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THE HINDU YOUNG WORLD-GOODBOOKS AWARDS 2019
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, will be presented at The Hindu Lit for Life fest in Chennai in January 2019.Quick reviews of Indian children’s books for reading in under five minutes Viji can’t sit still. She fidgets and she wriggles, and she is in constant motion. Nothing seems... Almost a thousand years ago, an Indian scholar called Hemachandra discovered a fascinating... Meet Rosie Singh, an eight-year-old who still wears bloomers, and now the whole world knows... If you thought your friend’s house on the other side of town was far away, you have clearly not... Sonu and Monu walk up and down the hills every day, through steep paths and across streams... Two clouds, Chumki and Badal, frolic across the sky, till they stop for a drink at a lake. But... Manya very badly wants to be Shere Khan in her school play. The Jungle Book is her favourite... When Lori, a curious and wide-eyed slender loris, spies a bewildering catlike figure in the... Sooraj and his grandma love inventing. Join them on their latest adventure using simple machines... Snapshot reviews, interviews and other children’s books resources in video Detailed reviews of Indian children’s books for reading in under ten minutes (750+ words) The Gajapati Kulapati stories by Ashok Rajagopalan have become quite a favourite among picture... Children’s book publishers are constantly trawling the slush piles in search of fresh, original... Folktales, epic narratives and legends connect people to their land, to an identity and to each... Uma, Not-So-Perfect. A perfectly captivating title, calculated to raise a lot of expectations... Since Madhuri Purandare won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2014 for her... A draw-it-yourself picture book. What could that be? Enter Jerry Pinto’s Monster Garden to find... Writers are often asked where their stories come from. It truly is the most important question... Once your kids are past the input-output stage (food in-poop out), and they venture into the big... Features, book lists, information on forthcoming and new releases and more Ninja Nani and the Mad Mummy Mix-Up AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: Lavanya Karthik CATEGORY: Fiction LANGUAGE: English AGE GROUP: Middle readers (8-12 years) PUBLISHER... This time we venture further afield in our round-up of news and views pertaining to children’s and YA fiction for a glimpse of what’s happening in other corners of the... What do piglets and toddlers have in common? Leaving various uncomplimentary things aside, perhaps sticking their noses into everything in sight would be on top of the... Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire: Adventures in Champakbagh AUTHOR: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar ILLUSTRATOR: Krishna Bala Shenoi CATEGORY: Fiction LANGUAGE: English PAGES... Of course, we know that these days children’s fiction doesn’t shy away from dark topics. From picture books on death and middle-grade novels on gender identity... The summer’s over and the monsoon has most of the country in its grip. Just as well that books have no season—you can read anything any time. So, in case... Spreading Your Wings: A Health Infocomic for Girls of All Ages AUTHOR: Ariana Abadian-Heifetz ILLUSTRATOR: Pia Alize Hazarika CATEGORY: Non-fiction LANGUAGE: English... June is celebrated as Pride month in many parts of the world, and Pride marches have been held in India as well. Sadly, LGBTQ+ kids remain more or less invisible in our... Why are kids fascinated by dinosaurs? It’s a question we’ve probably asked ourselves numerous times without admitting that dinosaurs fascinate most of us...SNAPSHOT REVIEWS
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THE FASCINATING FIBONACCIS
WATCHA GONNA DO, ROSIE SINGH?
HOW FAR IS FAR?
WALKING THROUGH THE HILLS
TWO CLOUDS
MANYA LEARNS TO ROAR
LORI’S MAGICAL MYSTERY
AMMACHI’S AMAZING MACHINES
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GAJAPATI KULAPATI GURRBURRRROOOM!
THE BOY WHO SWALLOWED A NAIL AND OTHER STORIES
TALES FROM BENGAL
UMA, NOT-SO-PERFECT
RADHA’S FAMILY
MONSTER GARDEN
DREAM WRITER
TIJI AND CHEENU
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