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Wildlife in a City Pond

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Wildlife in a City Pond Written by: Ashish Kothari Illustrated by: Sangeetha Kadur Published by: Pratham Books First English Edition: 2014 A friend wrote this, of the book, on facebook "... brought back memories of a few mornings spent wandering around here..." and what little doubts I had of procuring it were brushed aside. Not many books succeed in make that connect with readers.  I believe that there is over-kill of information and exercise or module based books in the gamut of conservation and environment education. We need to have interesting stories (besides of course the regular interactions and facilitation of platforms for these interactions) to make the younger ones aware of the environment and enthuse them to conserve it. As a friend says “we are a nation of stories and story-tellers and that is what works”. Stories that ideally talk of corresponding action as well. This is the kind of book that perhaps one had been looking for! The i...