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TEN LITTLE FINGERS
Ideas and Activities in Science
Arvind Gupta
Illustrations: Avinash Deshpande

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.