Goodbooks (www.goodbooks.in) is happy to announce The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 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 were instituted in 2016 and are presently in their third year. The awards are given at The Hindu Lit for Life festival which will take place in Chennai in January every year. Typically, the awards are given in the following four categories:
Best Picture Book: Story
Best Picture Book: Illustration
Best Book: Fiction
Best Book: Non-Fiction
Each award carries a cash prize of Rs. 50,000, a trophy and a citation.
The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks 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 Hindu Lit for Life, which showcases the best of Indian literature, provides a platform to promote excellence in Indian children’s books.
The Goodbooks website is a repository for Indian children’s books and provides a space to all those engaged with children to enter the fascinating discourse on children’s literature. It is where educators, parents, librarians and research scholars get an overview of children’s literature in India, and an update of books being published across the country. The reviews on the site critically evaluate books, enhancing the understanding of what constitutes good children’s books and creating awareness about the role of books and reading in a child’s life.
The 2018 Awards were given out on 15 January 2018 at The Hindu Lit for Life fest in Chennai.
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A GOOD BOOK
The Hindu Lit for Life 2016, south India’s biggest literature festival was held on Jan 15, 16 & 17 at The Hindu Pavillion (Lady Andal School Campus), Chetpet, Chennai, India. Friday, January 15: A Good Book: Literature for Children in India – Anil Menon, Sujata Noronha and Shailaja Menon in conversation with Vidya Mani
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With The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards for 2018 done and dusted, we chatted with some of our jury members and asked them what they think is an award-worthy book. Here’s what a couple of them said: Devika Rangachari, on the jury for Best Book-Non-Fiction: Several important features mark any work of well-written non-fiction, but the
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Quotes from the winners of The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2018
http://www.thehindu.com/children/fantastic-five/article22520629.ece
Illustrations, like music, need no translation. That said, I’m glad that The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards are being given because they are such an encouragement to the publishing industry, authors and artists in India.
Nancy Raj
Reimagining Stereotypes: How Representative are Books for Children? Political Correctness: Too much or too little in Children’s Books? These were two relevant topics that were discussed at The Hindu Lit for Life 2018 by Team Goodbooks members Radhika Menon (Managing Trustee) and Vidya Mani (Managing Editor) in two separate panel discussions. Panelists included Dr. Shailaja Menon, Dr. Namitha Jacob, Sandhya Rao, Paro Anand, Anushka Ravishankar and Joh Boyne. Read all about it here.
