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Title: Honeydew (English) for Class VIII.Publisher: National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)Latest Edition Date: 29 January 2025 Format: Paperback, ~212 pages, approx. 20 × 15 cm, light weight (~101 g) Cover Code: 0849 (Official NCERT code for Honeydew Class 8)Contents & Chapter ListHoneydew includes 8 core prose chapters and several poems. The typical chapter set (2025–26 syllabus) is:The Best Christmas Present in the World / Poem: The Ant and the CricketThe Tsunami / Geography LessonGlimpses of the Past (with poem Macavity: The Mystery Cat in some editions)Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory / The Last BargainThe Summit Within / The School BoyThis is Jody’s Fawn (no poem)A Visit to Cambridge (plus poem When I Set Out for Lyonnesse in extended versions)A Short Monsoon Diary / On the Grasshopper and the Cricket.