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Pratham Books Champions : Storipur and Priya Muthukumar
Priya Muthukumar sent us this lovely story of using the book 'Paplu, the Giant' during a storytelling session held at Storipur.After the wonderful response for my storytelling session based on a...
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Make the Most of the Summer Holidays!
Some of our regular blog readers know that we have a small section for events on our blog. You didn't? Head to our blog and look for the sub-section on the top-right of the blog. Found it?We updated...
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A Slight Delay
We are upgrading our systems and any orders placed between 1st-10th April will be shipped after 11th April only. However, please don't let that stop you from making your summer reading lists :)
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Pratham Books is looking for a Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Pratham Books, a not-for-profit children's book publisher is looking for a CTO to lead their open-source Crowdsourcing Story Publishing Platform (SPP) and Crowdsourced Library Fund Raising Platform....
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Rama's Library in a Box
When we first shared pictures of the 'Library-in-a-classroom' kits which were donated to deserving organizations across the country, many people kept asking us how they could buy these kits. Rama...
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Amazon.in Launches Hindi Book Store
Via The Financial ExpressAmazon.in today announced the launch of its Hindi book store with a wide selection of over 23,000 Hindi titles. This store of large book collection is across genres, categories...
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The Indian Publishing Industry is Growing
Via Business TodayAccording to industry body FICCI, the Indian publishing industry, which is worth Rs 12,000 crore, is currently growing at a compound annual growth rate of 25 per cent. Writers such as...
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RIP Bindia Thapar
It is hard for all of us who knew her to even say that Bindia is no more. Bindia with her wide smile and enveloping embrace...Bindia who illustrated books for children at the perfect cusp of head and...
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TOGETHER we CAN make a change
Amidst a valley created by tall skyscrapers, nearly 100 kids settled down eagerly in four little rooms of Samridhdhi Bridge School in Bellandur. Not for them the worry of a very hot sun, and its...
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Katha and Britannica Tie Up to Promote Indian Children’s Stories
Via The HinduPublishing firm Katha has tied up with Encyclopaedia Britannica to present the best of children’s stories from India across the world.Britannica will convert titles owned by Katha into...
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A Publisher's Response in Trying Times
With several controversies surrounding the world of Indian publishing, Karthika VK makes a case for why the industry shouldn't stifle free expression.Via The CaravanThere is a certain caution built...
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Deadline Extension : Retell, Remix and Rejoice Contest
Summer holidays spell FUN and we've decided to maximize on all the fun by extending our Retell, Remix and Rejoice contest. So, if your kiddos had exams and you were very busy in the recent months,...
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Reading in the Mobile Era
At Pratham Books, we are always trying and testing new ways to get our books into the hands of children. With mobiles being one of mediums we want to experiment with, it is exciting to read this...
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A small surprise in B.I.G!
For all of us who love children's books, good illustrations can put us on a high! So we were delighted to browse through theBook Illustrators Gallery (B.I.G), put out as part of the Asian Festival of...
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How Will the Library Evolve?
Via SlateIn Snead’s era, a library without books was unthinkable. Now it seems almost inevitable. Like so many other time-honored institutions of intellectual and cultural life—publishing, journalism,...
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Kids and E-books
Annie Murphy Paul writes about what you need to know before letting your kids read e-books.Via TimeCould e-books actually get in the way of reading?... the Schugars reported the results of a study in...
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Little Readers’ Nook Helps Spread the Joy of Reading
Earlier this month, we shared how popular our Library-in-a-classroom kits are getting. Rama even created a lovely Library-in-a-box model in her house to encourage kids to read. Another story that...
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Pratham Books is looking for TENTASTIC Champions
Yes, we are looking for champions once again. But this time, it isn't just for our International Literacy Day event. It is for a much larger and a much bigger storytelling drive.Every year on...
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A Small Treasure from the Archives
While trawling through the internet for specific information on something, I came across this blog post from 2012. If you've ever written a post about us and it didn't get featured on our blog, leave a...
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Book Review : The Elephant Bird
One of our newest books 'The Elephant Bird' (written by Arefa Tehsin and illlustrated by Sumit Sakhuja) received two reviews over the weekend.The first review we spotted was on...
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