[parul-sharma Posts: 6 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Hello,
I've been a member of the SCBWI for about a year now. I'm looking for inputs on publishers active in the bilingual Hindi-English market for children's books - primarily picture books. I was hoping that there might be some intersection of bilingual publishers with publishers active in the market for diverse books. But I haven't come across any as of now.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thank you.
Parul

[Vijaya Posts: 7,375 Status: Offline Encourage WWW]

I've not come across any Hindi-English bilingual books except perhaps at Tuttle: https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/india  Perhaps look into Scholastic India? However, there are several publishers who publish stories with Indian characters: Lee and Low, Kokila.

There's a wonderful book, Give Your Child the World by Jamie Martin that has a great list of books for kids from different parts of the world. It's indexed by country as well as age group. You might find this useful in identifying publishers who publish the kind of book you want to write.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01863JLKC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Best wishes, Vijaya

[dinalapomy101 Posts: 1,893 Status: Offline Happy writing to all! WWW]

In addition to those Vijaya mentioned, I would try Versify: https://www.hmhbooks.com/imprints/versify?utm_source=sapro&utm_medium=partner_email&utm_campaign=versify_s2019

[David Wright Posts: 961 Status: Offline Tell me that again.]

My local library has an extensive South Asian section and many of the books are by https://prathambooks.org/ (which does bilingual books)

[parul-sharma Posts: 6 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Hi All,

Thanks very much for these great suggestions. I wasn't aware of many of them. Vijaya - I will look into the two publishers and the book that you've mentioned. David, thanks for pointing me to Pratham Books. It's a great resource and one that I was completely unaware of.

Best,

Parul

[darshana Posts: 298 Status: Offline WWW]

Check-out Bharat Babies. They recently pubbed Shubh Raatri Dost/Good Night Friend.
Also take a look at Yali Books. Both of these are small press here in the U.S.

[parul-sharma Posts: 6 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Hi Darshana,

Many thanks for the suggestions of Bharat Babies & Yali Books. I was not aware of them, and will look into both these places.

Best,

Parul