acaIna Baart ko EaoYz ivaWana gaD,baD,Jaalaa (kivata saMga`hM)