Tania

An unexpected burst of torrential rain leaves Tania and her family stranded on a mountaintop during a trek. Unprepared for camping, they are forced to improvise. Tania’s curiosity leads her to explore a stone hut while everyone else is asleep. What she sees there, terrifies her. Read on to find out about the strange secrets of the mysterious stone hut. For ages 6 and above.

Tania writes a fantasy story inspired by a science article. Sonia’s journey on an emotional roller-coaster as Tania skillfully weaves the plot through curiosity, fear, relief, hope, excitement, anger and so much more, leaves her with a lot to think about. Tania’s dramatic narration, and the little discussions between the sisters add to the charm of this story.

Sonia is burned by a cigarette butt that falls in to the balcony of her home. Tania is enraged. She is determined to find the person who hurt her little sister, and put a stop to their barbaric behavior by publicly humiliating them. But how will she catch the culprit? 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 is growing up, and so is her thirst for adventure. After reading many books about kids solving mysteries and stumbling upon secret passages, Tania is craving an adventure of her own. But what happens when a fun adventure turns dangerous? Read on to find out.

One day in school, nine-year-old Tania suddenly notices blood stains in her underwear. She realizes she is bleeding, and it won’t stop. Where is the blood coming from? Is she sick? What’s going to happen? Read on to find out!

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?

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?

Scientists have found evidence of water on Mars. This makes big news, so Tania is interested in the Solar system and learns a lot about it. Tania's uncle is a scientist working on the Mars project. But has he ever come across Martian life? Would he tell Tania if he had? Is it possible that Tania actually encounters Martian life? How would that happen? Read on to find out.

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? 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.

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.

One morning Tania wakes up and finds that her tooth is shaking. She is terrified. Mama calms her down and tells her it is quite normal. 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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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.