Children’s literature

This article discusses the Parag Honours List, an independently curated annual list of quality children’s literature titles produced in India in Hindi and English. It shares the process of creating the list by capturing a varied set of stakeholder voices. The piece also shows the list in action.

Books on difficult topics like loss, caste, and gender help children reflect and question. This article shares field experiences, challenges, and strategies for sensitively engaging young readers in transformative conversations.

This article discusses the critical role that picture books can play in nurturing children’s engagements with reading the word and the world. It does this with examples drawn from a wide variety of picture books, and provides insights on the ways in which these can be used with children to further their development.