A Book Community That Gives
There is something extraordinary about the children’s book community. We are crazy, all, we have an infinite capacity to indulge and surprise, and we are full of empathy. But above ... Read more
We create picture books that make you smile, laugh, ponder, reflect and arrive at your own
eureka moment.
Our Titles
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THE TREE BOY
THE TREE BOY Written By Srividhya Venkat and illustrated by Nayantara Surendranath ISBN: 978-93-5267-814-3 Paperback | 32 ...See more -
MACHHER JHOL
MACHHER JHOL (Fish Curry) Written by Richa Jha and illustrated by Sumanta Dey ISBN: 978-93-5321-312-1 Paperback | ...See more -
The Manic Panic
The Manic Panic Richa Jha and Mithila Ananth 32 pp. Paperback 27.9 cm x 22.2 cm ...See more -
Dance of the Wild
Dance of the Wild Written by Richa Jha and illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane 32pp Paperback ...See more -
Boo! When My Sister Died
Boo! When My Sister Died A Story About Finding Strength in Love and Loss. Written by ...See more -
Thatha at School
Thatha at School Richa Jha and Gautam Benegal ISBN: 978-93-5212-087-1 32 pp | Paperback | 27.5 x 24.7 ...See more -
The Unboy Boy
Author: Richa Jha Illustrator: Gautam Benegal Age: 5+ Rs 300 / USD 16:99 / S$ ...See more -
The Susu Pals
Author: Richa Jha Illustrator: Alicia Souza Price: Rs 300 / USD 16.99 / S$16 32 ...See more -
Love Like That
Love Like That Richa Jha and Gautam Benegal 32 pp. Paperback. 27.9 x 22.2 ...See more -
Vee Loved Garlic
Vee Loved Garlic Richa Jha and Kunal Kundu ISBN: 978-93-5235-479-5 36 pp Paperback | 27.5 x ...See more
Forthcoming Titles
Notes from our pickle farm
We are nominated for Children’s Publisher of the Year
We are chuffed to see Pickle Yolk Books being nominated for the #KSPAwards2018 in the best children’s publisher category! 🎉🥳 If you’ve enjoyed reading our books, do vote for us ... Read more
Family Unplug Station
Our title THE MANIC PANIC was part of the Toka Explorer Box for the month of February. This box is for Toka Box’s subscribers in the 6 to 8 age ... Read more
Our Jaipur Book Mark Debut
This was our first time at Jaipur BookMark and we have returned with priceless nuggets to rethink our publishing dreams and goals. In an interesting session presented by French Institute ... Read more
Richa Jha and Sumanta Dey win the Crossword Book Award for MACHHER JHOL
What a stupendous win this is for us, the first time ever in the Award’s history that a picture book has won the Children’s category. Author Richa Jha and Illustrator ... Read more
MACHHER JHOL is on the Parag Honour List 2020
We are so thrilled and honoured to see our MACHHER JHOL on the inaugural Parag Honour List 2020! Our heartiest congratulations to the book’s author Richa Jha, illustrator Sumanta Dey ... Read more
Eva Sánchez Gómez launches and THE MIDDLE at Bookaroo, Delhi
Our lovely THE MIDDLE moments from its special Bookaroolitfest launch this weekend at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. We were thrilled and honoured to have ... Read more
MACHHER JHOL is on the FICCI Book award Shortlist
We haven’t stopped celebrating our nomination at this prestigious FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (FICCI) PUBLISHING AWARD, second year in a row! MACHHER JHOL does us proud ... Read more
MACHHER JHOL wins the Prestigious NEEV Book Award 2019
We are elated at our MACHHER JHOL winning the Neev Book Award 2019 in the Picture Book category at the Neev Literature Festival held last week. We can’t seem to ... Read more
MACHHER JHOL wins the Printed Children’s Book at the Publishing Next Industry Award 2019
We are over the moon at our MACHHER JHOL winning the Printed Children’s Book of the Year (8+years) at the prestigious Publishing Next Industry Award 2019! And much joy at ... Read more
Call for Submission
WITH SUPPORT FROM We are open to picture book biography manuscripts. Concept Note: Picture book biographies for children under the age of 8 years is an untapped genre in India. ... Read more
We are Shortlisted for Publisher of the Year at the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2019
We are especially proud of this shortlist at the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2019. This is across all categories in India’s trade publishing and we couldn’t be more chuffed. A ... Read more
THE TREE BOY’s AFCC Launch
The first set of pics are here of Srividhya Venkat launching her book THE TREE BOY at the AFCC, Singapore. We also have a pix of the book’s fabulous illustrator ... Read more
THE MANIC PANIC is on the Jarul Book Award 2020 shortlist
Woohoo! We are thrilled to see THE MANIC PANIC on the final shortlist at the Jarul Book Award 2020. Congratulations @Mithila Ananth and @Richa Jha. 🎉🥳
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MACHHER JHOL in Hindi
We are delighted to see our MACHHER JHOL in Hindi, published by the ever-brilliant Eklavya Pitara. Translated from English by Bharat Tripathi, illustrations by Sumanta Dey, written by Richa Jha.
Read moreWe are up at KAHANI TAKBAK today
In which our publisher #RichaJha talks about the joys and challenges of being an independent publisher in India today. Thank you, Shyamala Shanmugasundaram and Kahani Takbak for featuring us on ... Read more
Father’s Day with GIGGI AND DADDY and Talking Turtles at Kahani Tree
Look at the love our Giggi and her daddy are getting from all these daddies, mommies and their children at our very favourite Kahani Tree in Mumbai. Photographs of the ... Read more
GIGGI AND DADDY launch at The Magic Tree
Glimpses of our GIGGY AND DADDY Noida launch and Father’s Day celebrations at The Magic Tree, Noida. Shalini V Bansal, we have run out of superlatives in our head to ... Read more
GIGGI AND DADDY launch with Shivani Kanodia at Pikk a Book Library
What an action-packed, glorious forenoon GIGGI AND DADDY and a roomful of children and parents had with Aryah Inspires, Shivani Kanodia and Richa Jha – author and picture book snuggler-creator ... Read more
MACHHER JHOL is a ‘Highly Commendable Book’ at the South Asia Book Award 2019
The South Asia Book Award is announced annually in the USA to commend outstanding works on South Asia for children and young adults. We are thrilled to see MACHHER JHOL ... Read more
Our little corner at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2019
We are thrilled to be back at Bologna but this year is extra special because we are here on an invitation by the Italian Trade Agency and we cannot stop ... Read more
Two Wins for MACHHER JHOL at the Comic Con Awards 2019
Two sweet wins for us at the Comic Con Awards 2019 this afternoon. We won the Bronze in the Ilustrated Children’s Book of the Year category and Sumanta Dey won ... Read more
We win at the BIWC Awards 2019
We are delighted to see our THATHA AT SCHOOL and MACHHER JHOL win at the inaugural edition of the Best Of Indian Children’s Writing (BIWC)-Contemporary Awards 2019. Congratulations Gautam Benegal, ... Read more
Top Honours for THE TREE BOY!
Woohoo! THE TREE BOY gets listed as one of the best South Asian picture books in 2018 by Toka Box! Congratulations, Srividhya Venkat and Nayantara Sarah Surendranath!
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DANCE OF THE WILD wins at the Publishing Next Industry Award 2018!
We finally have a photograph from the Publishing Next Industry Award 2018 ceremony to share! Here’s our founder and publisher receiving the certificate for the DANCE OF THE WILD as ... Read more
We Debut at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2019!
We were hugely emotional as we brought down our stall tonight, bit by bit. What a fantastic experience our very first New Delhi World Book Fair has been. Unbelievable how ... Read more
Media Bytes!
Our founder and publisher Richa Jha was featured this morning in the Sunday Standard. She talks about her early influences and the challenges in writing for children. What finally made ... Read more
Two Panels, One Theme: We Need Diverse Books
We have had an interesting few weeks in Delhi. As the temperature begins to dip, the city is transforming into a veritable festival ground for literature events, storytelling soirees, lit-picnics, ... Read more
THE TREE BOY Launch at Bookaroo 2018
Srividhya Venkat, the author of our latest release THE TREE BOY, was in town from Singapore this weekend to attend the annual Bookaroolistfest Children’s Literature Festival held in New Delhi ... Read more
THE TREE BOY and its TRAILER Are Here!
THE TREE BOY is here! With intriguing twists and page turns, and mucho delicious spreads, strange things happen aplenty between the covers of this fascinating picture book. Written by Srividhya Venkat and ... Read more
Three Pickle Yolk Titles Shortlisted at Peek-a-Book Children’s Choice Awards 2018
We did three books at Pickle Yolk Books this year. Delighted to see all of them on the Peek A Book – Festival of Children’s Literature Children’s Choice Awards 2018 shortlist for different age ... Read more
The Making of MACHHER JHOL
Catch this exciting behind-the-scenes tell all for our latest release MACHHER JHOL, written by Richa Jha, illustrated by Sumanta Dey and designed by Abhishek Jha.
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Two Stupendous Shortlists at the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2018
We are ELATED to find two stupendous nominations at the prestigious Publishing Next Industry Awards 2018: Pickle Yolk Books for Publisher of the Year, and DANCE OF THE WILD for Children’s Book of ... Read more
DANCE OF THE WILD is a WHITE RAVEN 2018
It gives us utmost pleasure to share that our book DANCE OF THE WILD is a WHITE RAVEN 2018! This is our first title to make this coveted list, and ... Read more
THE MANIC PANIC at Reading Caterpillar Library
We had a fun, super charged couple of hours at Reading Caterpillar Library today with ace storyteller Rituparna Ghosh, children eager to spill out their family secrets and grown-up kids happy to reminisce ... Read more
THATHA AT SCHOOL Goes to Ludhiana
We were overwhelmed by the love that our Thatha at School received in storyteller Shefali’s cozy den POTLI SHEFALI KI as part of her Grandparent Day celebrations. A BIG warm ... Read more
THIS BABY ELEPHANT IS OURS!
We are super thrilled! Ruchi Mhasane has bagged a Baby Elephant at Kyoorius Design Awards 2018 for her exquisite illustrations in DANCE OF THE WILD. The book is just one step away ... Read more
A Book In Each Hand From Us
These heart warming pics are of the children of the Prathmik Vidyalay in our locality with their personal copies of our The Unboy Boy. On International Literacy Day, a book ... Read more
DANCE OF THE WILD ON FICCI Publishing Award 2018 Shortlist!
We are feeling proud at our Dance of the Wild being shortlisted for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Publishing Awards 2017 in the Children’s Book of the ... Read more
The Manic Panic’s US Book Birthday!
Our THE MANIC PANIC releases in the US today. Published by Creston Books. Congratulations Mithila Ananth and Richa Jha! Happy book birthday!
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Thatha at School at KGAF 2018
Richa Jha and Gautam Benegal had a great time at this session this morning at Kitab Khana in Bombay as part of the prestigious Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2018.
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Boo! makes the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2017 Shortlist!
We are delighted to see our Boo! When My Sister Died on the prestigious Publishing Next Industry Awards 2017 in the Children’s Book of the Year category. Author Richa Jha and illustrator Gautam ... Read more
Love comes our way from the other end of the world!
A note from the publisher: I am more than a month late in posting this update, but here goes… Of all the people I have had special pleasure and privilege ... Read more
How to Raise a Feminist
Neha Kirpal at scroll.in writes on some of the recent children’s books by Indian publishing houses that have feminism at its core, whether overtly or in a subtle way. We are thrilled ... Read more
Two Pickle Yolks in Featured For Their Lip-smacking Unusual Art!
Two of our Pickle Yolk Books titles, The Susu Pals and Vee Loved Garlic, and their inimitable illustrators Alicia Souza and Kunal Kundu are featured in this Hindustan Times piece by Rachel Lopez ... Read more
Scroll.in Features Boo! When My Sister Died
We have been long time admirers of writer-author-editor-environment crusader Bijal Vachharajani’s words. And so, it gives us immense pleasure to have her talk about Boo! When My Sister Died in ... Read more
The Manic Panic will soon be in the US!
We are delighted to share this STUPENDOUS news: our forthcoming title The Manic Panic will soon be published in the US by Creston Books! The book is scheduled for a spring ... Read more
Boo! When My Sister Died in The Indian Express
Paromita Chakrabarti’s recommendations for kids’ summer reads in today’s Indian Express includes Boo! When My Sister Died. She writes: “If death is bewildering for grown-ups, how can children face up ... Read more
The Wonderoom Wonder
We were overwhelmed by the commendable work Rajiv Gandhi Foundation is doing with children from the settlements in and around central Delhi. Their beautiful library Wonderoom is the kind of lively, book-laden, ... Read more
Some BOOKSIDAISY Love!
We have been a big time fan and a keen silent admirer of journalist, author and blogger Lalita Iyer‘s writings. And so, when she started @booksidaisies on Instagram to feature books ... Read more
The Unboy Boy is back at NutSpace
We can’t stop cooing about the humongous love NutSpace has always shown towards our books. This time, they have introduced The Unboy Boy (written by Richa Jha, illustrated by Gautam Benegal) to ... Read more
Pickle Yolk Books in the Publishers Weekly Bologna 2017 Wrap-up!
I am doing my best to sound modest and all, BUT over 1.2k exhibitors, over 26k visitors, etc etc, and who finds a little mention in the Publishers Weekly wrap-up ... Read more
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2017!
We have returned from Bologna, all inspired and super charged! Sharing some hastily clicked pics of glimpses of the city centre and of the book fair: And we are there! ... Read more
Friends and Hugs @Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2017!
Nothing comes close to the warmth and joy you feel in getting to hug friends thousands of miles away from home! With the multi faceted and inspiring Shobha Viswanath, author, ... Read more
The Unboy Boy is on the LRSIA 2017 reading list!
We are excited that The Unboy Boy (written by Richa Jha, illustrated by Gautam Benegal) has been selected alongside some other truly awesome books for this year’s Leading Reading Schools of ... Read more
Love Like That is on the PUBLISHING NEXT INDUSTRY AWARDS 2016 shortlist!
‘Love Like That’ is on the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2016 shortlist for the best printed children’s book of the year. Happy and honoured to be hanging out with the ... Read more
We are in the news today!
I’m in excellent company this lovely bright morning! In Eye, The Sunday Express Magazine. Paromita Chakrabarti and Anushree Majumdar, thanks and hugs for being the very few in the media to ... Read more
‘Vee Loved Garlic’ in Child Magazine!
Child listed out 2016’s best children’s books by Indian authors in its August issue. And guess what we see there?! Thank you, Kritika Pushkarna and the Child team. ... Read more
‘Thatha at School’ and ‘Vee Loved Garlic’ off to a fine start!
We couldn’t be more delighted! Our brand new titles Thatha at School and Vee Loved Garlic have got great reviews in the last fortnight. Thatha at School gets a thumbs up from kidlit ... Read more
The Newest Pickle Yolks This Season
The Delhi World Book Fair 2016 kicks off this weekend. I can barely contain my excitement as three of the newest Pickle Yolks are all set to enjoy their first ... Read more
Da dum design and drama!
So this is how the Pickle Yolk pages get designed. With Abhishek Jha at his Atonal Indian design-cum-music studio, giving final touches to our forthcoming pickle yolk ‘Love Like That’ ... Read more
Whispers and the Limca Book of Records 2013
Whispers in the Classroom, Voices on the Field, edited by Richa Jha, illustrated by Priya Kurian and contributions by 31 fantastic writers with the song, penned by Shobit Arya, publisher ... Read more
The Susu Pals at the Rivo Kids PKCA 2015
We have reason to celebrate! 🙂
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Interaction with students at Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon
Thanks to my old buddy Shahana, The Unboy Boy went to Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon earlier this morning for a session with a bunch of enthusiastic, thinking, and articulate 4th ... Read more
Raymond Crossword Book Award 2014
Have returned home with priceless memories of a wonderful experience at The Raymond Crossword Book Award 2014. The Susu Pals did not win, but I savoured every moment, enjoyed Crossword’s ... Read more
Pickle Yolk Books at Bologna Book Fair 2015!
We were excited to attend our first ever Bologna Children’s Book Fair this year! The National Book Trust (India) graciously offered us their stand space (thank you, Mr Mohapatra!). Sharing ... Read more
Bologna, here we come!
Ecstatic to have these first ever catalogues for the Pickle Yolks! Kudos to my super creative bro Abhishek Jha Atonal Indian for the design, punch, and panache! Bologna, here we ... Read more
Voice Over Recording!
It was immense fun recording the voice over for the apps for The Unboy Boy and The Susu Pals (which eventually didn’t get released). The recording was done at Atonal Indian’s design ... Read more
Confessions of a Fledgling Publisher and a Somewhat Author – 1
So I sit at my desk, feeling low at every blob of disappointment that’s flying in from all sides these past couple of days. My showstopper books aren’t going to ... Read more
Proud to be associated with Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
The MCBD spotlight is on us today! We are delighted to be a proud sponsor of the Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2015 in our own little way! Do hop ... Read more
Standees!
Every big little thing gives us joy! Which explains why we’ve been walking about with that silly grin on our faces ever since Abhishek Jha at Atanol Designs mailed us ... Read more
Nutspace @Inknuts has us teary eyed – all over again!
I was bang in the middle of relocating to Delhi when this new mail popped in my inbox. “Hi Richa I dramatised The Unboy Boy the other day…It was such ... Read more
Why are we in the snuggliest mood ever today?
Because of this that landed in our mailbox! Nothing gives us more pleasure than seeing our books being snuggled with and enjoyed. Here’s the 2.5 yo Viraj telling us what ... Read more
A launch and a review!
Feb 6, 2014 This has been both a delightful and a tear-jerker of a day in equal measure. The Unboy Boy and The Susu Pals got launched at Bombay’s Kitab Khana as part of the Kala Ghoda ... Read more
Our hot-off-the-press snugglies at Buzzing Books, Noida!
Dec 20, 2013 Way before our newest babies made their way to the bookstores and stockists, they met a group of deliciously infectiously enthusiastic bunch of eager readers at Buzzing ... Read more