A fine blend of art, literature and appreciation

    • Team NIE
    • Publish Date: Jan 22 2019 3:24PM
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    • Updated Date: Jan 28 2019 6:55PM
A fine blend of art, literature and appreciation

The Jarul Book Award is meant for Indian authors of contemporary children’s picture books. As a true children’s choice award, it empowers children in the age group of 5-11 years to review, select, nominate and vote for the most outstanding English picture book of the year.

The American School of Bombay (ASB), in partnership with Ascend International School and Don Bosco International School, initiated the Jarul Book Awards in 2016.  Three committed librarians, one from each school, chose the finest of India’s picture books by involving children to nominate the best author and book; being a democratic process, it is voted upon by students.

What started as a small but determined initiative with the participation of just three schools, has now spread to 23 schools. This year, the Jarul Book Award also established itself in the United States, with participation of the University Child Development School, Seattle. Almost 6,000 votes were cast by national and global children to review, nominate, vote, and award their own choice for the best Indian picture book.

In the 3rd edition of the Jarul Book Awards, held at ASB on the January 18, Nalini Sorensen won the award for the second time in a row, this time for her book, ‘Papa’s Marath-on.’ The event began with Craig Johnson, head of the American School of Bombay, engaging students and teachers with an absorbing narrative on the origin of the award.

In the writing session that followed, students wrote how they felt connected with the nominated picture books on leaves and flowers made from colored paper and these were glued on the cut-out of a “reading tree.” After the students’ interaction, the principals and librarians were recognised for their contribution in bringing this award into fruition and students were also felicitated.

Bringing in an element of education technology to the event, the students of ASB created an Augmented Reality (AR) experience on CoSpaces with Merge Cube to view the picture book reviews through the phone or tablet.

Author of children’s books, Julia Cook, spoke to students about how books teach children to solve problems themselves . Heeru Bhojwani from ASB said, “This eventhas provided children an opportunity to appreciate the value of Indian literature.”

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