Bal Bharati Public School Library

If I were a bird

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I would move forward.

I would sing a song and fly along.

I would touch the sky and feel a high.

If I were a bird, I would truly be glad.

If I were a bird, I would never be sad.

VRINDA GUPTA

VI-B

Our Nature

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Save Nature, Save Trees.

Love Nature, Love Trees.

If Nature were not there, we would not be able to survive here.

Be defenders of nature; don't kill beautiful creatures.

Don't cut down trees to make buildings and streets.

Nature is everything; without it, we are nothing.

VRINDA GUPTA

VI-B

A Portrait of My Mother

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My mother is the best. She never takes a rest.

She works hard day and night so that my future can be bright.

My dear mother, you are so kind.

Without you, I am blind.

I love you forever because, with you, I am always happy.

VRINDA GUPTA

VI-B

MY SCHOOL LIBRARY

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WHAT IS A LIBRARY?

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A Library is a place where we can read many different books for free. We borrow a book for about a

week and then return it. If the pages of the book are torn after you give it back, you have to pay for it

no matter who tore it. In a library, we also get to read other writings such as Newspapers, Articles, etc.

My School Library.

My school’s ( Bal Bharati Public School) library is vast. It has many different varieties of books such as

horror, comedy, mystery, etc. We can find the books by the name of the author. The initials are

written on the shelves.

Every Friday, whenever we have our library class, we sit in our assigned seats and read the books

given to us by the sir or ma’am. In the last few minutes, the teacher allows the students who have

given their past assigned books and have their Identity Card to walk around the library and choose a

book of their choice.

After choosing, the students keep their Identity Cards inside the book and keep it on the counter. They

get the book for a week until the next Friday and our next library class. In the next class, the students

bring the books that were assigned to them and keep them on the counter. Then they repeat the process

listed above.

Our Library Environment.

The environment of our library is silent and peaceful. It has the ambience to make readers

comfortable while reading such as Air Conditioners, Comfortable chairs, etc.

Message.

We should all go to the library to gain knowledge, inculcate reading habits and discipline of sitting in

silence. The library is my favorite place.

Ridhima Rai VI-A

CELEBRATION OF FATHER’S DAY IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

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FATHER’S DAY COUNTRY

23 FEBRUARY RUSSIA

SECOND DAY , MAY ROMANIA

FIRST SUNDAY , JUNE SWITZERLAND

THIRD SUNDAY , JUNE AFGHANISTAN,ARGENTINA, CANADA, BANGLADESH,

GHANA, GREECE,BRITAIN, KENYA,HONGKONG,JAPAN

21 JUNE JORDAN,YUGANDA,SYRIA

FIRST SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER AUSTRALIA, NEWZEALAND

THIRD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER UKRAIN

FIRST SUNDAY, OCTOBER LUGZEMBERG

SECOND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SWEDEN, NORWAY

12 NOVEMBER INDONESIA

5 DECEMBER THAILAND

AMAN KAUSHIK

VI A

A Sad Girl

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She sat still,
on the top of the hill
Her sad sighs,
her sorrowful cries..
Her smile faded,
by the passing time
She felt bad,
for what she had done.
She wanted a place to hide,
and a true friend by her side.
She had no one,
who cared for her.
And someone,
who listened to her.
She thought that,
people will forgive her,
And forget,
her crime.

SNIGDHA GANDHI
VI -E

Love Between A Grand Daughter and A Grand Mother

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Nancy is a little girl . She always wanted to see her grand mother . Sometimes she felt very upset . When Nancy was an infant , her grandma died and she she heard this now , when she's of 8 . Her feelings amongst her grandma were very emotional but she was having a very strong will power also . Her grandma was a very famous and a great dancer , thus , a very kind person . Nancy always tried to be like her grandma . She started practicing dance and behaved nicely with others . In teenage , she made a huge group including her friends for dance activities . They took part in dance competitions and became the most famous dance group of India . One day at a dance competition , Nancy's team copied all the steps of their opponents .

They became cheaters in front of people's eyes , but , they didn't give up . They started practicing more harder and went to the competition , going to be held in Suncity , South Africa . They went there and had a great fun , afterwards they went to their suites . They all slept cause of tiredness . Next day they went to the practice room and started preparing steps for their dance . After 2 days , the day came , the day of Auditions but they qualified the round .

Then there wrer three rounds more , no.1 – Qualification round , no.2- Grand Finale , no.3 and the finalist , you know , its Finale !!! There was time in the next round . At the time of practice , next round's front dancer ..... Nancy's best friend Tina fell down . Nancy went in tension , she took Tina to a hospital , Tina's injury was not very serious . Tina didn't left her will . She danced in the qualification round . Like they passed the Grand Finale also . Now the times' for finale .

The next group in Finale was our Indian team . They went nervously on the stage and danced very hopefully but at the moment they were doing their last and the most impressive step , Nancy's friend Syra left her balance and whole step spoiled but Syra said that she want to do it again .... instead of spoiling their self respect its better to dance and gain something . One by one whole team joined Syra and did the move again. They did not get a chance to win the championship and they get a lot of respect . Atlast , Nancy became like her Grandma .

Srishti Daga
VI D

Ramu’s Greedy Son

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once there lived a poor farmer in a village named ramu . His father left him with a small piece of land . He always worked very hard to till the land . But no crops grew out of it. One day , in a hot afternoon , he was sitting in the shade of a mango tree . just then , a mustard and black stripped snake came out of a hole . He was about to kill that snake , suddenly , he noticed the mark on its hood and thought “oh ! This snake seems to be a divine snake . Maybe this farmland will be cropped if I worship snake god .”

He immediately rushed to the home and came back with a bowl of milk .He kept the bowl in front of the snake and shook his head before it .Next morning, he again went to that place to collect the empty bowl . He was surprised to see the gold coin inside the bowl .He shook his head before the snake and said “thank you god for blessing me this way.” He again kept a milk-filled bowl near the hole and next morning he again found a gold coin inside the bowl .This happened everyday and soon he became very rich .He bought a new house, clothes and jewelries. Many servants worked for him .But he never forgot to keep a milk-filled bowl near the hole. After two – three years, he had to left the village to visit a relative.

He called his son named haridutta and said “son every night, you have to keep a milk-filled bowl near the hole in our farmland. And whatever you found in that empty bowl you have to keep it safely till I return.” Yes father, I will do as you say.” The obedient son replied. Ramu left the village. His son did the same as he said. Next morning, he visit that place to collect the empty bowl and he found a gold coin inside. He muttered himself that “this is the secret of my father sudden wealth.”

He kept the coin safely. He again does the same. He again found a gold coin. He thought “this snake is must be having some treasure inside. I will dig it out.” He picked up stout stick and tried to kill the snake. The snake ran away. He tried to make the hole broader to take out the treasure. The snake came back and bit him at many places. He cried out for the help. Some farmers heard his cries but at the time they reach, his body was turned blue. He took his last breath and then, died. When his father returned, he was shocked because of two things. First his son died and the source of his daily gold coins the divine snake never came back.

Priya Gupta,
VI-E

“Child’s Right to Education

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Professor: Their hardships, their struggle. No, I will not sentimentalize this. I will be different. Let me have three-four children working as cobbler, tea-stall vendor, and laborer in a factory. Suppose they come and sleep in the same place at the end of the day. Let me try to imagine what they must be talking about…it’s difficult when both the partners work. Who will look after the house? Moreover, who will look after our two-year old daughter? This girl was working in our house for so long. Suddenly her parents took her away. Someone else was offering them more. Even we were paying her around Rs.500/- every month. And all the food she guzzled on. These people are so selfish. They are so ungrateful. My elder daughter comes back from school at three o’clock when none of us are at home. At least this girl used to give her food and play with her until we got back home from work. Now, I have to look for another girl. My wife doesn’t want a grown up woman. She feels the house isn’t safe because they bring in all kinds of people when we are not home…I have got to finish the script today itself. We will rehearse over next two days. Idea! What about having this little boy sell channa outside the school gate during Tiffin hours? He must be wondering how these kids earn their livelihood when they spend almost the whole day in school…Let me have some coffee. I will ask mali to get me some. Ramu, Ramu…

Ramu: Aaya, babu.

Professor: Ramu, get me some coffee.

Ramu: Ji, babu.

Professor: Arre, Ramu, you have a daughter. How old is she?

Ramu: Babu, she is just eight. She is going to school. Kyun babu?

Professor: School! What’s she going to school for? Bring her here. You know the girl who was working in my house left. I need somebody to look after my two year old daughter. Moreover, your daughter can play with my elder one when she comes back from school. She will get good food. She can sleep in the kitchen.

Ramu: Lekin babu?

Professor: Now, don’t irritate me. Bring your daughter tomorrow. Get me some coffee.

Ramu: Ji, babu.

Professor It will surely appeal if I can capture the thoughts of this little kid selling channa outside the school-gate. He must also be longing to go to school and see what happens inside those rooms.

Vansh Maheshwari

VI- D

Hastinapur

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Hastinapur (Hindi: हस्‍तिनापुर, Sanskrit: हस्‍तिनापुरम् Hastināpuram) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Meerut district in the Indianstate of Uttar Pradesh.

History

Hastinapur was the capital of the Kuru dynasty of kings. All incidents in the epic Mahabharatahave taken place in the city of Hastinapur. The birth of the Mahabharata villains, the 100 Kauravas, happened here, by their mother, Queen Gandhari, wife of King Dhritarashtra.

The first reference to Hastinapur in Puranas comes as the capital of Emperor Bharata. SamratSamprati, the grandson of the emperor Asoka, built many temples here during his empire. The ancient temple and stupas are not present today. Excavation at Hastinapur was carried out in the early 1950s by B.B. Lal, Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. Although the main aim of this excavation, mentioned by Lal himself, was to find out the stratigraphic position ofPainted Grey Ware with reference to other known ceramic industries of the early historical period, Lal also ended up making correlations between the text of the Mahabharata and the material remains that he uncovered at Hastinapur. This exercise led him to historicize some of the traditions mentioned in the text, as well as link the appearance of the Painted Grey Ware with the arrival of the Aryans in upperGanges basin areas. Though Pre history of Hastinapur is not clear as full scale excavation could not be undertaken in inhabited area. In the medieval era, Hastinapur was attacked by Mughal ruler Babur when invading Hindustan. During British India, Hastinapur was ruled by the Gujjar Raja Nain Singh Nagar. He built many temples in and around Hastinapur.
Places of interest.

Located on the banks of old ravine of Ganges, Hastinapur is considered one of the holiest place on earth by Jains. It is believed to be the birthplace of three Jain Tirthankaras. There are many ancient Jain temples in Hastinapur. Shri Digamber Jain Mandir, Jambudweep, Kailash Parvat, Shwetambar Jain Temple are the main and famous temples in Hastinapur. Apart from Jain temples, Pandeshwar temple, Historical Gurdwara and Hastinapur Sanctuary are worth being seen.

Temples and Monuments

Located in the ruins of the old city of Hastinapur, Old Pandeshwar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. A statue of Goddess Kali and many Hindu Ashrams are also present on hillock of ruins. Karna temple situated nearby lies on the bank of old ravine of Ganges. The Shivlinginside Karna temple is said to be established by Karna, one of the central figure in the epic of Mahabharata.
Bhai Dharam Singh Gurdwara.

It is a small Gurdwara located in a village Saifpur, some 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away from Hastinapur. Bhai Dharam Singh (1666–1708) was one of the Panj Pyare (Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਪਿਆਰੇ) or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of Khalsa. He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram of the village Saifpur.

Ananya Bhatnagar

Class- VI-E

3-D SHAPES

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3-d shapes are fat, not flat.

A Cone is like a party hat.

A Sphere is like a bouncy ball.

A Prism is like a building tall.

A Cylinder is like a soda pop.

Cubes are like the dice you drop.

3-D shapes are here and there.

3-D shapes are everywhere.

Ronit Gaba
VI C

POEMS

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MOTHER'S ROSES

A red rose
A white rose
A red rose
A white rose
A red rose
A white rose
That's all!

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GOD

God is very great and strong
He listens to us all day long
And teaches us to do what's right
But nobody knows what He does at night.

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PAPA

Papa also is strong and tall
And when I hear his step in the hall
I hide in the curtain - I know what he'll say!
'Where is my little Miss Mousie today?'
Then I come prancing out just like a mouse
And he takes me and hugs me all over the house
I give him six kisses, or seven, or ten
And tell him I'm going to marry him When.

THE PARK

The park is very great and green
And full of many things unseen
Swings that come swinging and knock off your head
Germs in the fountain that kill you quite dead
And lots of wild children who like to throw sand
And sometimes there's even a musical band!

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THE WEDDING DOLL

The Wedding Doll is very grand
She has her own white wedding stand
And stands very straight in the dining hall
In her dress and her veil and her gloves and all.
But though she's been standing there summer and fall
The bridegroom seems never to turn up at all
And sometimes I wonder - What sort of life?
Always the wedding but never the wife.

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MY BEST FRIEND'S MOTHER

My best friend's mother is very strict
And when I come over to play
I know she's going to send us out
On even the coldest day.
She never once gave us cookies or cake
She says that it makes such a mess
And she had a fit when my friend spilled coke
All over her second-best dress.
My friend's not allowed to wear jewelry or lace
Her mother says it's not proper,
The time we wore lipstick and powdered our face
She screamed and nobody could stop 'er.
If she were my mother I'd run away fast
I'd sail away over the water,
From China I'd send her a postcard at last -
'With love, from your runaway daughter!'

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NOT ME

I wouldn't like to be a nun
They never seem to have much fun
But always go to church or school
And wear black dresses as a rule.

Arpan Chatterjee

VI E

INFORMATIVE INFORMATION

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International Yoga Day, June 21, was declared as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 2014.
Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline that originated in India. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UN Address suggested the date to be June 21 as the International Day of Yoga.
Lord Shiva, the first yoga practitioner (Adi Yogi) is said to have begun imparting the knowledge of yoga to the rest of mankind.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to UN General Assembly on September 27, 2014 stated:
"Yoga is an invaluable gift of India's ancient tradition. This tradition is 5000 years old. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day."

—Narendra Modi, UN General Assembly
The first international day of Yoga was observed world over on June 21, 2015. About 35985 people, including Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and a large number of dignitaries from 84 nations, performed 21 Yoga asanas(postures) for 35 minutes at Rajpath in New Delhi.
About yoga:
What is yoga?

A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation.
What are the benefits of yoga?

1.All-round fitness 2. weight loss
3. Stress relief
4. Inner peace
5. Improved immunity
6. Living with greater awareness 7. Better relationship
8. Increased energy
9. Better flexibility &Posture 10.Better intuition

JANESHA DUA
VI D

MY CRAZY MORNING

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When my clock struck six,
It whirred and danced
For my head to fix,
The sunshine glanced.

I opened my eyes,
I was very - very sleepy
Oh I said seeing the skies,
The morning is so creepy.

I headed to the bathroom,
To brush first
But I think I can’t reach my classroom,
As the tube burst.
I wanted a bath,
But on the watery path
As I tripped,
Till the door I slipped.

To eat my food,
I was nearly in a dead mood
But when my mother wanted me to be fed,
I broke my head.

When I reached the school gate,
I was nearly late
It was not a jolly day,
When I reached the class it was a holiday.

Apoorva Chaudhary
VI B

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HEART

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One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley.

A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen.

The young man was was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared appeared in front of the crowd and said,"Why is your heart not nearly as beautiful as mine?"
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly...but full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in...but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges.
In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing . The people wondered..how could he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought.

The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed.

"You must be joking,"he said. "Compare your heart with mine...mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes,"said the old man," Yours is perfect looking...but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love....I tear out a piece out a piece of my heart and give it to them...and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart...but the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared.

Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away...and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart heart to me. These are the empty gouges...giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too...and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands.

The old man took his offering, placed it in his heartand heart and then took a piece of from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fitted but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.

The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.

Himangi Mishra
VI - E

INTELLIGENT DAUGHTER

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Once upon a time in a small village, there was no sign of the rain in that village .Al the crops were destroying and the condition was getting worst by each passing day .In this all, a farmer borrowed huge sum of money from the big family to improve his agriculture but the nature could not turn up in his way and at lost all the money that he owed. Now he was in huge debt and he had nothing to give to the money lender .

The farmer had a beautiful daughter and the moneylender who was ugly ,and he wanted to marry farmer’s daughter. Farmer had nothing but to accept his proposal. The moneylender told that he would put two pebble------one black and white in a bag . And the girl had to pick one from them .If she picked the black pebble then she had to marry him and her father’s debt would be forgiven and if she picked the white pebble, then she need not to marry and still the debt would be forgiven . But if she refused to pick any, her father would be thrown inside the bars. As per decision the moneylender bend to pick two pebbles, the sharp eyed girl noticed that he had picked two black pebble . There was no white pebble in the bag . The girl had an idea , she picked a pebble and dropped it on the road .
She cunningly said if you look into the bag for the left pebble then you will be able to decide which she picked. Since the left one in the bag was black pebble, then obviously she picked the white pebble and the moneylender had to forgive the debt. Also he could not tell the truth because it would reflect his dishonesty . In this way all debt of farmer was forgiven.

So we can say that it is not how intelligent you are , but you have to think different in different situation

Vansh Goel
VI B

MOTHERS

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For me everyday is a special day,

& everyday I want to wish my mother,

''Happy Mother`s Day''

Mothers are like marvelous creatures,
God has given her some brilliant features.

She is like a helping angel,
She is like a help in danger.

She is our only idol,
She is also our role model.

And being a child,
I can say with pride.

Since we are growing in our mother`s shade,
No one can make us afraid.

Diya Goyal
VI D

The Curious Monkey

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One day a carpenter was sawing a large log to divide it into two parts. A monkey sitting in a tree was watching him. The carpenter stopped his work at lunch time. Only half of portion of the log was cut by then. So he pushed a wedge into the split and then went for lunch.

After the carpenter had gone, the monkey jumped down from the tree. He went round the log and observed it for some time. He stopped at the wedge and looked at it curiously. His curiosity mounted. So he sat down on the log keeping it between his two legs. His long tail was dangling down through the wide split. He handled the wedge out of curiosity. Suddenly he pulled out the wedge. As soon as the wedge was removed, the split parts of the log stuck together with a snap and caught the monkey’s tail.

The monkey gave out a loud cry with pain and jumped off. His tail was gone for ever.

MORAL : LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. IT CAN BE RISKY TO HANDLE AN UNKNOWN OBJECT.

Muskaan Kural
Class VI D

POEM

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When I ask my Mum:"What's for tea?"
She smiles and says,"Wait and see!"

When I ask my Dad what good things he's done,
He smiles and says,"In a minute, son."

When I ask my grandmother if I can watch television,
"I'll think about it, "she says to me.
When I ask my grandfather about good old days,
"Now you are asking," he smiles and says.

If I answer the question my teacher ask me,
With "In a minute"or " Wait and see"
I know just what the result would be!

From - Megha Singh
Class VI A

AWARD WINNING BOOKS AND AUTHORS ( IN THE SPOT LIGHT) - CLASS IV

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Geronimo Stilton, writer

Born in New Mouse City, Mouse Island, Geronimo Stilton is Rattus Emeritus of Mousomorphic Literature and of Neo-Ratonic Comparative Philosophy. He is the director ofThe Rodent’s Gazette, New Mouse City’s most widely read daily newspaper. Stilton was awarded the Ratitzer Prize for his scoops on The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid and The Search for Sunken Treasure. He has also received the Anderson 2001 Prize for Personality of the Year. One of his bestsellers won the 2002 eBook Award for world’s best ratling electronic book. In 2006 he won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award and in 2008 he won the Cartoomics prize “Beyond Comics.” His works have been published all over the globe. In his spare time, Mr. Stilton collects antique cheese rinds. But what he most enjoys is writing books where he tells his famouse adventures!

AWARDS- Ratitzer Prize for his scoops on The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid and The Search for Sunken Treasure. He has also received the Anderson 2001 Prize for Personality of the Year.

Some Books by Geronimo Stilton-

1: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (February 2004)
2: The Temple of the Ruby of Fire (December 2004)
3: The Mummy with No Name (August 2006)
4: The Mysterious Cheese Thief (August 2007)
5: Valley of the Giant Skeletons (January 2008)
6: Geronimo and the Gold Medal Mystery (April 2008)
7: Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent (July 2008)
8: A Very Merry Christmas (October 2008)
9: A Fabumouse School Adventure (July 2009)
10: Singing Sensation (October 2009)
11: The Karate Mouse (January 2010)
12: Save the White Whale! (April 2011)
13: The Haunted Castle (July 2011)
14: Run for the Hills, Geronimo! (October 2011)
15: The Mystery in Venice (January 2012)
16: Get Into Gear, Stilton! (July 2013)

Aman Swarn

Class IV A

Name of the Book : Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Author : Kate Di Camillo, K. G. Campbell (Illustrator)
Award :Newbery Medal Award
Year: 2014

About the Book-It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry—and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format—a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell.
,
Ishaan Mathur
Class : IV B
&
Yuvika Jain
IV D

J.K. Rowling (Writer of Harry Potter) has received many honours and awards, including:

Author of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award, British Book Awards, 1999 and 2008
Booksellers Association Author of the Year, 1998 and 1999
Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2001
WH Smith Fiction Award, 2004
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, Spain, 2003
Blue Peter Gold Badge, 2007
Commencement speaker, Harvard University, USA, 2008
The Edinburgh Award, 2008
James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2008
South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur: France, 2009
Hans Christian Andersen Award, Denmark, 2010

Yatharth Sachdeva
Class IV C
&

Niharika Jain
Class IV D

Name of the Book	Author	Award	Year
Tree of Smoke	Denis Johnson	National Book Award for Fiction	2007
Head off & Split	Nikky Finney	National Book Award for Poetry	2011

Radhika Aggarwal

Class IV C

Name of the Book - TOM RIVER- A Story of Science and Salvation
Author - Dan Fagin
Award - Pulitzer Prize for General Non Fiction
Year - 2014
About the Book - The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Tom River melds hard hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story and a new classic of science reporting.

Hariyank
Class IV C

Name of the Book	Author	Award	Year	Abstract
The God of Small Things	Arundhati Roy	Booker Prize	1997	It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much

Aditya Pundir

Class IV C

Drishty Jain

Class IV D

Name of the Book- Smile

Author - Raina Telgemeir

Award - Young Reader's Choice Award

Year - 2013

About the Book - It is a story about a girl who has injuring her two front teeth frustrating journey, of again braces surgery and it is a specially story based on dental drama.

Arshita Jain

Class IV C

Name of the Book- The Inheritance of Loss

Author - Kiran Dasai

Award - Man Booker Prize

Year - 2006

About the Book - The book follows the journey of Biju, an illegal immigrant in the US who is trying to make a new life, and Sai an Anglicised Indian girl living with her grandfather in India.

Manav Gupta

Class IV C

Name of the Book- Life of Pi

Author- Yann Martel

Award- Booker Prize

Year - 2002

Nimit Jain

Class IV D

Name of the Book- The Man with the Golden Arm

Author - Nelson Algren

Award - National Book Award for Fiction

Year - 1950

About the Book - A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems.The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg wrote of its "strange midnight dignity." A literary tour de force, here is a novel unlike any other, one in which drug addiction, poverty, and human failure somehow suggest a defense of human dignity and a reason for hope.

Abhinav Katiyar

Class IV D

Avishka

Class IV D

Name of the Book - The Goldfish

Author - Donna Tartt

Award - Pulitzer Prize

Year - 2014

About the Book - Theo Decker, miraculously survives an explosion that takes the life of his mother. Alone and determined to avoid being taken in by the city as an orphan, Theo scrambles between nights in friends' apartments and on the city streets. He becomes entranced by the one thing that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that soon draws Theo into the art underworld.

Janika Shankar

Class IV D

Name of the Book- Ordinary Grace

Author - William Kent Krueger

Award - Edgar Award

Year - 1954

Yash Pandey

Class IV D

Name of the Book- Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra

Author's Name - Ruskin Bond

Award - Sahitya Akademi Award

Year - 1992

About the Book - It is a collection of short stories by Ruskin Bond each story is very closely interlinked with the other. In this book Ruskin traces his life from childhood through teenage to adulthood.

Jiya Vohra

Class IV D

AWARD WINNING BOOKS AND AUTHORS (ISA ACTIVITY) - CLASS V

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Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely for the English Gitanjali.

Name of the Book- Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি)
Author - Rabindranath Tagore
Award - Nobel Prize
Year - 1913
About the Book- is a collection of poems by the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. The original Bengali collection of 157 poems was published on August 14, 1910. The English Gitanjali or Song Offerings is a collection of 103 English poems of Tagore's own English translations of his Bengali poems first published in November 1912 by the India Society of London. It contained translations of 53 poems from the original Bengali Gitanjali.

Luv Mehta
Class V A

Name of the Book- Midnight's Children
Author - Salman Rushdie
Award - Man Booker Prize
Year - 1981
About the Book - Midnight's Children deals with India's transition from British
colonialism to independenceand the partition of British India. It is considered an example of postcolonial literature and magical realism. The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events as with historical fiction.

Rachit
Class V A

Name of the Book- The Round House

Author - Louise Erdrich
Award - National Award for Fiction
Year - 2012
About the Book - The Round House is a political novel

Madhav Kwatra
Class V A

Name of the Book- The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party
Author - M. T. Anderson
Award - National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Year - 2006
About the Book - The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party is an American historical novel for young adults.

Ragav Kwatra
Class V A

Title of the book: The God of Small Things
Author: Arundhati Roy
Year of prize: 1997
Name of prize: ManBooker Prize

About the Book: It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are
destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." The book is a description of how the small things in life affect people's behaviour and their lives.

Parth Suri
Class V B
&
Aditya Sarit
Class V C

Name of the Book- Redshirts
Author - John Scalzi
Award - Hogo Award for Best Novel
Prize - 2013
About the Book - Redshirts is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi. The book was published by Tor Books in June 2012. The audiobook of the novel is narrated by Wil Wheaton.

Ishan Sinha
Class V B

Name of the Book- Locomotive
Author - Brian Floca
Award - The Radoiph Caldecott Medal
Year - 2014
About the Book - Locomative is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America's early rail roads from the creator of the Moonshot.

Anushka Prakash
Class V B

Name of the Book- The Luminaries
Author - Eleanor Catton
Award - Man Booker Prize
Year - 2013
About the Book - From the acclaimed author of The Rehearsal comes a novel about a young woman on trial for murder in nineteenth-century New Zealand.

Srishti Aggarwal
Class V B
&

Kritika
Class V C

Name of the Book- The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
Author - George Packer
Award - National Book Award
Year - 2013
About the Book - This is a Historical Book.

Saharsh
Class V C

Name of the Book- The Flick
Author - Annie Baker
Award - Pultizer Prize
Year - 2014
About the Book - "Funny, heartbreaking, sly, and unblinking. . . . The Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity, and profound uniqueness, of theater.

Kritika
Class V C

&

Vanshika Srivastava
Class V C

Name of the Book - Renato the Painter
Author - Eugene Mirabelli
Award - Independent Publisher Book Award for Fiction
Year - 2013
About the Book - Renato Stillamare may be the best painter of his generation at least, he doesn t know anyone better but his canvasses aren t in demand, and haven t been since his last show at a Newbury Street gallery twenty-five years ago. Now 70, and retired from teaching at Copley College of Art, Renato s retreated to his Boston studio where he is defiantly painting, painting, painting, determined to be rediscovered.

Aakriti Berry
Class V C

Name of the Book- Midwinter Blood
Author - Marcus Sedgwick
Award - Michael L. Printz Award
Year -2014
About the Book - Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined?this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice.

Himanshi Kaushal
Class V C

Name of The Book- May We Be Forgiven
Author - A.M. Homes
Award - Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Year - 2013
About the Book - It is a darkly comic novel by twenty first century domestic life and the possibility of personal transformation.

Ayush Bhatia
Class V C

Name of the Book	Author	Award	Year
Smile	Raina Telgemeir	Young Reader's Choice Award	2013
The Luminaries	Eleanor Catton	Man Booker Prize	2013

Asmitaa Dimri

Class V-D

Name of the Book- The Inheritance of Loss

Author - Kiran Dasai

Award - Man Booker Prize

Year - 2006

About the Book - The book follows the journey of Biju, an illegal immigrant in the US who is trying to make a new life, and Sai an Anglicised Indian girl living with her grandfather in India.

Aditya Sarit
Class V C

Name of the Book- Atonement

Author -Ian McEwan
Award -National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Year - 2002
About the Book -On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge.

Tanishiq Sethi
Class V D

Name of the Book- Life of Pi

Author- Yann Martel

Award- Booker Prize

Year - 2002

About the Book- Pi Patel, a God-loving boy and the son of a zookeeper, had a fervent love of stories and practices not only within his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family and their zoo animals emigrate from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship. Alas, the ship sinks--and Pi finds himself in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi. Can Pi and the tiger find their way to land? Can Pi's fear, knowledge, and cunning keep him alive until they do?

Kashmi Hora
Class V D

Name of the Book- The White Tiger
Author - Arvind Adiga
Award - Man Booker Prize
Year -2008
About The Book - The novel provides a darkly humorous perspective of India’s class struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from Balram Halwai, a village boy.

Dhruv Gupta
Class V D

Name of the Book - The moon and the sun
Author - Vonda N. Mclntyre
Year - 1998
Award - Nebula prize for best novel
About the Book - In this breathtaking tale-- part adventure story, part legend, and part Gothic novel-- what Publishers Weekly calls "a marvelous alternative history fable".

Ishika Saxena
Class V E

Name of the Book - The Goldfish

Author - Donna Tartt

Award - Pulitzer Prize

Year - 2014

Dakshav Yadav
Class V E
&
Vanshika Srivastava
Class V C

Name of the Book- The Invisible Man
Author - Ralph Ellison
Award -National Book award for Fiction
Year - 1953
About the Book - The Invisible Man is the story of a weird scientist who s forced in the hell he created for himself through his experiments.

Manya Singh

Class V E

Name of the Book- Smile

Author - Raina Telgemeir

Award - Young Reader's Choice Award

Year - 2013

About the Book - It is a story about a girl who has injuring her two front teeth frustrating journey, of again braces surgery and it is a specially story based on dental drama.

Vidhi Jain
Class V E

International Children's Book Day

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International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), an international non-profit organization. Founded in 1967, the day is observed on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, April 2. Activities include writing competitions, announcements of book awards and events with authors of children's literature.

Each year a different National Section of IBBY has the opportunity to be the international sponsor of ICBD. It decides upon a theme and invites a prominent author from the host country to write a message to the children of the world and a well-known illustrator to design a poster. These materials are used in different ways to promote books and reading. Many IBBY Sections promote ICBD through the media and organize activities in schools and public libraries. Often ICBD is linked to celebrations around children's books and other special events that may include encounters with authors and illustrators, writing competitions or announcements of book awards.

TODAY is International Children’s Book Day, which has been celebrated each year on April 2 since 1967.

Top 10 facts about children's books

1. The date of April 2 was chosen as it was the date of birth, in 1805, of Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and many other children’s favourites.

2. Hans Andersen once visited Charles Dickens and stayed for five weeks, much to the distress of Dickens’ family.

3. In 1903 Beatrix Potter designed and patented a Peter Rabbit doll – making Peter Rabbit the world’s oldest licensed character.

4. In 1910, she patented Jemima Puddle-Duck.

In 1903 Beatrix Potter designed and patented a Peter Rabbit doll – making Peter Rabbit the world’s oldest licensed character

5. Grimm’s Fairy Tales were not originally written for children but were folk tales for adults.

6. The brothers Grimm removed a number of bad scenes but increased the violence when bringing out an edition for children.

7. JM Barrie gave the rights to Peter Pan to the Great Ormond Street children’s hospital.

8. The first children’s book published in English was Caxton’s edition of Aesop’s Fables in 1484.

9. Alice In Wonderland was banned in Hunan, China, in 1931 because portraying animals as using a human language is an insult to the human race.

10. Dr Seuss’s book, Green Eggs And Ham, uses only 50 different words.

Source: Panorama.am

होली की बोली..........

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मैं हूँ होली,

कहिये मेरे संग रंगों की बोली.

प्राकृतिक रंग करो इस्तमाल,

वर्ना हो जाएगा बुरा हाल.

पानी का करो कम यूज़,

हालत हो जाएगी वर्ना लूज़.

खुशियों का त्योहार हूँ मैं,

इसमें ग्रीज़ और पक्के रंगों का काम क्या हैं??

अन्विता भटिआ

छठी-अ

बाल भारती पब्लिक स्कूल, ग़ाज़ियाबाद

GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD

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THE BEST OF EXTRA ORDINARY RECORDS

The longest distance keeping a table lifted with the teeth is 11.80 m (38 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Georges Christen (Luxembourg) who ran this distance holding a 12 kg (26 lb 7 oz) heavy table with a person weighing 50 kg (110 lb 3 oz) sitting on it, on the set of 'Lo show dei record', in Madrid, Spain.

The longest fingernails belonged to Lee Redmond (USA), who started to grow them in 1979 and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 8.65 m (28 ft 4.5 in) as measured on the set of Lo show dei record in Madrid, Spain.

The fastest time to burst three balloons with the back is 12 seconds, set by Julia Gunthel, aka 'Zlata' (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grossten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany.

The heaviest object sword-swallowed is a Dewalt D25980 demolition hammer weighing 38kg (83lb 12 oz). Thomas Blackthorne (UK) swallowed the 24mm (.94 inch) thick drill bit, then held the full weight of the hammer and bit for over 3 seconds, on the set of "Guinness World Records - Die Größten Weltrekorde", in Cologne, Germany.The hammer was switched on.

The record for the longest distance walking over hot plates is 22.90 m (75 ft 1 in) and was achieved by Rolf Iven (Germany) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy.

The longest fingernails on a pair of male hands belonged to Melvin Boothe (USA) whose nails had a combined length of 9.85 m (32 ft 3.8 in), when measured in Troy, Michigan, USA.

THE BEST OF SIZE RECORDS

Chad Fell (USA) blew a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in) without using his hands at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA.

The largest egg on record weighed 2.589 kg (5 lb 11.36 oz) and was laid by an ostrich (Struthio camelus) at a farm owned by Kerstin and Gunnar Sahlin (Sweden) in Borlänge, Sweden.

The largest horn circumference on a steer measured 95.25 cm (37.5 in)

The largest playing card structure was a replica of The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza® Macao and Sands Macao. It measured 10.39 m (34 ft 1.05 in) long, 2.88 m (9 ft 5.39 in) tall and 3.54 m (11 ft 7.37 in) wide, and was created by Bryan Berg (USA) in Macau, China.

The largest hiking boot measures 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) long, 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) tall and was made by Schuh Marke (Germany). It was presented in Hauenstein, Germany.

The highest height a human was catapulted using a reverse bungee system is 54.25 m (178 ft) and was achieved by Ben Shephard (UK) on the set of Guinness World Records - Smashed, in London, UK.

THE BEST OF DEDICATION RECORDS

Charlotte Lee (USA) has 5,631 different rubber ducks, which she has been collecting since 1996.

Kevin Fast (Canada) pulled a CC-177 Globemaster III, weighing 188.83 tonnes (416,299 lb), a distance of 8.8 m (28 ft 10.46 in) at Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada

The greatest distance travelled with a pool cue on the chin is 1,668 m (5,472 ft 9 in) set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Joe Austin Playground in Jamaica, New York, USA

Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, USA, created the largest ball of cling film, which measured 351 cm (138 in) in circumference and weighed 127.7 kg (281 lb 8 oz).

The highest bunny hop on a bicycle is 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Benito Ros (Spain) at the 2009 "bike the rock" festival, Heubach, Germany.

The only male gurner to win the world title an amazing 12 times is Tommy Mattinson (UK), whose flexible face took the top prize at the annual Gurning World Championship at Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria, UK, in 1986-87 and then 10 times between 1999 and 2010.

ANVITA BHATIA

VI-A

BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL,BRIJ VIHAR,GHAZIABAD

UNKNOWN PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED FOR THE WORLD.........

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1.Ibn al-Haytham

Born in Basra, al-Haytham was a preeminent thinker of his age. He made valuable contributions in maths, anatomy, astronomy, engineering, medicine, philosophy, physics, and he also introduced a scientific methodology of experimentation and observation. Most important was his work on optics, and his text, The Book of Optics is regarded as being responsible for a revolution in the study of optics and visual perception. His was the first description of acamera obscura (dark chamber), and he also laid foundations for the development of the microscope, the telescope and establishing optical principles of Renaissance art.

2.Tim Berners-Lee

If it weren't for Tim Berners-Lee, you would not be able to read this article. He is the man responsible for the introduction of the World Wide Web, having developed it as a communication utility while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. Remarkably, he refused to patent his invention, giving it as a gift to the world instead. The internet has since revolutionized the way people communicate, as well as their ability to acquire information and the speed and efficiency with which global commerce operates. His invention was a truly revolutionary moment in communication, with the potential to surpass the discoveries of Marconi and Alexander Graham-Bell.

3.Avicenna

One of the most influential of all Islamic scientists, Avicenna, like many of his peers, worked on many aspects of science including medicine, maths, logic, and geology to name but a few. He wrote almost 450 texts on a wide variety of subjects, his two most famous being The Canon of Medicine and The Book of Healing. These were used as standard university textbooks across Europe for hundreds of years. However, his influence extended farther, as he is also considered responsible for the introduction of quarantine to avoid spreading infections, as well as introducing clinical trials and systematic experimentation

4.Thomas Midgley

Thomas Midgley is a man who has made a massive contribution to the modern world. Sadly, his contribution was not a positive one. First, Midgley discovered that the addition of lead to petrol stopped the "knocking" effect incar engines. However, this also caused massive health problems globally. Subsequently, he was the man responsible for the development of CFCs, one of the most destructive compounds in our atmosphere today, and a major contributor to global warming. It has been remarked that Midgley “had a greater impact on the atmosphere than any other organism in history.” Sadly for him, but possibly good for the fate of mankind, he contracted polio, and after devising an elaborate pulley system to help him get out of bed, he inadvertently tangled himself up in the strings and strangled himself.

5.James Clerk Maxwell

Acclaimed by some as the father of modern physics, James Clerk Maxwell is a hugely influential figure in the fields of electricity, thermodynamics, photography, nuclear energy, and others. His discovery of the electromagnetic spectrum led to the development of television, radio, microwaves, as well as aiding in the development of radio and infrared telescopes. His equations on the electromagnetic field were essential for the Special Theory of Relativity, by one Albert Einstein. He also produced the first color photograph, a picture of a tartan ribbon. His work actually marked a departure from the work of another great scientist, Isaac Newton, and helped to inform the science behind many of the great technological developments of the modern era.

ANVITA BHATIA

VI-A

BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BRIJ VIHAR, GHAZIABAD