Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces its children’s books awards shortlists for 2024

Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival has announced its shortlists for the 2024 children’s books prizes in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture book (story), and Picture Book (illustrations). The winners at the festival which will be held in Bangalore on December 14 and 15. (Look up the longlists here.)

Here are this year’s shortlisted children’s books:

Fiction

• Kick It, Rukku!, Sanjana Ganesh, Karadi Tales

• Scare Walk, Andaleeb Wajid, illustrated by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, HarperCollins India

• Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words, Payal Kapadia, Hachette India

• How to Win an Election: A Most Unreliable Guide, Menaka Raman, illustrated by Pia Alizé Hazarika, Duckbill

• When Fairyland Lost Its Magic, Bijal Vachharajani, illustrated by Rajiv Eipe, HarperCollins India

• Feathers, Fools and Farts: Manipuri Folktales Retold, L Somi Roy and Thangjam Hindustani Devi, Puffin

Nonfiction

• 565: The Dramatic Story of Unifying, Mallika Ravikumar, Hachette India

• North, South, East, West, CG Salamander, illustrated by Kavita Singh Kale, Pratham Books

• The Book of Emperors: An Illustrated History of the Mughals, Ashwitha Jayakumar, illustrated by Nikhil Gulati, Puffin

• A Children’s History of India in 100 Objects, Devika Cariapa, illustrated by Priyanka Tampi, Puffin India

• Empires Of The Sea: A Human History of the Indian Ocean World, Radhika Seshan, Pan MacMillan India

• A History of South India for Children: From Prehistory to Vijayanagara, Pradeep Chakravarthy, Hachette India

Picture book (story)

• Will Goondi Come Home?, Adithi Rao, illustrated by Fida Hamid, Tulika Books

• Head Curry, Mohammed Khader Babu, translated from the Telugu by A Suneetha, illustrated by Gulam Mohammed Shaikh, Eklavya

• I Won’t Wash My Hair, Aparna Kapur, illustrated by Ogin Nayam, Duckbill

• Why Are My Words Tangled?, Mamta Nainy, illustrated by Gauri Shilendran, Perky Parrot

• The Girl Who Lost Her Yes, Aarti Khatwani Bhatia, illustrated by Priya Kurian

• ZardoZi: Stitched with Love, Debasmita Dasgupta, illustrated by Rajat Mittal

Picture book (illustration)

• Karukku Norukku, Saritha Rao, illustrated by Vibha Surya, Karadi Tales

• Asha the Auto Driver, Aruna Shekar, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, Tulika Books

• A Song From Where I Live: Pin code 678574, written and illustrated by Smrithi Devakumar, Little Dipper Publishing

• The Grumpus Rumpus, Reena I Puri, illustrated by Aratrika Choudhury, Pratham Books

• Akela, Richa Jha, illustrated by Ruchi Shah, Pickle Yolk Books

• So Ja Ulloo, illustrated by Bhuri Bai, Eklavya