Books That Speak

Squeezing out the toothpaste from the tube every morning is simple. But do you know how it got into the tube? Let's tell you how.

Written by Veena Prasad, beautiful illustrations by Rajiv Eipe, translated into Marathi by Sushrut Kulkarni, published by Pratham Books on their Storyweaver platform. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.

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In Moru's world, numbers danced, digits waved out and long division looked like a graceful tail. But one day, this world came crumbling down in school. Moru then became the local bully. Then, someone helped him discover the joy of learning again. Read all about it in this heartwarming story.

Written by Rukmini Banerji, translated into Marathi by Madhav Chavan and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.

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Almost a thousand years ago, an Indian scholar called Hemachandra discovered a fascinating number sequence. A century later, the same sequence caught the attention of Italian mathematician Fibonacci, who wrote about it. The Fibonacci sequence, as it began to be called, was straightforward enough - what made it fascinating was that this particular set of numbers was repeated many, many times in nature - in flowers, seashells, eggs, seeds, stars... Find out more inside this book!

This fascinating story written by Shonali Chinniah, published by Pratham Books and narrated by Asawari Doshi.

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Scarecrows are put up in fields to scare away birds and animals. But little Gauri thinks otherwise!

Funny story written by Shamim Padamsee, translated into Marathi by Varsha Gajendragadkar and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.

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Sringeri Srinivas had very long hair. He wanted it cut on Annual Haircut Day. Everyone was busy. You will never guess who helped him that day! Read and enjoy!

This humorous story written by Rohini Nilekani and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.

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Sometimes strange things lurk under my bed. Would you like to know what I found the other night?

Written by Anupa Lal, translated into Gujarati by Milan Gandhi and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi

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A grandparent and a grandchild's relationship is special. This is a story of a little girl who hears everyone say that her Aaji has a tail. She imagines her Aaji with the tail and wonders why she has never seen it for real. This is her journey of discovering her Aaji's tail.

Story written and illustrated by Gauri Dalvi, published by Pratham Books as Community Story and narrated by Asawari Doshi.

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The boy in this story could not complete his homework because of a certain mischievous cat. Sounds like a silly excuse? Well, read about what happened to him, and you'll see how one thing can lead to another, and another, and another...

Funny story written by Anushka Ravishankar, translated into Hindi by Manisha and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi

I have many friends. I like all of them but one of them is really special!

Story written by Rukmini Banerji, translated into Marathi by Pratham Mumbai Team and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.

The little boy in this story wants to do something now, but all his elders say NOT NOW! Do you get angry when someone says that to you?

Story written by Rohini Nilekani, translated into Marathi by Sandhya Taksale and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi