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Talking About Digital Stories, Reading and More...
Christer Gundersen talks to Purvi Shah (head of digital content, Pratham Books) about StoryWeaver, reading, stories and more on GoOpen.no. Just hearing about our open source platform, StoryWeaver?...
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6 Ways YOU Can Make A Difference This Children's Day
A book is a device to ignite the imagination.–Alan BennettPhoto by Team Everest14th November is Children's Day and donating books (or even a library) is a great way to give a gift that can be shared,...
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Call for Applications : Riyaaz Academy for Illustrators
Riyaaz Academy for Illustrators is inviting applications for the second academic year. The Riyaaz Academy for Illustrators was set up jointly by the Parag initiative of Tata Trusts, Eklavya, Bhopal and...
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The Most Funded Book in Crowdfunding History
One book which we've seen popping up everywhere is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100...
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Scholastic Picture Book Award : Get Your Story Published
Via Scholastic Book Award AsiaThe Scholastic Picture Book Award (SPBA) is the joint initiative of the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) and Scholastic Asia.The objectives of the...
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PubliCon 2016 - Publishing for Schools
The theme for this year's PubliCon is 'Publishing for Schools' and will be held on 2nd December 2016 at FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi.Via FICCIThe Indian school education system is...
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Madhuri Purandare Wins the Big Little Award 2016 for Best Author
Earlier this week, we received the happy news that our author Madhuri Purandare had won the Big Little Award for Best Author for Children’s Literature in Marathi. Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts,...
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CROCUS 2016 is Here!
Saffron Tree's online book festival, CROCUS: Celebrating Reading Of Culturally Unique Stories, is here! This year's theme is inclusive narratives featuring disability in children's literature. Head to...
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Heading to Dragon Land This December
Whaaat? Is it already the last month of this year? Time sure has flown by! This month is going to be busy for us as we get busy preparing for new projects, new books and sending out new libraries. But...
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Are You Going to the Kahaani Festival in Jaipur?
The year is almost ending but the fun is definitely not stopping. Head to the Kahaani Festival happening in Jaipur on 5th and 6th December.The Kahaani festival is a children's festival, which explores...
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Announcing results: STEM Library Kits Grant Applications
A couple of months back we invited organisations and schools to apply for a free library with books that aim to spark curiosity and discovery in children. We had 100 libraries to give away, a treasure...
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When A New Library Opens...
The phone buzzed. Four new whatsapp messages received! And what do we see? Pictures of the brand new library at this government school in Chandrapur. Months ago, a teacher from the school (Shailesh)...
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Have A Wail Of A Time With Greystroke at the Bangalore Literature Festival
(Click on the image for a larger view)Want to have A Wail of a Time at the Bangalore Literature Festival? Join our author-illustrator-storyteller Greystroke as he takes you to China to listen to the...
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A Wail of a Time with Greystoke at BLF 2016
Our author-illustrator Greystroke (a.k.a. Shyam Madhavan Sarada) made sure that everyone had a wail of a time at Bangalore Literature Festival 2016. His narration of the Chinese folktale 'Wailers...
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A Double Treat for Book Lovers
Folks in Delhi and Chennai : You are in for a treat! Start the new year by adding some new books to your book collection. Pratham Books will be at the New Delhi World Book Fair and the Chennai Book...
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Pratham Books and the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival Outreach
For the sixth year in a row, we are partnering with the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival and Teamwork Arts to manage to outreach component of the festival. The JLF Outreach creates a new generation of...
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Pratham Books is Hiring : Product Manager
Pratham Books is a not-for-profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish good quality, affordable books in many Indian languages. Our mission is to see ‘a book in every child’s...
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Little Bookworms at Akshay School
Last year, our 29 states, 29 libraries campaign enabled us to send library kits across the country. Akshay School in Amwan village was one such school which was chosen to receive this library. When the...
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Notes from JLF : Usha Chhabra
For the sixth year in a row, we partnered with the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival and Teamwork Arts to manage to outreach component of the festival. In its sixth year, the Outreach from January...
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Call for Applications : Library Educator’s Course
The Library Educator’s Course is a Professional Development Certificate course developed by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts and being offered in English for the first time by Bookworm Trust, Goa in...
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