Ten Little Fingers : Ideas & Activities in Science

Ten Little Fingers is a collation of innovative toys and science activities which the author has tried and tested in more than one thousand schools over the past twenty years. With detailed illustrations, each activity is clearly depicted. Children do not need fancy laboratories and expensive equipment for doing science activities. There is much which can be done using throwaway things found at home. Only when children use ordinary things do they realise the relevance of science in everyday life.

Arvind Gupta, graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1975, has written ten books on science activities, translated more than fifty books and presented seventy films on science activities. He has received several honours, including the first National Award for Science Popularisation amongst Children and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT, Kanpur for making science interesting for children.

Avinash Deshpande, graduated from the JJ School of Art, Mumbai, has been deeply involved with grassroots level movement.