Shortlisted books (2018-2022)

Moodunnit

Boy No. 32

Ela

2

The House That Spoke

Rasha: Little Girl, Big Heart

Like Smoke: A Collection

What Maya Saw

Queen of Ice 🏆

The Little Ninja Sparrows

The Boy Who Swallowed a Nail and Other Stories

Flipped: Scary Stories and Funny Stories

Tiger by the Tail

Dead As A Dodo

Timmi in Tangles

Tiger Boy 🏆

The Tree Lover

I Will Save My Land 🏆

Catch That Cat!

Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why

Janice goes to China Town

Ammachi’s Amazing Machines

Our Incredible Cow

Year of the Weeds 🏆

When Morning Comes

This is Me, Mayil

Pashmina

Indira

Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush

The Dwarf, the Girl and the Holy Goat

The Curious Case of the Sweet and Spicy Sweetshop

The Cloudfarers

Painters Potters Cooks and Kings

Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire: Adventures in Champak Bagh

Ahimsa 🏆

When Jiya Met Urmila 🏆

The Ammuchi Puchi 🏆

The Adventures of Mooli and the Bully on Wheels

The Adventures of Tootsie and Lama

Petu Pumpkin Cheater Peter