Books That Speak

This ancient story from the life of the great sage, Gautama Buddha, carries a deep lesson about conservation. A disciple finds out that getting the Buddha to sanction a new shawl for him is no easy matter! This amazing story written by Arvind Gupta, illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta, translated into Hindi by Arvind Gupta, published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi. Storyweaver link: htt...

This ancient story from the life of the great sage, Gautama Buddha, carries a deep lesson about conservation. A disciple finds out that getting the Buddha to sanction a new shawl for him is no easy matter! This amazing story written by Arvind Gupta, illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta, translated into Marathi by Varsha Gajendragadkar, published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi. Storyweave...

Samu goes to his new friend to learn Odia. The words he learns prove very useful to him. Read on to find out how! Funny story written by Kui Writer's Group, illustrated by Sugrib Kumar Juanga, translated into Marathi by Sandhya Taksale, published by Pratham books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi Storyweaver link: https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/12576-asila-basila-uthila-jaucha Youtube link for the st...

Samu goes to his new friend to learn Odia. The words he learns prove very useful to him. Read on to find out how! Funny story written by Kui Writer's Group, illustrated by Sugrib Kumar Juanga, translated into Hindi by Rajesh Khar, published by Pratham books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi Storyweaver link: https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/12559-asila-basila-uthila-jaucha Youtube link for the story: h...

Gulli has a little brown box where he keeps many things like buttons and keys. But what does he do with them? Find out, and then you may want your own special box too! Story written by Anupama Ajinkya Apte, illustrated by Anupama Ajinkya Apte, translated into Gujarati by Minakshi Chandrana, published by Pratham books on their Storyweaver platform. Narrated by Asawari Doshi. Storyweaver link: https...

Gappu is not as scared of the big Pehelwaan ji as the others in the village are. Here, Gappu teaches Pehelwaan ji another lesson! Funny story by Sanjiv Jaiswal 'Sanjay', illustrated by Ajit Narayan, translated into Marathi by Sandhya Taksale, published by Pratham books on their Storyweaver platform. Narrated by Asawari Doshi Storyweaver link: https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/10867-pahilwaandada-...

Lolo, the new train felt rather scared of going anywhere. But every time it let out an "Ooo!" in fright, it came out as a strong whistle and everybody said Loco was a fine train. Come take a ride with Loco as it chugs merrily across the country. Story written by Bharati Jagannathan, illustrated by Preeti Krishnamurthy, translated into Marathi by Parna Pethe, published by Pratham books on their Sto...

A funny little story about three friends and three clever fish! Story written by Suraj J Menon, illustrated by Soumya Menon, translated into Hindi by Abha Dhaundiyal, published by Pratham Books on their Storyweaver platform. Narrated by Asawari Doshi. Storyweaver link: https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/50-meri-machli-nahin-meri-machli Youtube link for this story: https://youtu.be/K-kSZ2EPnIA Know...

A mouse enters the house. And there is utter chaos. Here is an action-packed adventure for little ones. Written by Sowmya Rajendran, translated into Hindi by Poonam S. Kudesia, illustrated by Tanaya Vyas, published by Pratham Books on their Storyweaver platform. Storyweaver link: https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/10558-chooha-sikandar-ghar-ke-andar Youtube link: https://youtu.be/AOgrdfzoN14 Find...

You take a bath and cats do not. Yet, who do we call them clean? This book is one of the four books in the 'Animals Around Us' series. Story written by Kanchan Bannerjee, illustrated by Deepa Balsavar, translated into Hindi by Poonam S. Kudesia, published by Pratham Books using Storyweaver platform. Narrated by Asawari Doshi. YouTube link for this story: https://youtu.be/P5hyn8iZR_k To get more fr...

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. YouTube video of this story: https://youtu.be/lFSWEakoJg0 Ways to tune into...

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. Narrat...

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 nat...

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. Youtube link for this story: https://youtu.be/xkRTnXWWiy4 Website: http://www.booksthatspeak.com/

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. Storyweaver link: https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/283-annual-haircut-day Youtube link for this story: https://youtu.be/Q-Dbkqe60ro W...

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 Youtube link for this story: https://youtu.be/hyNX56R7jWQ Website : http://www.booksthatspeak.com/ Youtube channel link for BooksThatSpeak: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI_chv9OV...

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. S...

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

Each of us has a wonderful body. But have you ever listened to what it tells you? Story written by Rohini Nilekani, translated into Gujarati by Kalpana Palkhiwala and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.

No one wanted to buy the sweet bananas that Sringeri Srinivas grew on his farm. Find out what he did with them in this cute story. Written by Rohini Nilekani, translated into Marathi by Utkarsha Manish and published by Pratham Books, Narrated by Asawari Doshi

Do you like sleeping under the stars? Tara does! Join her as she makes an exciting journey. Story written by Mala Kumar & Manisha Chaudhry, translated into Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry and published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi

Once upon a time, in a little village on the banks of the Irrawaddy river, there lived a young woman called Thuza. She was very happily married to handsome young Theingi. But there was one problem that nagged Thuza – her husband believed he would find a way to turn dirt into Gold! Did he succeed? Read this delightful tale from Myanmar to find out. Story written by Greystroke, translated into Hindi...

The crow is not beautiful. He can neither sing as sweetly as a cuckoo nor dance as gracefully as a peacock. But he has one unique quality that we can all learn from. Read the book to find out what it is! Story written by Venkatramana Gowda, translated in Marathi by Divaspathy Hegde (Pratham Mumbai Team),published by Pratham Books. Narrated by Asawari Doshi.