Tuesday, November 30, 2021

India Booklist (Including Books in Hindi)

Making lists is a huge part of my lesson planning process. It's really useful when you're getting organized for a main lesson block, but works in lots of other situations as well. I have a student who is really interested in India, so I'd like to put together a care package of books to send home for his family to enjoy over the long Winter Break. The first step is just to see what I have.

As always, just as with my Japan Booklist, suggestions are most welcome!

Update: I've been tracking down a lot more books in Hindi and English so that section has gotten pretty long; I've moved it to the end of the post.


Folktales


Picture Books


Stories with Recipes


Indigo Kits


Festivals & Traditions


Mythology


Ayurveda and Yoga


Mandalas

    I also have many Grapat mandala kits from Bella Luna Toys:
    green cones
    orange cones
    purple eggs
    fire cones
    pink flowers
    little blue coins
    little mushrooms
    green trees
    yellow beehives
    blue raindrops
    grey stones


Jataka Tales


Chapter Books


    The Conch Bearer
    by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
    fantasy


    Starcursed
    by Nandini Bajpai
    twelfth century, YA romance


    Ahimsa
    by Supriya Kelkar
    1942 - Mahatma Gandhi and the freedom movement


    The Night Diary
    by Veera Hiranandani
    1947 - Partition of India


Resources for Learning Hindi


Books in Hindi and English


India books I don't have but would be interested in:


A big THANK YOU to Madhu Aggarwal from Parrots Books who got in touch with me to offer her support. For students who want to learn Hindi, she particularly recommended Varnamala Geet (Hindi Alphabet Chart with CD) and Beginning Hindi: A Complete Course by Joshua Pien. This is a big thick book that would be covered in 2 years of a high school language program.


*NEW* Hindi books available online for free at the International Children's Digital Library


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