Tania Series

I wrote this book for my 2 year old daughter who loves cats. It is about a little girl who gives shelter to a little kitten caught in the rain. She enjoyed it thoroughly and so I decided to share it with others.

4 year old Tania is a fairly good girl. Mama told her to stay in sight while cycling around. But then something caught her interest and she she forgot all about being good ... To be read to 2 to 4 year old children.

It is Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. Tania participates in the various rituals of decorating, sweet making, lighting crackers are more. Read on to find out about all the exciting things Tania does for the perfect Diwali.

Tania and mama forgot Anne (Tania's doll) in the park when they had to rush home. They went back for her but Anne had disappeared. Can mama and Tania find and follow the clues to figure out what happened to Anne?

Mama has a new tablet. She makes a video of Tania and shows it to her. Tania is fascinated. She wants mama to make many more videos of her. Then she spends hours watching videos of herself. She stops working on her art because she is busy with the videos. What will mama do to fix the problem? Read on to find out.

It is Tania's fourth birthday. Mama arranges a treasure hunt for Tania. She has to follow the clues to find the birthday presents from mama and papa. See if you can find Tania's presents. Suitable to be read to children from 2 to 5 years

My daughter loves to help around the kitchen. So I wrote this story about a little girl and her mother who make pancakes together. The book is good for reading to a 2 to 3 year old.

Tania's grandma has planned a surprise for her on Saturday afternoon. Tania is excited about it. But then her best friend invites her to a movie she really wants to see. And that is on Saturday too. Poor Tania does not want to hurt grandma's feelings but she does so want to go for the movie with her friend. What will she do now? Read on and find out. Suitable to be read to children of ages 3 to 7.

Tania wants to give mama a birthday gift. But she does not get any pocket money yet. She can't buy anything. So she decides to make something. But what should she make? Tania has an idea! It is a good idea. But is making a gift as easy as she thinks it is? Read on to find out.

Tania is invited to a costume party. Mama tells her she can go as whatever she likes. There are so many choices. Tania can't decide. Read on to find out what amazing costume Tania chooses.

Tania and Tanisha accidentally do something that annoys the grumpy terrifying old lady, Mrs. Wadia. The girls are amused by their "trick". They repeat it again. Will they get away with it, or will they get caught? Read on to find out.

Tania gets a pair of binoculars for her birthday. She plans a fun spying expedition with Tanisha. What starts out as fun has a very exciting outcome. Read on to find out.

Tania and Tanisha are at the garden digging up some mud to fill the pots for Tania's mother's tomato plants. Just as they finish digging up enough mud they find something strange at the bottom of the hole. Out of curiosity they dig further and to their amazement they find a red plastic box. What is in the box? Why was it buried? Who buried it there? Read on to find out.

Mama takes Tania to a children's library. Tania really enjoys herself. She wants to go everyday. But the library is too far away from home. So what does the resourceful Tania do? Read on to find out.

Tania has a new bicycle. She has no trouble as long as the training wheels are on. But mama takes off the training wheels after a week and Tania has a bad fall. She wont go near her bicycle again. Does little Tania manage to over come her fear and learn to ride her bike? Read on to find out.

Tania is a very smart and dedicated student. But she does have one irksome quality. She chatters a lot even when she should be listening to what the teacher has to say. That gets her in trouble. Read on to find out.

Tania and her family go to Bangalore for aunt Poonam's wedding. Join Tania as she participates in all the fun rituals and ceremonies. Tania is faced with a challenge and she comes up with a devious plan to overcome it. Read on to find out.

Tania is having trouble reading the blackboard. Her teacher thinks she should get her eyes examined. Tania is worried about her eyesight being bad and the impending visit to the eye doctor. Mama does an experiment to explain how the eye works. This makes Tania feel better. But will her friends tease her when she gets spectacles? How will she deal with that? Read on to find out.

Tania and her friends are playing a game. It involves fulfilling some tasks. Tanisha, the judge, cant decide who wins. She approaches Tania's papa for help. He tells them a story about a scientist of Syracuse with a similar problem and that helps Tanisha decide on the winner. Read on to find out how Tanisha figures it out.

Art is Tania's favourite subject at school. When Tania sees posters advertising a local art exhibition she is keen on going for it. The exhibits are not only beautiful, but also expose her to artistic techniques she could never have imagined. Read on to find out what they are. Book features photographs of original art work by Subha Chaudhuri, Deepa Nath and Neha John with their permission.

Tania's class goes on a picnic to Kanheri caves. It is a perfectly normal school picnic till Tania and her friends decide to play hide and seek. During the game Tania accidentally discovers something that makes the picnic a lot more exciting that anyone had expected. Read on to find out.

Tania and her family go on a Jeep safari of the Gir forest national park and sanctuary. There are lions, peacocks and many more amazing animals and birds. The Jeep has a flat tire and Tania has to get out of the Jeep while it is being fixed. She is worried about a lion coming by.... Read on to find out what happens.

Mama has been wanting to work for a while. Finally an opportunity presents itself so she can work from home. This is ideal for mama. She can be home when Tania is back from school and get some work done while Sonia sleeps. But Tania is upset that mama has less time for her. She decides to make it impossible for mama to work, so she has to quit her job. Will Tania succeed? Read on to find out.

Tania and Tanisha come across an old spell that brings bad luck. They decide to use it on a boy who often teases them. They think it is harmless fun because we all know spells don't actually work. But then terrible things happen to the poor boy. Tania feels really guilty. But how did the spell work? Read on to find out.

A worker at a construction project near Tania's housing society damaged some power cables. So the housing society and the neighbouring areas experience a blackout. After sunset it is too dark to do anything fun. Or is it? Mama shows Tania an old book and then Tania has a brilliant idea. Read on to find out what Tania and her friends do for entertainment during this pitch dark night.

One morning Tania wakes up and finds that her tooth is shaking. She is terrified, but mama calms her down and tells her it is quite normal. Mama teaches her about the different types of teeth and explains that the baby teeth get replaced by permanent teeth. Reassured Tania enjoys waggling her tooth and showing it off to her friends and grandparents. All is well un til grandpa suggests a horrifying way to remove the shaking tooth. Tania starts worrying again. Read on to find out what happens to that tooth.

Tania and her friends are on the way back from a school trip. It is pouring cats and dogs and the roads have started flooding. As the school bus crawls through a water logged street, the engine sputters and chokes and comes to a grinding halt. The kids are stranded. What will they do? Where can they spend the night? How will they contact their parents? The cell phone network has collapsed and later there is a black out too. What a nightmare! Read on to find out how Tania and her friends survive this monsoon crisis.

Mama arranges a slumber party to celebrate Tania's 6th birthday. The activities mama has planned are great fun, the food is delicious and the kids get to stay up an hour past their usual bedtime chatting and playing games. But the real drama does not start till everyone is fast asleep. The silence of the night is shattered by a blood curdling scream. Who is screaming and why? What could be so frightening? Read on to find out.

With so many different religions, philosophies, theories and gods, Tania is utterly confused. Who or what is god? How does god affect her life? What does god want her to do? What does science have to say about god? The questions keep piling up. A discussion with Mama paves the way for a lifetime of exploration.

Tania's sister, Sonia, is now 2 years old. Tania loves playing with Sonia. One day, while they are playing catch, Tania has a bad fall and her chin splits. There is blood everywhere and she needs stitches. Can Tania be brave, for Sonia's sake? What does the doctor do, to take her mind off the pain? I hear she learns something about X-rays. Wow that sounds really exciting. Aren't you curious?