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SNAPSHOT REVIEWS
Quick reviews of Indian children’s books for reading in under five minutes
SRINGERI SRINIVAS LEARNS TO LAUGH
This is the fifth book in the series featuring Sringeri Srinivas, the crazy, lovable...
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THE COLOUR THIEF
What happens when a grouchy giant decides to scoop all colour out of the world – from the trees...
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I NEED TO PEE
Where do you go when you just have to go? Rahi simply loves slurping refreshing drinks, and so...
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A SUMMER’S TALE
Remember all the raja-maharaja tales from your childhood? This is a new one, with a twist! A...
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SHRINKING VANITA
Three days to go before a killer asteroid will end life on Earth! Everyone is in a panic...
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HOW THE PIG BECAME DIRTY AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
How did the pig become dirty? The saras get its long neck? And the langoor his black face?...
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THE ADVENTURES OF WOKA CHIMNI
The Adventures of Woka Chimni is the first of a new picture-book series that aims to introduce...
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SUPERGIRLS SERIES: STORIES & POEMS
This is a series of four books about health and hygiene: The Supergirls Play a Trick, The...
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SADIQ WANTS TO STITCH
Sadiq loves stitching colourful patterns on rugs. However, his Ammi reminds him that boys in his...
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Snapshot reviews, interviews and other children’s books resources in video
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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GONE GRANDMOTHER
A very welcome change in children’s books in recent times is the emergence of themes like loss...
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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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Features, book lists, information on forthcoming and new releases and more
GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS – 15 APRIL 2019
Last month, he Times of India’s entertainment supplement published a list of ten books every Indian child should read. Predictably, it included classics like the...
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FORTHCOMING AND NEW BOOKS – APRIL 2019
YOUNG READERS (0-7 YEARS) THE ADVENTURES OF BIPLOB THE BUMBLEBEE Author: Abhishek Talwar Illustrator: Sonal Goyal Category: Fiction Language: English Publisher: Penguin...
READ MORE GOOD PICKS FROM GOODBOOKS – 1 APRIL 2019
We open this week’s roundup with the age-old diversity question. We can only write what we know, but how can we create a more pluralistic and representative children’s...
READ 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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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...
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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.
