On the occasion of Global Recycling Day (March 18), Yashodara Kundaji recommends Indian children’s books that awaken readers to the increasing problem of garbage and the need to address it.

India’s shape-shifting wetlands are spaces of wild and migratory wonder. Library educator Sowmya Ravindranath curates a list of children’s books that spotlight these diverse ecosystems.

Children’s literature increasingly explores environmental themes, with 2024 showcasing diverse works that inspire young readers toward sustainability and action.

Raging, restorative and transformative, floods are a potent metaphor for the power of nature. Richa Chadda wades through a stream of Indian children’s literature exploring this natural disaster. 

Author Mala Kumar writes about how the mountains have inspired some of her books and the wide variety of Indian children’s literature about them.  

In her curation of books on the feared, revered and vulnerable snow leopard, library educator Sowmya Ravindranath finds that its plight is a cautionary tale of shrinking habitats and climate change.

Library educator Joanne Saldanha blends the factual, the fictional and the mythical in a curated list of books celebrating the fascinating Indian rhino. 

Author-editor-independent bookseller Vidya Mani picks a selection of children’s books that tell the unique stories and histories of the indigenous peoples of India.

The 7,500-kilometre-long Indian coastline typically evokes images of intriguing marine creatures and breathtaking vistas, but for World Oceans Day (8 June), Archana Natraj explores young people’s literature on the often invisible coastal communities inhabiting it.