FICTION
♦ $ Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin (1993)
A little girl makes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta in search of her stolen dog. Newbery.
A little girl makes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta in search of her stolen dog. Newbery.
CLASSIC LITERATURE
FC S10-4 The Gift of Poesy
♥ Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Reared in the teeming streets of India at the turn of the century, the orphan Kim is the 'Friend of the all the World', a cheeky imp with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets daily. One of them, an old Tibetan lama, sets him on the path that will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road, and become a spy for the British.
Reared in the teeming streets of India at the turn of the century, the orphan Kim is the 'Friend of the all the World', a cheeky imp with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets daily. One of them, an old Tibetan lama, sets him on the path that will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road, and become a spy for the British.
CULTURAL
FC N11-17 All Hail the Power
♦ Cobras, Cows and Courage by Jean Bothwell
Farm life in Northern India near Lucknow
♦ $ Tales from India by J.E.B. Gray
Wonderful retelling of India's lore for older children.
♦ The First Book of Pakistan by Jean Bothwell
Great introduction to understanding the difference between Pakistan and India.
♦ $ Two Under the Indian Sun by Jon and Rumer Godden
"In 1914, following the outbreak of war, two small sisters left London to return to India. This book is their remembrance of the five years that followed. Jon and Rumer Godden capture all the colour, sound and smell of exotic India, but especially they bring to life again the people of every kind-of place, custom and religion--and as children they were befriended by all. This book is Imperial India remembered, seen through the honesty and clarity of children's eyes."
Farm life in Northern India near Lucknow
♦ $ Tales from India by J.E.B. Gray
Wonderful retelling of India's lore for older children.
♦ The First Book of Pakistan by Jean Bothwell
Great introduction to understanding the difference between Pakistan and India.
♦ $ Two Under the Indian Sun by Jon and Rumer Godden
"In 1914, following the outbreak of war, two small sisters left London to return to India. This book is their remembrance of the five years that followed. Jon and Rumer Godden capture all the colour, sound and smell of exotic India, but especially they bring to life again the people of every kind-of place, custom and religion--and as children they were befriended by all. This book is Imperial India remembered, seen through the honesty and clarity of children's eyes."
HISTORICAL
FC W1-235 India's Story
FC W11-429 The Story of India
FC W11-429 The Story of India
HISTORICAL FICTION
♥ Adventures of Two Youth in a Journey to Ceylon and India by Thomas Knox (1882)
The Boy Traveller Series
♥ Henty, G.A. With Clive in India--The Beginning of an Empire, Battle of Plassey (1786)
♥ Henty, G.A. The Tiger of Mysore -- The War with Tippoo Saib (1795)
♥ Henty, G.A. At the Point of Bayonet--Tale of the Mahratte War (1800)
♥ Henty, G.A. The Lost Heir (1846)
♥ Henty, G.A. Through the Sikh War--Tale of the Conquest of Punjab (1850)
♥ Henty, G.A. In Times of Peril--Indian Mutiny (1856)
♥ Henty, G.A. Rujub, the Juggler—Indian mutiny (1856)
♥ Omen for a Princess by Jean Bothwell
Story of Jahanara, royal poet of 17th century India and the building of the Taj Majal.
♦ The Promise of the Rose by Jean Bothwell
The Boy Traveller Series
♥ Henty, G.A. With Clive in India--The Beginning of an Empire, Battle of Plassey (1786)
♥ Henty, G.A. The Tiger of Mysore -- The War with Tippoo Saib (1795)
♥ Henty, G.A. At the Point of Bayonet--Tale of the Mahratte War (1800)
♥ Henty, G.A. The Lost Heir (1846)
♥ Henty, G.A. Through the Sikh War--Tale of the Conquest of Punjab (1850)
♥ Henty, G.A. In Times of Peril--Indian Mutiny (1856)
♥ Henty, G.A. Rujub, the Juggler—Indian mutiny (1856)
♥ Omen for a Princess by Jean Bothwell
Story of Jahanara, royal poet of 17th century India and the building of the Taj Majal.
♦ The Promise of the Rose by Jean Bothwell
BIOGRAPHIES
FC G9-63 Buddha
JC 8-38 Fighter Without a Sword: Ghandhi
Gandhi accomplished more toward winning independence for India through fasting and Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) than had ever been achieved by fighting. From Brahmins to Untouchables, Indians came to Gandhi and his wife Kasturbai of Ashram to prove that they could live in brotherhood, united for the sake of their country. They called Gandhi "Mahatma"--The Great-Souled One.
Gandhi accomplished more toward winning independence for India through fasting and Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) than had ever been achieved by fighting. From Brahmins to Untouchables, Indians came to Gandhi and his wife Kasturbai of Ashram to prove that they could live in brotherhood, united for the sake of their country. They called Gandhi "Mahatma"--The Great-Souled One.
♦ $ Amy Carmichael: For the Children of India by Sam Wellman
Heroes of the Faith Series. In India, she would serve 56 years without a furlough, taking the love of Christ to many the world considered unlovely.
♦ Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword by Jeannette Eaton
♦ Gandhi, Peaceful Fighter by Elizabeth Montgomery
Garrard A Century Book
♦ $ Kipling: Storyteller of East and West by Gloria Kamen
Throughout the book, Kamen makes clear the relationship between various incidents in Kipling's life and the poems and the stories that he wrote.
♦ $ Mother Teresa by Sam Wellman
Heroes of the Faith Series
$ Teresa of Calcutta by D. Jeanene Wilson
Sower Series Biography of Mother Teresa
♥ The Story of Lord Clive by John Lang
The British Soldier who placed India under British supremacy.
Heroes of the Faith Series. In India, she would serve 56 years without a furlough, taking the love of Christ to many the world considered unlovely.
♦ Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword by Jeannette Eaton
♦ Gandhi, Peaceful Fighter by Elizabeth Montgomery
Garrard A Century Book
♦ $ Kipling: Storyteller of East and West by Gloria Kamen
Throughout the book, Kamen makes clear the relationship between various incidents in Kipling's life and the poems and the stories that he wrote.
♦ $ Mother Teresa by Sam Wellman
Heroes of the Faith Series
$ Teresa of Calcutta by D. Jeanene Wilson
Sower Series Biography of Mother Teresa
♥ The Story of Lord Clive by John Lang
The British Soldier who placed India under British supremacy.