Bookrack for the week (March 21 to March 27)

New releases of the week (March 21 to March 27)

Folktales Of Faujpur

Gaurav Bajpai

Notion Press, pp 190,
Rs 250

These eleven urban folktales have captured the hopes, dreams, and experiences of people of an imaginary town called Faujpur. This collection might give you a different perspective and inspire you to look for more interesting stories on an otherwise seemingly mundane day.

What’s Up With Me?

Tisca Chopra

Red Panda, pp 96,
Rs 350

With practical suggestions for coping with the rollercoaster that growing up is, Tisca Chopra — actor, mother, film director-producer and author — has friendly, sensible and doable ideas on everything from your changing body to pimples and periods, health and hygiene to safety and self-worth, relationships and boys to emotions.

V For Vaccine

HarperCollins India
(Editor)

Harper Children’s,
pp 32, Rs 99

What is a vaccine? How is it made? Does it hurt to get a vaccine? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this introduction to vaccination! Learn more about who invented the first vaccine, whether animals can get vaccines too, and other ways to build immunity and stay healthy.

Scare Me If You Can

Sid Kapdi

TreeShade Books,
pp 240, Rs 350

Jump on-board this thrilling rollercoaster, which promises a screamy ride with mysterious prophecies, sinister sequences and brutal revenges. Let your head spin around, as you see everything going wrong and horror becoming a reality.

Gods And Ends

Lindsay Pereira

Penguin, pp 256, Rs 599

This book takes up multiple threads of individual stories to create a larger picture of darkness beneath a seemingly placid surface. It is about intersecting lives struggling to accept change as homes turn into prisons.