Good Children Book Writers :
very close look at the Nielsen
Bookscan data is extremely revealing.
As a sample set, in the ‘Top 1000’, a
compilation of bestsellers in India by
Nielsen Bookscan for the month of
March 2012 alone, the first children’s
book to make an appearance is Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
(published by Bloomsbury) at 23, followed
by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin
Fever (published by Puffin) at 24. After
more books from The Hunger
Games series and the Percy Jackson
series and a few by Roald Dahl and
other well-known writers, the first Indian
book for children that makes its
appearance is at 151 and it’s Swami and
Friends by R. K. Narayan, a book that
was first published in 1935!
At 254 and 255 come two more titles
by R. K. Narayan. At 304 is The Magic
Drum and Other Favourite Stories by
Sudha Murty (published by Puffin),
and it is the first children’s book to
appear on the list that is both of Indian
origin and published in the last decade.
Ever so often, dictionaries, thesauruses,
and atlases make an appearance
as children’s books on the list. The
Kashmiri Storyteller by Ruskin Bond
(published by Puffin) is at 476. At the
end of the list (a whopping one thousand
books), no original, and contemporary
children’s books published in
India within the last decade have
made an appearance.”
Good Children Book Publisher :
While several independent
publishers in India such as
Karadi Tales, Tulika Publishers, Tara
Books, Duckbill, Katha, Pratham
Books etc. have brought quality to
children’s literature by creating content
though contemporary stories that
are well written and illustrated by talented
artists, children’s literature in
English in India still occupies a space
that is very small and unrecognized.
Ask any child to name five Indian authors
for children and the only two
names that will surface will be Ruskin
Bond and R.K. Narayan.
Stories from the folk and mythological
traditions are the most popular
among children’s fiction published in
India. However, not everything is so
bleak. Even the few who dare go
against convention and publish stories
without morals and lessons in them,
blaze a trail for others to follow. And in
this regard children’s literature in English
in India will come to its own not
long from now just as it took as long as
it did for Indian writing in English to
find its place in the domestic as well as
the international market
very close look at the Nielsen
Bookscan data is extremely revealing.
As a sample set, in the ‘Top 1000’, a
compilation of bestsellers in India by
Nielsen Bookscan for the month of
March 2012 alone, the first children’s
book to make an appearance is Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
(published by Bloomsbury) at 23, followed
by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin
Fever (published by Puffin) at 24. After
more books from The Hunger
Games series and the Percy Jackson
series and a few by Roald Dahl and
other well-known writers, the first Indian
book for children that makes its
appearance is at 151 and it’s Swami and
Friends by R. K. Narayan, a book that
was first published in 1935!
At 254 and 255 come two more titles
by R. K. Narayan. At 304 is The Magic
Drum and Other Favourite Stories by
Sudha Murty (published by Puffin),
and it is the first children’s book to
appear on the list that is both of Indian
origin and published in the last decade.
Ever so often, dictionaries, thesauruses,
and atlases make an appearance
as children’s books on the list. The
Kashmiri Storyteller by Ruskin Bond
(published by Puffin) is at 476. At the
end of the list (a whopping one thousand
books), no original, and contemporary
children’s books published in
India within the last decade have
made an appearance.”
Good Children Book Publisher :
While several independent
publishers in India such as
Karadi Tales, Tulika Publishers, Tara
Books, Duckbill, Katha, Pratham
Books etc. have brought quality to
children’s literature by creating content
though contemporary stories that
are well written and illustrated by talented
artists, children’s literature in
English in India still occupies a space
that is very small and unrecognized.
Ask any child to name five Indian authors
for children and the only two
names that will surface will be Ruskin
Bond and R.K. Narayan.
Stories from the folk and mythological
traditions are the most popular
among children’s fiction published in
India. However, not everything is so
bleak. Even the few who dare go
against convention and publish stories
without morals and lessons in them,
blaze a trail for others to follow. And in
this regard children’s literature in English
in India will come to its own not
long from now just as it took as long as
it did for Indian writing in English to
find its place in the domestic as well as
the international market
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