The shortlist for
The Hindu -
Young World -Goodbooks Awards for children’s books from India is out. The awards are supported by Wipro Applying Thought in Schools, a social initiative in education.
Winners will be announced at
The Hindu Lit for Life Festival in Chennai on January 15. The shortlist in the four categories are:
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Best Story (Picture Book): Kavitha Mandana for
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A Pair of Twins (Karadi Tales); Sowmya Rajendran for
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Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why (Tulika); Chitra Soundar for
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Farmer Falgu Goes on a Trip (Karadi Tales); Sujatha Padmanabhan for
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Bumboo…The Donkey Who Would Not Budge (Ekalavya)
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Best Illustrations (Picture Book): Prabha Mallya for
The Alphabet of Animals and Birds (Red Turtle); Prashant Miranda for
What Can You Do with Red
, White and Blue? (Little Latitude); Madhuri Purandare for
The Fifth Lane (Jyotsna Prakashan); Priya Kuriyan for
India: An Alphabet Ride (Natraj Publishers)
Best Book (Fiction): Mathangi Subramanian for
Dear Mrs Naidu (Young Zubaan); Venita Coelho for
Dead as a Dodo (Hachette); Samit Basu for
The Adventures of Stoob: Testing Times (Red Turtle); Mohit Parikh for
Manan (HarperCollins)
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Best Book (Non-fiction): Rohini Chowdhury for
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Verghese Kurien: The Milkman of India (Scholastic); Vishakha Chanchani for
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The House that Sonabai Built (Tulika); Anu Kumar for
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Across the Seven Seas: Travellers’ Tales from India (Hachette); Anusha Hariharan and Sowmya Rajendran for
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Gender Talk –
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Big Hero, Size Zero (Tulika).
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