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SNAPSHOT REVIEWS
Quick reviews of Indian children’s books for reading in under five minutes
THUKPA FOR ALL
Tsering can’t wait to taste his grandmother’s delicious noodle soup. He invites a string of...
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PINK AND BLUE
Pink is for girls. Blue is for boys. Girls play house. Boys play cricket. Cry like a girl. Kick...
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JWALA KUMAR AND THE GIFT OF FIRE: ADVENTURES IN CHAMPAKBAGH
Mohan Chandar lives with his wife and three children in a tiny, remote village. One day, he...
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
When Kartik and Kavya move from Kolkata to Rourkela, neither is enthusiastic about living in a...
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SODA AND BONDA
Soda is a dog who feels like a dog. Bonda is a cat who feels like a… dog! A quirky tale...
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THE YEAR OF THE WEEDS
Korok lives in a small Gond village in Odisha. His life is in the garden he tends every day...
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THE ADVENTURES OF SHRILOK HOMELESS
A chaiwala by day and a super sleuth by night, Shrilok (Homeless) is a champion at deduction...
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PASHMINA
Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India...
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SOOO MUCH WORK!!/OOPS!!
SOO MUCH WORK!!: Aarav’s grandparents are both asleep, but Aarav is not sleepy yet. So he...
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LONG REVIEWS
Detailed reviews of Indian children’s books for reading in under ten minutes (750+ words)
CRICKET CHANGED MY LIFE
The cliche goes that in India cricket is more than a passion, it is a religion. Thousands or...
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MONKEYS ON A FAST
Monkeys on a Fast is a fun, chuckle-inducing story adapted from a Buddhist fable. Chakrapani...
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GAJAPATI KULAPATI GURRBURRRROOOM!
The Gajapati Kulapati stories by Ashok Rajagopalan have become quite a favourite among picture...
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THE BOY WHO SWALLOWED A NAIL AND OTHER STORIES
Children’s book publishers are constantly trawling the slush piles in search of fresh, original...
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TALES FROM BENGAL
Folktales, epic narratives and legends connect people to their land, to an identity and to each...
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UMA, NOT-SO-PERFECT
Uma, Not-So-Perfect. A perfectly captivating title, calculated to raise a lot of expectations...
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RADHA’S FAMILY
Since Madhuri Purandare won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2014 for her...
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MONSTER GARDEN
A draw-it-yourself picture book. What could that be? Enter Jerry Pinto’s Monster Garden to find...
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Features, book lists, information on forthcoming and new releases and more
GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS – 18 MARCH 2019
After the success of Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo’s Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, a lot of Indian writers have made a conscious attempt to introduce young...
READ MORE GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS – 6 MARCH 2019
What children read helps shape what they learn, how they behave, and who they become. What kinds of people and ideas do we want to see represented in Indian children’s...
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FORTHCOMING/NEW BOOKS MARCH 2019
YOUNG READERS (0-7 YEARS) THE GRAND STORY OF IKLI CHOKLI Author: B Vinayan Illustrator: Rajiv Eipe Category: Fiction Language: English Publisher: Tulika Price: Rs. 165...
READ MORE GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS – 21 FEB 2019
Every writer has a process – the things they like writing about, their favourite time of day for writing, their favourite writing spot. In this interview with the...
READ MORE GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS: 11 FEBRUARY 2019
We all know that children’s publishing in India is flourishing like never before. Writers, illustrators and publishers are innovating at breakneck speed, and reclaiming...
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FORTHCOMING/NEW: FEBRUARY 2019
Trouble in the Forbidden Forest AUTHOR: Kay S. ILLUSTRATOR: Sowmya Menon CATEGORY: Fiction LANGUAGE: English AGE GROUP: Middle readers (8-12 years) PUBLISHER: Tulika...
READ MORE GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS, 21 JANUARY 2019
The author Siddharth Sarma has been in the news lately, mainly for his book, The Year of the Weeds (Duckbill, 2017). As fascinating as his latest novel is, here is a tale...
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THE WINNERS OF THE HINDU YOUNG WORLD-GOODBOOKS AWARDS 2019
Goodbooks congratulates the winners of The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2019! VINAYAK VARMA (Best Picture Book: Story) For ‘Angry Akku’, published by...
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The Hindu and Goodbooks announce The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2019 for Indian children’s books. The purpose of these awards is to promote excellence in children’s writing and illustration in India and to acknowledge innovative publishing trends. The awards are the first in India to recognize different genres in children’s publishing and to reward authors and illustrators for their invaluable contribution. The awards, which are being given for the fourth consecutive year, were presented at The Hindu Lit for Life fest in Chennai in January 2019.
