The books index

(Author - Title - Published Year - Read)
  1. Enid Blyton - The Faraway Tree (1939-1951)
    1. The Enchanted Wood - 1939 - (Nov 2020)
    2. The Magic Faraway Tree - 1943 - (Dec 2020)
    3. The Folk of the Faraway Tree -1946 - (Dec 2020)
    4. Up the Faraway Tree - 1951 - (Feb 2021)
  2. Enid Blyton - Pinkwistle stories (Jan 2020)
  3. Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Feb 2021)
  4. Enid Blyton - Naughty Amelia Jane (March 2021)
  5. Enid Blyton - The Secret Seven (1949) (March 2021)
  6. Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking (March 2021)
  7. Disney Fairies - Silvermist and The Ladybird Curse (April 2021)
  8. R.L.Travers - Mary Poppins (April 2021)

In queue:
  1. Enid Blyton - Wishing Chair series
  2. Tove Jansson - Moomins 
  3. Lewis Caroll - Alice in Wonderland

Indian Authors for kids
  1. Natasha Sharma 
  2. Bakhti Mathur
  3. Arundathi Venkatesh





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