Vilas. Chronicles of Hanuman

Title: The Chronicles of Hanuman
Author: Shubha Vilas
Year: 2016

Comment: This is a wonderful collection of Hanuman stories which includes the events from Valmiki's Ramayana along with other Hanuman stories and legends beyond what you will find in Valmiki.

Kindle: You can buy your own Kindle copy from Amazon for $3.50 (checked price September 2020); more about Kindles.

Length: two weeks. I've divided the reading into six parts: Part A - Part B (one week of reading), Part C - Part D (another week), and Part D - Part E (third week). Of course you don't have to read the whole book; you could zoom in and read the parts which contain stories of special interest to you.

WEEK 1:
Reading A:
The Stolen Pie
A Divine Birth
An Attempt to Abort
When Hanuman Swallowed the Sun
A Monkey's Restlessness
An Inter-Universal Flying School
A Flying Kick
The Perfectionist Beggar
A Friend's Betrayal
A Forgotten Commitment
A Trustworthy Hero
The Lost Brother
The Making of a Superhero
Reading B:
Hanuman Can Fly!
A Punching Entry
Is This Sita?
The Dead End
Mother Sita Found
What is Your Real Size?
Havoc in the Golden City
Rain in Lanka

WEEK 2:
Reading C:
Found Sita I!
When the Impossible Becomes Possible
The Great Story
A Firefighter
The Real Diamond
The Permanent Resident
Lord Rama's Pet
A Stone-Melting Musical Tale
The Liquor Lake
The Greatest Blessing
Puzzle of the Floating Stones
Mountainous Devotion
Reading D:
The Bhasmalochana Scare
Victory with Alphabets
Silencing the Kidnapper
A Crocodile Speaks
Outwitting the Sun God
The Treasure Hunt
A Delayed Flight

WEEK 3:
Reading E:
A Motherly Anguish
The Private Diaries of Lord Rama
The Red Monkey
What a Deal!
Chained to Liberate
An Enlightening Kick
The Frozen Horse
Lord Rama's Powerless Arrows
A Quarrel with Shani
The Divine Monkey Missile
Reading F:
The Bridge of Arrows
A Power-Packed Meeting
A Hairy Tale
Monkeys on a Rampage
Hanuman Temples
Hanuman Prayers

Fact Sheet: Indra

This is the Amar Chitra Katha fact sheet for Indra.

Vahanas: Airavata the elephant and Ucchaisravas (Uchchaihshravas) the horse
Spouse: Shachi
Capital City: Amaravati
Weapon: Vajra, or the thunderbolt
Guards the East Direction
The God of Rain
Born to Kashyapa and Aditi

Fact Sheet: Vayu

Another Amar Chitra Katha fact sheet: Vayu.

Born from the breath of Vishwapurusha, the Universal Being.
Also known as Pavana, the purifier.
Broke the peak of the Trikuta mountain and dropped it in the southern ocean. Legend has it that Lanka was built here.
The father of Bhima and Hanuman.
Guards the North-West direction.
Vahana: Antelope.
Acted as the arrow that Shiva used to burn down Tripura.

Fact Sheet: Agni

Here's a "fact sheet" from Amar Chitra Katha:

Agni.
Born as Jatavedas to Pururavas, according to the Bhagavata Purana.
Spouse: Swahadevi
One of the Panchabhootas, or five elements
Weapon: Spear
Guards the South-East
Vahana: Ram
The Vedas call him second to Indra.

The Dharma

This is a Krishna graphic from Devdutt Pattanaik's version of the Mahabharata for children: The Boys who Fought.

When you can fight for the meek without hurting the mighty, you follow dharma.

The story of the grown-up Krishna is told in the Mahabharata. The story of the young Krishna is told in the Harivamsa which is 1500 years old. Even later, the Bhagavatam or Bhagavata Purana was composed, in which Krishna is described as a form of Vishnu, the caretaker of the world.

Here is a promo video from Penguin India: