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Cobra in My Kitchen and Other Adventures with Wildlife

By: Zai Whitaker

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Cobra in My Kitchen and Other Adventures with Wildlife

By: Zai Whitaker

ROAR! HISS! SQUEAK! NYUK-NYUK! Wildlife sure sounds fun, doesn't it? Explore the wild with Zai Whitaker, an eager adventurer raised among India's pioneering conservation heroes! Together with Romulus Whitaker, the 'Snake Man of India', Zai developed the Madras Crocodile Bank, to research and conserve crocodiles and other 'herps'. From living with cobras as to hatching sea turtles and from watching birds to stalking termites, Zai has a long and thrilling trail of escapades. Her stories, poems and real-life accounts take you from Chennai to the Western Ghats, from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Papua New Guinea, and beyond into her wildly wonderful imagination! Beautifully illustrated, Cobra in my Kitchen and Other Adventures with Wildlife introduces you to the fascinating side of wriggly snakes, jumpy frogs, lively lizards, colourful chameleons and even a tiger or two, along with many more unmissable adventures! Hop on to this sensational safari of discoveries for children and the whole family!

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170

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Hachette India Children's Books

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ISBN 10

9357319697

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9789357319690

Termite Fry

By: Zai Whitaker

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Termite Fry

By: Zai Whitaker

Thenee and Mari live in the low hills of the Eastern Ghats, a land of snakes and the hunting ground of the Irular people. Their parents and relatives make a living by catching snakes and selling the glossy skins of cobras, pythons, vipers and rat snakes. When the government suddenly bans the snake-skin trade, the Irular lose their main source of livelihood. Termite Fry tells the story of this period of great transformation through three generations of a family-Thenee and Mari, their parents Rani and Karadi, and their grandfather, a great shaman among the Irular. When the Wildlife Protection Act comes into force soon after the ban, the Irular once again become sought after because they can get special licences to gather and sell forest and animal produce such as snake venom, from which antivenom is made. While the Irular are schooled in the forest and skilled in its ways, they are no match to the various beady-eyed agents and middlemen who have always cheated them on the sale of skins and medicinal plants. Though the forces that shape her community appear to be beyond her control, Thenee is determined to find ways for her people to thrive amidst change.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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9356400369

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9789356400368

Andamans Boy

By: Zai Whitaker

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Andamans Boy

By: Zai Whitaker

Ten-year-old Arif lives with his Chacha and Chachi in Mumbai--they have been his whole life after his parents died in an accident. But it is obvious they are interested only in the money he will inherit when he turns 18. One day, he hops on to a train going to Chennai, and from there he smuggles himself on a boat going to...the Andamans!" --Page 4 of cover.

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156

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Tulika Books

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ISBN 10

8186895140

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9788186895146

Sálim Ali for Children

The Bird Man of India

By: Zai Whitaker

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Sálim Ali for Children

The Bird Man of India

By: Zai Whitaker

OF COURSE THERE WERE BIRDS IN THE BUSHES, TREES AND SKIES BEFORE SÁLIM ALI. BUT IT WAS HE WHO PUT THEM ON INDIA'S MAP FOREVER. From being a trigger-happy airgun-toting nine-year-old boy to becoming one of the foremost bird scientists in the world, Sálim Ali did not follow a straight path. Somewhere along his adventures between India, Burma and Europe, he developed such a single-minded zeal for the study of feathered creatures that he spent all his time close to them. Over the long course of researching bird life, in the days when there were no computers or internet, he wrote the first Indian field guide to birds, using just a notebook and binoculars. 'Sálim Bhai' - as he was widely known - had neither wealth nor connections in high places, but his passion for birds, a phenomenal memory and discipline made him one of the most famous ornithologists in the country and beyond. In Sálim Ali for Children, his grand-niece Zai Whitaker brings to life the inspiring story of this brilliant, quirky man who left behind an incredible legacy.

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Hachette India Children's Books

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9357311920

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9789357311922

Kali and the Rat Snake

By: Zai Whitaker

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Kali and the Rat Snake

By: Zai Whitaker

Kali's father is a snake catcher - the best in the village. Kali knows that is really something to be proud of, but at school he sometimes gets embarrassed. The other children seem to think there is something very strange about having a snake catcher for a father and eating things like fried termites for a snack. Plus, Kali is the teacher's pet. How will he ever make friends?

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Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.

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1933605103

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9781933605104

Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

By: Zai Whitaker

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Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

By: Zai Whitaker

Meet Pooch, the mongoose along with scorpions, crabs, centipedes and other insects and reptiles in the pages of this charming little book as they talk about their habits and eccentricities - in verse! Did you know that the cobra cannot hear, and 'dances' because it is following the movements of the snake charmer's flute? That the hermit crab does not have a shell of its own and has to go about looking for one that fits? And what, exactly, does the cockroach feel when you flee screaming from it? Crackling with wit, and full of fun facts, these poems by the author of the widely acclaimed "Cobra in My Kitchen", are a must read for poetry and nature lovers alike. Show More Show Less

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Penguin UK

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8184759738

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9788184759730

Scaling Up

By: Zai Whitaker

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Scaling Up

By: Zai Whitaker

Originally published as Snakeman over thirty years ago to great acclaim.

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Termite Fry

By: Zai Whitaker

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Termite Fry

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Sálim Ali for Children

The Bird Man of India

By: Zai Whitaker

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The Bird Man of India

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Hachette India Children's Books

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Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

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Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse

By: Zai Whitaker

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Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse

By: Zai Whitaker

Crackling with wit, and full of fun facts, these poems by the author of the widely acclaimed 'Cobra in my Kitchen', are a must read for poetry and nature lovers alike.

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Book's by Zai Whitaker

Cobra in My Kitchen and Other Adventures with Wildlife

Cobra in My Kitchen and Other Adventures with Wildlife

Termite Fry

Termite Fry

Andamans Boy

Andamans Boy

Sálim Ali for Children

Sálim Ali for Children

Kali and the Rat Snake

Kali and the Rat Snake

Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

Scaling Up

Scaling Up

Termite Fry

Termite Fry

Sálim Ali for Children

Sálim Ali for Children

Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

Boastful Centipede And Other Creatures

Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse

Boastful Centipede and Other Creatures in Verse

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