Resources/distributors

• Kahani is a literary magazine dedicated to empowering, educating and entertaining South Asian children living in North America. It is an alternative publication that reflects their unique life experiences not found in mainstream literature.
• Baby Hindustani has produced a series of videos to introduce young children (ages 1-5) to Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, and Telegu. The videos feature a cast of Indian kids and introduce the language through everyday objects, colors and numbers.
• HindiKids has DVDs for children ages 2-12 to learn Hindi. The shows are entertaining and educational filled with songs,games,rhymes, and stories for both parents and children.
• Saralsoft has software about India.
• Tulika Books in Chennai has a lovely, well-organized collection of picture books, stories, historical fiction, verse, and bilingual books.
• Tara Books merge strong concepts with fresh perspectives in language, illustration and design.
• Asia for Kids sells books and audio tapes relating to the subcontinent and the rest of Asia.
• DesiKnowledge sells Amar Chitra Katha, Karadi Tales, and other such products. Mt View, Ca.
• Karadi Tales, a readalong book and audiocassette. Delightful series of books, narrated by eminent South Asian actors such as Naseeruddin Shah and Saeed Jaffrey. Available from The Banyan Tree.
• Under the Banyan Tree, readlong books and audiocassettes of folk tales. Available from The Banyan Tree.
• The National Book Trust of India has many, many charming books, in 18 Indian languages. They are approximately Rs 10 each. Not sure if you can get them outside India, though.
• Jantar Mantar is a science magazine for children and young people, published from India. (website no longer active)
• Islamic books for children.
• Here's a commercial source for Amar Chitra Katha, even on video.
• Shen's Books is a good source for multicultural books, including several listed here. They also have books about interracial children, multimedia, curriculum books, and picture books.
• Book India is about books from India and is a collaboration with the National Book Trust.
• Asia for Kids has lots of books about the Far East, but also about India, Tibet, Bangladesh, Burma, and Nepal. And a section called 'Growing Up in America'.
• The PaperTigers web site offers reviews, interviews, articles by readers, children's book authors and illustrators, and information on Asian and Pacific Rim books, including books about and from South Asia and the SA diaspora.
• U.S.-based Highlights for Children magazine now has an India issue.  As a result the magazine now includes more content related to India and to the subcontinent in general.  India issue information is not online as yet, but stay tuned.  So far the Highlights Foundation has awarded scholarships to two children's writers from India to attend the workshop on Writing for Children held annually in Chautauqua, NY.
• Under a Banyan Tree sells audio stories from Indian mythology in downloadable mp3 format.

Related Links

• Indolink's kids section has stories from Indian mythology and the Panchatantra.
• Brave Girls and Strong Women Bookstore -- a collection of books for empowering young women. Site by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, author of two novels on this page.
• Asian American Children's Bibliography by Cynthia Smith.
• A lovely list of Cinderella stories from around the world.
• Canadian Teacher-Librarian's Resource Pages
• Free! Online! Children's books.
• Female coming- of-age books, from Kay Vandergriff's page on children's literature.
• The girls series web page, with info about Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, etc.
• Writing-World (formerly Inkspot), a resource for writers of children's books.
• Electronic resources for children's literature from New Mexico State Univeristy.
• Brave, Active, & Resourceful Females in Picture Books from the NMSU list.
• Books about Interracial Children from the NMSU list.
• Children's Literature Web Guide a great collection of information.

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