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By The Book: Two new books that speak of neurodivergence and take readers time travelling into India’s past
Arti Sonthalia’s Read, Write, Race and Shruti Garodia and Archana Garodia Gupta’s Chandragupta Maurya and the Greek Onslaught offer lessons in empathy and history for young readers
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New Delhi | September 11, 2022 10:48:46 am
Two new books to look into dyslexia and the Mauryan empire (Source: Amazon.in)Arti Sonthalia’s Read, Write, Race is an empathetic introduction to dyslexia while Shruti Garodia and Archana Garodia Gupta’s Chandragupta Maurya and the Greek Onslaught offers glimpses into the making of an ancient Indian powerhouse of an empire
Read, Write, Race Arti Sonthalia Scholastic 132 pages Rs 250 Appropriate for: 7+ years
On the face of it, there’s very little that could possibly tie Muhammad Ali, Tom Cruise and 10-year-old Raghav of fifth grade. Of course, there’s the proven genius of the first two in their chosen fields but Raghav is yet to prove his mettle, and, from the look of things, it seems unlikely that school will be pleasant this year either. However much he tries, the letters won’t arrange themselves in a sequence in front of his eyes, reading continues to stump him, and, as for writing, all his neatly arranged thoughts seem to lose shape when he tries to pen them down. His best friend has abandoned him for Karan, the class topper, and, as if to make matters worse, Ms Joseph — she who is known across junior school for her absolute no-nonsense attitude — is his class teacher this year.
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But despite the disastrous start, Raghav will soon come to realise that all his woes that shame him and provide grist to the class bullies’ mills are really not his failings after all. And that, sometimes, the strictest of grown-ups are the ones who are the most compassionate after all.
Rating: 5