Daadu Tell Me A Story

Illustrated Stories for Children is a series of storybooks containing all time favourite stories for children to read and enjoy. Each book consists of stories that fuel children's imagination and take them to places where they come across diverse characters. The stories are laden with elements such as adventure, thrill, love, remorse, courage, inspiration, morals, wit, wisdom and magic that blend perfectly to make reading a worthwhile experience. Besides developing reading habits, children will be enthralled and entertained with these delightful books. The stories have been attractively illustrated with pictures that keep children engaged.

This is a rich collection of stories that will take children to the land of animals and birds, princes and robbers, and kings and merchants. It will give children the scope to be creative and let their imagination run wild. Beautifully coloured illustrations on every page make the book even more interesting and worth reading.

Papa Tell Me a Story is a book that entertains and educates at the same time. It is a grand collection of stories with a variety of themes and interesting plots. The book is sure to keep children glued for hours. It will impart knowledge, refresh minds and develop reading habits in children. The bright coloured illustrations add to the fun of reading stories.

In 1947, the Chatterjee family moves to Ahmednagar from Kolkata, only to find that the old city has lost its splendor. They make it their home and the children in the family, Swapan, Sukumar, Ashish and Jayashree, try to adjust in the new city. The book takes you through the children’s escapades; from going to picnics with friends, shooting arrows at each other and playing surparambya, to befriending a donkey that went to their school, they have plenty of adventure. More importantly the children learn about the history of Ahmednagar, from the tales they hear from Grandpa. Does the family respond, as history beckons in Grandpa's Tales of Ahmednagar?

I know what it’s like to be hit by a minivan right after you are fired from the only job you knew – and somehow, it wasn’t the worst day of my life. Let me tell you the story of how I found love and then maybe screwed up everything else to attain it. Here’s me, sharing the unabridged version of the rawest, most embarrassing and possibly heartbreaking parts of my life to make sure you don’t make the same mistakes that I did. Welcome to my life – a soap opera where the director has a surprisingly twisted sense of humor and possibly a penchant for tragedies. Who am I? I’m someone who ventured to find true love in the course of six days with someone worth falling for.

Sukesh, Sanchita, Kapil and Siddhant die and go to Yamlok, where they meet Yamraj. Yamraj gives them one last chance to become alive again, and they can go back to earth, if they win the game: Island Game of Modern Life. The winner will be resurrected to life and could start life from where it ended. What was the game and who wins? What is a modern life? Is it really true that after people die, Yamraj gives one last chance to them to become alive again?

Frank and funny, these stories written originally for the Bengali children's magazine Sandesh, are an essential read for all Ray enthusiasts as well as those who want to know Ray, the writer and film-maker, better. In this volume, Ray also shares some of his experiences while shooting Pather Panchali—his epic debut, and subsequent films, particularly for children. He describes how an entire field of kaash flowers was eaten up by cows before he could shoot his famous scene with the train in Pather Panchali; and how a circus tiger let loose in a bamboo grove chased away a group of curious onlookers in the blink of an eye.