Children's Book Trust - India

The organization was initially set up to publish "good quality at a subsidized price" children's books, in order to encourage reading among Indian children. Its activities have subsequently expanded and currently include courses and workshops, competitions, a dolls museum, and a library.

… The Trust was a pioneer in children's book publishing, not only in English and Hindi, but also in several regional languages …

• The Trust was founded by Indian cartoonist and writer K. Shankar Pillai in 1957;
• The (lending) Library has a collection of 35,000 volumes and organizes summer activities for its young members;
• Children's World is the Trust's monthly magazine, with stories, poems, comics, puzzles and book reviews.
• The yearly Shankar's International Children's Competition invites children from all over the world to submit paintings and writings. The international jury awards several medals, and the winners are published in a special volume;
• The Shankar's Academy for Art and Book Publishing has been set up by the Trust in memory of its founder, and aims at training book publishing professionals. It currently administers a course in art, book illustration and graphics;
• Shankar's Centre for Children, currently under construction, will house all the Book Trust's collections and activities, and will include facilities for lodging young visitors from India and abroad.

Children's Book Trust
Nehru House, 4 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110002
India

Phone (91) 11 23316970 74
Fax (91) 11 23721090

http://www.childrensbooktrust.com/index.htm

cbtnd@vsnl.com