Ancient America: Green Lessons From the Past

by Benita Sen, Yatindra Kumar (Illustrator), Rupak Ghosh (Editor)

Explore Green Customs of ancient civilizations with titles perfect for struggling readers.

27 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2010

About the author

A journalist and children's author, Benita Sen has written dozens of books -- fiction and non-fiction -- for children and young people. These have been published by Children's Book Trust, Pratham, Rupa & Co, Scholastic and Teri Press among others. She has been invited by the Department of Communal Harmony, Government of India, to contribute to a compilation. Her stories for children have also appeared in Women's Era, Chatterbox, Target, Amrita Bazar Patrika and Reader's Bulletin. A crafts book on reusing waste material has been published by Scholastic. Two of her stories -- Yakity Yak and It's Fair to Share -- have been published by Oxford University Press in Mulberry English Coursebook 3 and 5 respectively. Yakity Yak was selected by an independent body of authors for the 5th Nami Island International Children's Book Festival in Korea.
Sen lives in India.