Snoring Shanmugam, Tulika Books

Tulika Books Snoring Shanmugam

Snoring Shanmugam by Tulika Book Publishers is a super hit with my daughters, leading to hysterical laughs when we  snore like Shanmugam. Tulika publishers are well known in the Indian context bilingual book.

The story is about a gentle lion who does one of the three things, eating, sleeping and snoring. The jungle animals are annoyed and find a way to stop it. The very same snoring  comes in handy at a later stage.

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Tulika Books – What Shall I Make?

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A friend got my daughter a bunch of Tulika books. The bilingual [Hindi / English ] ones. One of the book my daughter loves in the series is What Shall I Make?

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I like me

Written By: Nancy Carlson

Honestly, I picked this book up just for the title. This is the first Nancy carlson book I have come across. She liked it the very first time we read it. It is a very simple book, very simple message in each page. Its about a girl pig liking everything about herself. Just the way she is. How she finds ways to be happy when she is not at her best. It starts with – I am my best friend.

It has been a while we returned this book back to the library, still my daughter remembers few of the dialogues and reads it out every now and then. And I so love it

If I make a mistake, I will try and try again..

If I fall down, I will pick myself up.

Books picked up from the library on 01/31/2008

[Will update with post links once I write them ]

I like me by Nancy carlson

The Mixed up chameleon by Eric carle

Orange Bear Apple Pear

Tha cat in the hat came back by Dr. Seuss

Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed

Written By: Eileen Christelow

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The very hungry caterpillar

Written By: Eric Carle

I have read a lot of reviews about this book and Eric carle’s book in general. This is the first time I have managed to get one in hand and boy! it is beautifully written and illustrated. 2 to 3 lines per page at the most with bold and bright colors catching the eyes.

The first time I read this book to my daughter, she was alarmed to see the caterpillar transform into a butterfly. She kept saying it is not a beautiful butterfly, it was a scary butterfly. After the third, forth read she loved the book and pretty much by-hearted by the fifth time. The illustrations are through pictures spawning the size of the page. Very simple to read. Her favorite page of all is the one where the caterpillar eats through a lot of different foods and ends up having a stomach ache.

Its a fun read and educational at the same time. The caterpillar eats different fruits on different days of the week. Also the number of items he would eat would increase by the count of 1. The pictures on the flap would also demonstrate the number of items. I would read the first one – On Monday, he ate through an apple. Would ask her – What comes after Monday. She would immediately say – On Tuesday, he ate through pears. I would ask – How many pairs? She would say -2 pears. And so on.

She loves the part where the caterpillar eats through a lot of foods, especially her favorites – cake, ice cream, lollipop and water melon. And guess? The caterpillar is not tiny any more, it has transformed into a huge, big, strong caterpillar. He then creates a cocoon and shelters in it for the next 2 weeks.
She asks – Mommy, what is a cocoon. I tell her its like her blanket where she cozily sleeps. Just like that, the caterpillar wraps himself inside the cocoon. Two weeks later, nibbles a hole and voila! Becomes a beautiful butterfly.

My daughter is very fond of, obsessed, fascinated with anything pink and/or princess. The third or forth time we read this book, she wanted to be a butterfly when she grew up. But she wouldn’t let go of her pink princess fascination. So the latest is she wants to be a beautiful pretty pink princess butterfly!!

Sam goes to school

Written by: Mary Labatt
Illustrated By: Marisol Sarrazin.

A little puppy named Sam watches other kids going to school and wants to go to school himself. He quietly sneaks onto the school bus and hides under the seat. A girl spots him and wants to take him to school. She hides him in the back pack and leaves him with a cookie in the school. But Sam being the curious and fun-loving type, jumps out of the back pack, tries to read, write and paint with the kids. In the process messes with the kids stuff. Miss Min walks in and calls Sams family to pick him up. Story ends with the note that Sam cannot go to school.

I would have liked if there was something that said schools are not for puppies, but puppies have other places to hang out, to be with other puppies and dogs. Even cats. That was the first thing my daughter asked on the first day we read this book – Why mommy? Why can’t Sam go to school? I replied – Schools are for girls and boys. Sam can go to the park and play with other puppies. Otherwise he is going to mess with the kids stuff and kids are not going to be happy about that.
So, now when we read this book, we end it by saying aloud – Sam, this school is for girls and boys, you can go to puppy school, maybe. ok?

Books picked from the library on 01/09

1. Sam goes to school

2. Five Little Monkeys

3. The very hungry caterpillar

4. The blue Kangaroo

5. Best friends