Books that spark creativity and make learning fun, hand-picked by experts from the publishing industry. Explore new recommendations added every month.

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UP TO 2 YEARS
3 TO 4 YEARS
5 TO 8 YEARS
9 TO 11 YEARS
12 TO 16 YEARS

Up To 2 Years

Story books
Simple storybooks with bright illustrations & quircky characters to delight your child's imagination
Play books

3 to 5 Years

Numbers, counting & shapes
Faraway kingdoms, talking animals & magical creatures. Stories to get your little one reading early. READ MORE
Play books
Books that teach letters, sounds and their relationships to help your child learn how to read
Story books
Alphabets, reading & phonics
Plants, animals & the Human Body & mind
Bright, colourful books to occupy your child's mind and help them learn and engage
Faraway kingdoms, talking animals & magical creatures.

6 to 8 Years

Story books
Books that build vocabulary and make children into effective speakers from an early age
Learning Math
Quirky books that make math fun
Learning Science
Raeding and Writing

9 to 12 Years

Reading & writing
Books that teach scientific concepts in a fun, easy to understand manner help build curiosity in children
Learning Math
Fiction
Learning Science
Books that help sharpen mathematical abilities in children and make math meaningful and relevant in the short and long term.

13 to 16 Years

Learning Science
Science based education outside the curriculum helps encourage curiosity and scientific thinking in adolescents.
Learning Math
Books that hel adolscents develop a comfort with math prepares them for long term professional and academic success.
Fiction
Characters and stories that adolscents can identify with help build empathy and make lifelong readers.

Essays & Interviews

Between the Covers-Bed Time Stories:Books
Give Kids the Gift of Science Fiction : Books
YA fiction in India : Books
Sex education books for tweens & teens

Book Reviews

Ayesha and the Fire Fish

Ayesha and the Fire Fish
Dhanak: Rainbow

Dhanak: Rainbow
I’d Rather Read: Your Favourite Authors on their Favourite Books

I'd Rather Read
Gone Grandmother

Gone Grandmother

ABOUT CHILDREN’S BOOKSHELF

Discover our hand-selected picks of the best books for kids of all ages at the Children’s Bookshelf. Each month, Amazon.in’s editorial team reads and reviews scores of books for kids of all ages in search of the best books. We have selected the top books in popular categories that we think will resonate the most with our young readers. In addition to the books for leisure reading, we have also compiled a list of the finest non-fiction books in subjects such as science, math, behavior, social science and reading and writing. These essential books geared towards skill building will aid in your child’s cognitive development.
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