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Children's Voice and Choice
Celebrating Indian Picture Books
"My Grandmother Can't Cook" by Indu Balachandran, illustrated by Priya Kuriyan and published by Karadi Tales, is the winner of the 2023-2024 National Jarul Book Awards!
Shortlisted Books for the
National Jarul Book Award 2023-2024
My Grandmother Can't Cook
Indu Balachandran & Priya Kuriyan, Karadi Tales
The Boy who Wore Bangles
Riddhi Maniar Doda & Shruti Hemani, Karadi Tales
Many thanks to the student juries and librarians at the participating schools who read all the ten nominated books and shortlisted it down to three.
Now voting on the shortlisted books is open to ALL schools across India and the world
Register your school. Give your children the power.
Event
Day - Friday, January 19th, January 2024
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Venue: American School of Bombay, SF2, G Block,
Bandra-Kurla Complex Road,
Bandra (E),
Mumbai 400051.
Beauty is Missing
Priya Kuriyan
Pratham Books
American School of Bombay
Bombay Scottish School
Don Bosco International School
Hill Spring International School
Shindewadi Mumbai Public School
Jasudben M L School
Kotak Education (NGO)
Oberoi International School
Ecole Mondiale World School
The Sriram Universal School, Hyderabad
Nominated Books for the National Jarul Book Award 2023-2024
My Grandmother Can't Cook
Indu Balachandran
Priya Kuriyan
Karadi Tales
The Tomato Flood
Niyatee Parikh Sharma
Alankrita Amaya
Tota Books
Thatha's Pumpkin
Lalita Iyer
Proiti Roy
Karadi Tales
Thaami’s Gift
Himani Dalmia
Priya Kuriyan
Harper Children's
Many Colours Of Us!
Lavanya Kapahi
Mansi Dwivedi
Tulika Books
The Boy who Wore Bangles
Riddhi Maniar Doda
Shruti Hemani
Karadi Tales
God's Little Ant
Khyati Anand-Puthran
Prabha Mallya
Tulika Books
Beauty is Missing
Priya Kuriyan
Pratham Books
Nani's Walk in the Park
Deepa Balsavar
Pratham Books
That Big-Voiced Girl
Mamta Nainy
Asuma Noor
Puffin
Criteria
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The book is published in India in the last ten years
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The author and illustrator must be of Indian citizenship
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The artwork supports and enhances text features contributing to Indian literature, through a theme, clear expression of plot, character, setting, and style
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Engage children aged 5-11 years
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Exemplify a literary element or a life lesson
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Could be either fiction, narrative nonfiction, biography, or non-fiction
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Be in English (could be a translation from an Indian dialect)
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Must be an original piece of work, retelling, abridged and compilations are not included
Top row: Gizelle Rodrigues, Heeru Bhojwani and Sarah Pickles
Bottom row from the left: Darpana Baria, Maruska Desouza, Komal Salvi, Malika Shaikh, Bharti Lachhani, Rashmi Chainani, Sushma Sakpal, Arati Siram, Ketaki P Vaishampayan, Shachii Manik, Samir Kapadia, Sahil Gaikwad and Chaitali Bhandarkar
Jury Schools
American School of Bombay
Bombay Scottish School
Don Bosco International School
Hill Spring International School
Shindewadi Mumbai Public School
Jasudben M L School
Kotak Education (NGO)
Oberoi International School
Ecole Mondiale World School
The Sriram Universal School, Hyderabad
Mr Samir Kapadia, Proprietor of Creative Learning Aids partners with National Jarul Book Awards
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