Dr. Afia Dil has put together an extraordinarily rich collection of nursery rhymes in this book. While the focus of her study is on Bengali nursery rhymes within the larger context of nursery rhymes from around the world available in English, the materials extend beyond young child audiences. Everything is translated for an English-speaking audience. …
This book updates her earlier study of Bengali nursery rhymes aimed at understanding how Bengali society shapes a child’s mind. It is based on her comprehensive collection and three decade study of oral and written nursery rhymes for children in Bengal. She reviews an extensive literature on nursery rhymes in English and the kinds of defining approaches and analysis that have been used on them and classifies them according to topics. She analyzes her data with a rich analytic apparatus allowing comparison between corpora of such rhymes in many languages. Dr. Afia Dil’s book brings together such a rich and wide range of nursery rhymes, both from Bangladesh and other sources, that scholars will be able to use them for analysis for a long time, parents will find materials they can recite to children, and lovers of poetry will find much that is new and delightful to them. This is a treasure-trove for those who love poetry for the young.
On the corner of the courtyard is a Margosa tree; and their leaves are good for health. On a branch of that tree a crow is cawing for a long time which is really annoying. Nevertheless, the surrounding trees are filled with amazing green leaves! Tiny colorful flowers blossomed all over the grasslands. Though the crow is still cawing but before that a dove was humming. Suddenly, a bird with various colors on its feather caught the eye-sight. "Rongeela", Ami decided to name this bird, which means colorful. At that very moment, his eyes caught a man wearing a blue half pant and a blue half-shirt. He is pushing a two wheeler wooden cart box. On the top of the box something
Granny is very popular due to her mysterious knack for telling fairytales. She has an interesting habit though, some even find this a bit peculiar. It is regarding the tales that she tells. Granny will never start telling a tale out of the blue. She has this strange habit of letting slip of a riddle beforehand. She tells the story itself in such a manner that it feels all too real. Gripped by excitement, her grand-children would often lose track of time. This particular time, a commotion broke out among the kids. As a matter of fact, Sami and Medha could barely sleep a wink, or eat. Barely could they even pay attention to their studies. It seemed Granny had let slip yet another riddle. Everyone was buzzed with anticipation even greater than usual. They had one question or another bubbling up in their mind. When would it happen? How would it happen? Why would it happen? Their curiosity was endless.
He did, however, look forward to the stories she used to tell him. But, she was usually so tired by the time his baby sister fell asleep that she often could not tell him the stories of which he was so fond, the stories of kings and queens, of hermits and holy men, of talking birds and magic spells. But, on good days, when his baby sister was quiet, after he had eaten his evening meal and his father hadn't returned, she would tell him stories of Rupban and the Baby Prince, of Princess Kalabati and the Monkey Prince, of Lalkamal and Nilkamal, of Khana and Mihir. But more than the stories of kings and queens, of hermits and holy men, of talking birds and magic spells, what Kamal liked to hear most of all was the story of their home village on the banks of the river. He liked to hear how, on winter mornings, his grandmother would make special rice cakes with new rice and new date jaggery and how his mother and her brothers and sisters would warm themselves before the fire waiting for the rice cakes to cook.
Sanjana Sadique’s Tiger, Tiger and Other Short Stories for children gives a refreshing insight into the world of children, their fears, their hopes, and their imagination. The common thread running through all the stories is that of important moral values and lessons.Sabyasachi Mistry’s wonderfuly colourful and playful illustrations has given the book a new dimension and brought it to life
Aesop's Fables is a collection of some of the well-known stories of Aesop that have been told and retold for ages and are enjoyed by young and old alike. The fables weave together elements such as love, hatred, courage, faith, deceit, intelligence and perseverance. The fables are inspirational and teach children good conduct.
