Book Review: Timeless Tales from Panchtantra and Hitopdesh

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 Our children need to learn and imbibe the rich culture of our Indian heritage and roots and books are the best and easiest way to do so.

Hitopdesha and Panchatantra bring up wordly wisdom, political affairs and maxims in the most entertaining and simple way for children.
'Hitopdesha' meaning beneficial advice is a compilation of fables having human and animal characters, originally in Sanskrit. These fables have been written by Narayan Pandit.
'Panchatantra' meaning Five treatises is also originally a Sanskrit text, widely translated in a variety of languages. Authored by Vishnu Sharma, these fables have mainly animal characters.

I recently got these two books by Diamond Publications for my kids. These two books are an absolute delight! They are hardbound with colourful pictures in every page. The pages are of high quality and so is the printing.
Each book contains 16 stories in English. My kids love the attractive illustration and its simple language.




The Hitopdesh contains the following stories:

1. THE HUNTER AND THE DOVES 
2. THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE 
3. THE LOYAL MONGOOSE
 4. THE BLUE JACKAL
 5. THE BRAHMIN'S GIFT
 6. THE CRANE AND THE CLEVER CRAB
 7. THE LAZY DREAMER 
8. THE MUSICAL DONKEY
 9. THE CAT'S JUDGEMENT 
10. THE CLEVER RABBIT
 11.THE THREE FISHES
 12. TIT FOR TAT 
13. THE WISE OLD BIRD 
14. THE ELEPHANTS AND THE MICE 
15. THE LION MAKERS 
16. THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE

Panchatantra:

1. THE JACKAL AND THE ARROW
 2. THE MISCHIEVOUS MONKEY
 3. THE MONKEYS AND THE BELL 
4. THE HERMIT AND THE MOUSE 
5. THE SAGE'S DAUGHTER
 6. THE FOUR FRIENDS AND THE HUNTER
 7. THE CROWS AND A SNAKE
 8. THE CLEVER RABBIT AND THE MIGHTY ELEPHANTS 
9. THE BLIND VULTURE 
10. THE INNOCENT DONKEY 
11. THE BIRDS AND THE SHIVERING MONKEYS 
12. THE FOOLISH DONKEY 
13. THE DEER, CROW AND THE WICKED JACKAL 
14. THE OLD TIGER AND THE GOLDEN BANGLE
 15. THE ELEPHANT AND THE WICKED WOLF 
16. THE ELEPHANT AND THE WICKED WOLF

You can get your copy from Amazon.

Get ready for endless hours of learning with entertainment for your kids.

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