Writer: Free kids books
Narrator: Amreen Banu
Editor: Hemavathi

Katiiti’s Song tells the story of a young girl named Katiiti who loves playing in the forest. When a gorilla tries to trick her with a song, Katiiti learns the importance of trusting her mother’s familiar call to stay safe.

Here are some ways to engage students using this story:
1.Teach children a simple song and let them sing it together like Katiiti.

2.Ask children to take turns making sounds of  animals (like birds, monkeys, or frogs) while others guess the animal.

3.Play a game where children close their eyes and guess who is calling them using familiar voices.

Writer: Harini Shrii Vengata Raghavan
Narrator: Ningamma Pujar 
Editor: Maya Mahadev Chougule

Peau is a beautiful peacock, and Coco is a crow. In the beginning, no one likes Coco, but when she helps Peau, everyone starts to be kind to her.    

Here are some ways to engage students using this story: 
1. Have a discussion with students - Have they ever been stuck in a problem? If yes, how did they get help to come out of it? 
2. Ask students to imagine themselves as Peau and Coco. Write a conversation between them from when they first met and how they became best friends. 
3. Let students draw one scene (the one they liked the most) from the story.

Writer: Vijaylaxmi S B
Narrator: Vijaylaxmi S B
Editor: Shivaraj B Parvati

This is the story of Bhuvan, who studies in a government school. One day, in his school, he takes money from his teacher's purse. Will the teacher find out? Find out what happens in the story!
 

Here are some ways to engage students using this story: 
1.Discuss with students what they learned from this story.  
2.Help  students to draw any incident from the story.  
3.Ask students what they would do if they were in that situation.

Writer: Manjiri Nimbkar
Narrator: Deepika Kohli,Cognizant outreach
Editor: IT for Change

It is so much fun to go to school on a bicycle! But you have to learn to ride it first! See how Leela learns to ride.

Here are some ways to engage students using this story:
1.Have students share, if they know how to ride a bicycle and how  they felt when they first tried. 
2.Play or read the story aloud and ask students to clap when they hear the word “bicycle.”  
3.Ask students to draw and label a picture of Leela riding her bicycle.

Writer: Aarav Bellur  
Narrator: Vijaylaxmi S B
Editor: Keertishree Kulkarni

Once upon a time, there lived a lion and a mouse in a forest. One day, while the lion was asleep, the mouse climbed onto him and started playing, thinking he was a rock. What happens next? Find out in the story!

 Here are some ways to engage students using this story: 
1. Let students to draw what the mouse felt when it saw the “rock” was a tiger.    
2.Ask students  if they have ever made friends with someone different.   
3. Play “Freeze to Escape”: kids move when music plays and freeze when it stops.  

Writer: Mirna Lawrence
Narrator: Sujata S Savalagi 
Editor: Roopa C Kambalimath

This is the story of a little goat who wants to find the sweetest grass to eat. How can she find it? Will she be able to find the sweetest grass?

Here are some ways to engage students using this story:
1.Ask children to share a special memory related to their favorite food.

2.Ask children to talk about how their favorite food is made or prepared.

3.Ask children to imagine and describe a new dish using their favorite ingredients.

Writer: Class -3, NCERT textbook
Narrator: Vidya A Kamat 
Editor: Mallikarjun Salagar

In a jungle near a river, a mother tiger lives with her playful cub. This story beautifully illustrates the journey of growing up, the importance of listening to elders, and the protective nature of a mother’s love.

Here are some ways to engage students using this story: 
1.Let students to draw a jungle scene using their imagination. 
2. Invite students to say what lesson they learned from the story.  
3.Ask students to name some animals they know and share one fact about each.

Writer: Linda Nabasa
Narrator: Geetha M kulkarni
Editor: Roopa C Kambalimath

Miss Tiny Chef is only eight years old, but she does things that other little girls wouldn't dare to do. Armed with a talking mingling stick that shares all its great recipes with her, Kasini stirs up a special surprise meal for her mummy.                   

Here are some ways to engage students using this story: 
1. Discuss with students If they had a magic tool like Kasini, what would it be? 
2. Let students to draw their magical tool, it could be a pan, spoon, plate, or anything else. 
3. Encourage students to write a conversation between themselves and their magical tool.

Writer: Alice Edui
Narrator: Lakshmi Prasanna Nanduri,Cognizant Outreach
Editor: IT for Change

A drought leads some monkeys to move to a far-off land called Tirkol. But the monkeys of Tirkol don't like these new visitors. If you want to know what happens next, listen to the story and find out!

Here are some ways to engage students using this story 
1.Begin by having students list three questions they have about the story. 
2.Invite students to share how they would feel if they discovered something new and exciting. 3.Encourage students to write a short ending for the story.

Writer: Class 6, English Third Language Textbook, Department of School Education, Karnataka
Narrator: Santosh Patil
Editor: Mallikarjun Salagar

A naughty robber stole a bell from the temple. Ding-a-ling! A tiger heard the bell and roared, 'Roar!' The robber fell down, and monkeys found the shiny bell. The monkeys went jingle-jangle, jingle-jangle in the trees!

Here are some ways to engage students using this story:
1. Ask children to make and imitate the sounds from the story like “Ding-a-ling,” “Roar,” and “Jingle-jangle.”
2. Let children act out the story as the robber, tiger, and monkeys using simple props.
3. Have children draw and color their favorite scene from the story.