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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 We want our children to be safe and happy, but sometimes that means having to talk to them about... Everybody likes Adil Ali but nobody likes his shoes. They are old and worn, patched and sewn... When Petu starts cheating, his friends are sure he is headed for a life of crime. They try... People stranded, schools shut, roads clogged, and electricity snapped. Floods can bring life to... When Noorie’s sister Zoya dies, everything in Noorie’s world becomes silent. She knows her... There’s a mummy at the Gadbadnagar Museum, a real live…er, dead…mummy. And it’s... Little Shilu loves to dance around naked. She wants to be like the animals; like Pirate, her... Puchku has run out of books to read. Then she discovers more books in the top shelf of the... Tootsie Lama is an eight-year-old girl in Darjeeling. She lives on her own, goes to bed any time... 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) Monkeys on a Fast is a fun, chuckle-inducing story adapted from a Buddhist fable. Chakrapani... 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... Features, book lists, information on forthcoming and new releases and more Amma, Take Me to the Dargah of Salim Chishti AUTHOR: Bhakti Mathur ILLUSTRATOR: Priyankar Gupta CATEGORY: Fiction LANGUAGE: English AGE GROUP: Young readers (0-7 years)... Goodbooks and The Hindu-Young World are delighted to announce the shortlists for The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2019 for children’s books from India. Many... Has Indian YA come of age? We’ve been asking that question for so many years that it’s become a habit. So much so that we’ve stopped looking for an... Peanut vs the Piano AUTHOR: Yashodhara Lal ILLUSTRATOR: Shreya Sen CATEGORY: Fiction LANGUAGE: English AGE GROUP: Young readers (0-7 years) PUBLISHER: Duckbill PRICE: Rs... One Nation Reading Together is an annual event, conducted by Scholastic India on the last Friday of November, where children in schools across the country spend 20 minutes... Puu AUTHOR: C.G. Salamander ILLUSTRATOR: Samidha Gunjal CATEGORY: Fiction LANGUAGE: English AGE GROUP: Young readers (0-7 years) PUBLISHER: Scholastic PRICE: Rs 195 ABOUT... The offending portions of Section 377 are history and we can all take heart in knowing that it’s another step towards a more inclusive society, a society that will... 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...SNAPSHOT REVIEWS
NO TOUCH
ADIL ALI’S SHOES
CHEATER PETER
THE RAGE OF WATERS
BOO! WHEN MY SISTER DIED
NINJA NANI & THE MAD MUMMY MIX-UP
DANCE OF THE WILD
A BOOK FOR PUCHKU
THE ADVENTURES OF TOOTSIE LAMA
VIDEOS
LONG REVIEWS
MONKEYS ON A FAST
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
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FORTHCOMING/NEW: DECEMBER 2018
THE HINDU YOUNG WORLD-GOODBOOKS AWARDS 2019: SHORTLISTS
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FORTHCOMING/NEW: NOVEMBER 2018
1.8 MILLION KIDS READING TOGETHER, 2018
FORTHCOMING/NEW: OCTOBER 2018
IN THE SHADOW OF SECTION 377
FORTHCOMING/NEW TITLES: SEPTEMBER 2018
GOOD PICKS FROM GOOD BOOKS, 24 AUGUST 2018
