Children's Day Gift Guide: Books Worth Celebrating a Child With

Children's Day, on November 14, marks Pandit Nehru's birthday - Chacha Nehru, as generations of Indian children called him, who believed a country's future was only as good as how it raised its children. It's the one day parents, teachers, and schools set aside to celebrate children rather than ask something of them, and a book is one of the few gifts that actually does that.

If you're a parent, gifting your own child

Pick the book they've been asking to hear again, not the one you think they should read. Boxy, Buxa, and Buffalo Baby earn repeat requests because the characters are genuinely likeable, and Chandu Chor Aur Hawaldaar Turram Khan turns bedtime into the loudest laugh of the day.

If you're a teacher, gifting a whole classroom

Board books like Mr Peekaboo Rat, Ek Hoshiyaar Chooha, Ouchie Ouchie, and Ooi Ooi Ooi hold up to twenty children passing them around in a single morning, which is more than most Children's Day gifts can say. Write to us if you'd like a bulk-order rate for a classroom set - we're a small imprint and happy to work with schools directly.

If you're gifting a cousin, niece, or a friend's child

Who's Got the Scarf?, Khane Mein Kya Hai?, What's for Lunch?, and A Tree in My Stomach are safe, funny, no-backstory-needed picks for a child you don't see every day - the kind of book that works whether they're two or seven.

Chacha Nehru once said the children of today will make the India of tomorrow. Give one of them a book worth remembering this November 14th.