Primrose's Curse:A Fairy Tale of an Audacious Girl: By Kiara and Vinay Shankar

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Back in my childhood days Enid Blyton was one of my most favourite author. Infact I was so stuck on to her books that I missed other popular books like Nancy Drew and Hardy boys.  Why I am an ardent fan of her, is only because her books made me become an avid reader, a day dreamer and a book lover since childhood.

After such a long time, I came across a book which reminded me of my childhood memories reading Miss Blyton and enjoying every bit. The Primrose's Curse- written by Kiara Shankar and Vinay Shankar is one such lovely bed time story which I am sure will make your / child's mind wander far in the woods searching for adventure.

 Story Blurb:

This story is of a brave little girl Primrose who wandered into the woods one fine day in search of the nectar of a divine flower to cure her father. Having lost her mom, Primrose worked very hard, day and night to take care of her family. In the woods she meet mystical creatures and animals who promises to help her if she fights the Evil Sorceress who have cursed the world. How will she fight the evil to protect the humanity, her adventure all the way through, with her newly found friends is what the book is all about.

What I liked about the book?

• The book contains beautiful illustration,lesson for children , and also teaches one to be brave and deals with circumstances.

• It made me eager to know how she will defeat the evil sorceress , even though I know her adventure ending will be safe and happy 

• The story teaches children to work as a team.

• The ending comes with very happy note

Looking forward for more such beautiful adventure by the father daughter duo, how Primrose Save the Earth

Book review: The Blue Umbrella By Ruskin Bond

Can a story be so simple yet so touching?  The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond is written for children but being an adult I enjoyed it so much in the midst of reading all the fat novels.
The story is of Binya , a little girl who live in the foothills  of Himalaya a little village in Garhwal, got an umbrella from tourist ( picnickers) in exchange of her lucky charm necklace made of leopard claw.
Binya's love for the  umbrella is shown so beautifully  in a very simple way. Her way of flaunting the umbrella made many villagers jealous especially Ram Bharosa , the shopkeeper and secretly he desired to own it.
How and why  Binya gave her umbrella away. How an unexpected act of kindness, change human mind. How Ram Bharoshi tried to still her umbrella, and how the act of kindness comes back like a boomerang  is all the Blue Umbrella about.

Book Review :Adventures of Pupu by Amitabh Sinha

Author: Amitabh Sinha

Publisher: Kalamos Literary services

Pages: 148

Children Fiction

Do you have any special memories of your childhood?

I picked this children book The Adventures of Pupu to  read it to my nephew who is as curious amd Adventurous like Pupu. To my surprise my 1 year old too sat with the book and kept on turning pages and pretending to read .

True to what it says in its blurb, Author Amitabh Sinha's book Adventure of Pupu is collection of highly imaginative short story which has a social message for everyone. . Reading it out will bring back your own's childhood memories. The book is ideal for children of 5 yrs and above.

The illustration makes it connect more with the stories.

What I loved about the book:

The cover of the book is visually appealing for kids to pick it up .

The font is extremely relaxing to the eyes and a sheer joy to read.

The language is simple for children to understand

The illustration though not much clear ( black and white ) helped to visualise more.

The Activity inside ,after each chapters surely engaged kids to think  respond

Cons:

Wish there was an index to pick the stories individually to re read.

My view:

It is hard to choose which one is my favourite story out of all, as every single one is practical and beautifully written, but out of all my favourite was Booji,  Bahadur  etc are some of my favorites.

Mom's out there if you are looking for a book to read out to your child this book is easy , short and something which we Indian have done in our childhood.

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