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Title: The Sound of Water Grade - 4th Genre - Picture Book Theme - Animal Love Author - Shalini Srinivasan  Illustrator - Debasmita Dasgupta Publisher, Year : Pratham Books, 2020 Biography of the author  Shalini Srinivasan is a comic book, book, and occasional research writer. She specializes in writing friction for her children. Her most recent work is the Manasa series of picture books with Pratham Books.  Shalini Srinivasan enjoys nonsense, hikes, and animals. Her debut book, Vanamala, and the Cephalopod was selected for the prestigious White Ravens worldwide catalog and is a finalist for the Crossword Book Award. Synopsis The sound of water is a beautifully written story that begins with Varsha asking her father for a pond and her father telling her about the importance of valuing the resources she has. She spends the next few hours hearing some strange noises she cannot comprehend, which her father does not hear. Later she deciphers a cub struck in the well. She ...