The winners of the Neev Book Awards 2020, given to children’s literature in India, have been announced. A winner has been named in each of ...
The winners of the Neev Book Awards 2020, given to children’s literature in India, have been announced. A winner has been named in each of the four categories – Early Years, Emerging Readers, Junior Readers, and Young Adults. Part of the Neev Literature Festival, the awards have been running for four years now.
Here are the winners for 2020, along with short excerpts. They were chosen by a jury comprising four educators – Colin Kelman, Anuradha Ruhil Barua, Dhooleka Raj, and Myra Garces-Bacsal – three writers – Rasil Ahuja, Gita Vardarajan, and Kamakshi Murti, and two teacher-librarians – Katie Day and Nadine Bailey.
Early Years: Ammu and the Sparrows, Vinitha R, Pratham Books
Emerging Readers: The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street, Nandita da Cunha, Kalpavriksh
Publisher’s blurb:
Young Zara sits alone every evening, in a dump yard on Sunderbaag Street. One day, Miss Gappi plants an idea in Zara’s mind. This sets them off on a mission that changes Zara’s life… and the lives of many who live on Sunderbaag Street.
Junior Readers: The Adventures of the Kohinoor, Devika Cariapa, William Dalrymple, Anita Anand, Juggernaut Books
(Devika Cariapa has adapted the original book for grown-ups by Dalrymple and Anand to make a children’s version).
If the maharaja was frightened, he didn’t show it. Ten-year-old Duleep Singh looked every inch...
