In the book, Leela, the young naturalist, comes back home from school one day and expects her mother to open the door for her. But a leopard welcomes her, serves her some hot tea and tells her how her house was once its home too. Will Leela be able to understand grown-up matters of forest land encroachment? The book nudges children to  find out details about the plight of urban wildlife. The colourful illustrations by Urvashi Dubey beautify the charming honesty of this story.  Despite it being a conscious read for children above four years, this writer was hoping the book would offer a hint of a pragmatic resolution towards the end.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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The Plant Whisperer (Pratham Books)

Young Jaishree loves being in the company of plants. She decides to spend her life studying plants. The biography of ecologist Dr Jaishree Subrahmaniam, this book tells a story of passion and gumption. 
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Words for Birds (Black Kite/Hachette)

The book is a collection of ornithologist Salim Ali’s radio talks. The 35 talks that comprise this book were broadcast between 1941 and 1985, and show Ali’s skill as an avian expert. 
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Cost: Rs 463

Ternata (Dattsons)

This book documents a layman’s attempts to understand the city’s flora during his visits to SGNP. The name of the book follows the discovery of tri-foliate leaves with variations; in Latin, Ternata means ‘in threes’.
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Cost: Rs 4,000