First Flight: Textbook in English for Class X

Official National Curriculum Framework Blueprint • Published by NCERT

About the Book

Published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training, First Flight: Textbook in English for Class X serves as the official main literature reader designed to cultivate advanced language proficiency, critical reading skills, and literary appreciation for secondary students. Fully aligned with the contemporary English Language and Literature curriculum prescribed by CBSE and central educational boards, this foundational textbook guides Class 10 students through a rich selection of prose and poetry modules. The prose chapters include celebrated works such as A Letter to God, Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Two Stories about Flying, From the Diary of Anne Frank, Glimpses of India, Mijbil the Otter, Madam Rides the Bus, The Sermon at Benares, and The Proposal, accompanied by evocative poetic works including Dust of Snow, Fire and Ice, A Tiger in the Zoo, How to Tell Wild Animals, The Ball Poem, Amanda!, Trees, Fog, The Tale of Custard the Dragon, and For Anne Gregory. The front cover features a deeply artistic and atmospheric design with a muted, earthy terracotta and dusty-rose background textured with dark vertical bands and geometric patterns, showcased alongside stylized white and dark red cubist line-art human profiles, a radiating sun motif, and crisp typography displaying the title First Flight for Class X. Sourced directly from central publishers, Pepper Books guarantees that each paperback copy, referenced under ISBN -, is delivered brand new, clean, and in pristine condition to safeguard the quality of your academic library collection.

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