2105th BLOG POST
11th
Book of 2024!
I read another book
this weekend named “Sapno Ke Pankh – Choti Si Asha” which is written by Surbhi
Mittal and Abhay Sahare. I read the Hindi version of the book as I wanted to
understand how does this language entertain children through story books. I
must say I am really impressed with the ease of words used by author which will
help kids to understand the story and learn new words as well.
The book has been
published by Sonalika publications who have again ensured that their children
story book is written with great illustrations. This time the credit for the
illustration goes to Eva Manral. I liked how she managed to illustrate all the
arts and pages giving it a bit of Rajasthani traditional theme which matches
perfectly with the story. Even the cover page of the book looks like a piece of
art which you can hang in your bedroom.
The story is nicely
based on a girl named Asha who loves the puppetry show she watches every day
while returning to school. One day her school announces to participate in a
competition where they need to present a story using a prop. She wishes to do
so using a puppet but she gets upset knowing that she doesn’t have one and she
might not have one due to her financial issues at home. She gets home and
speaks to her grandmother about this. Eventually, how her grandma helps her
achieve her target is what this story is all about.
The story gives a
lot of lessons through its non-preachy tone and I must applaud authors with
respect to how they managed to do so with such a short story. The book gives a
perspective on how every kid must have a good habit out of their academic world
which makes them curious and excited about learning the same art themselves as
well. Author tries making children aware about the financial issues that their
parents must be going through which will make them more compassionate about
them and understand the difference between wants and need.
The story is based
on a great bond that Asha shares with her grandmother which acknowledges the
world-known fact of necessity of bonding between grandparents and
grandchildren. Through grandmother’s ideation, book tries to teach kids about
the environment-friendly alternatives they can prioritize rather than buying
everything from market and adding more environment concerns. This synchronizes
so well with the objective of Sonalika Publication which wishes to participate
in social issues.
In the climax,
author justifies that one can win in any competition with their efforts and not
by expensive materials presented by directly procuring from market. Author
herself gives a moral of the story that one needs to face a problem and find a
solution rather than getting panicked. At the end of the book, there are couple
of exercises and puzzles to keep children interested in solving them and get
closer to the story.
Overall, I give
this book 4.5 stars out of 5. Recommended for all the kids above 3 years of
age.
Thanks!
WRITING BUDDHA
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