I introduced books early to my daughter with the intention of raising a reader. She started with touch and feel books, cloth books, bed time story books, books meant for early readers, etc. They were good books but mostly from foreign publishers. I wanted to introduce my child to books with local flavors, which talks about Indian way of life and culture. That is when I came across with Pratham Books and instantly fell in love with their collections.
If you can relate to my experience and are always in search of the next best book for your child then this article is for you.
Pratham Books is a non-profit publisher whose mission is to introduce children to the joy of reading and to see book in every child’s hand. With this noble mission they are creating books for children since 2004. They also conduct many events to connect readers and celebrate reading.
Here are 5 reasons why we like books published by Pratham Books.
1. High quality localized Content in Different Genres
Books collection consists of different genres (fiction, non- fiction, drama) with wide variety of categories. You get to choose books from categories like Environment, Humor, STEM, History and culture, Folktales and many more.
They publish books in localized content so that children can relate to the land and learn about its heritage and culture through joy of reading.
2. Books availability in Indian Local Languages
Books are available both in English and local Indian languages. Children get to read lot of books published in their mother tongue. They can also read same story in English as well as their local language. This approach makes language learning easy for the children.
3. Books for different level of reading proficiency
They offer variety of books for 4 levels of reading proficiencies.
- Emergent – Level 1 : Very young children who are eager to listen to stories and who just started reading.
- Early – Level 2 : Children who can read new words with help.
- Independent – Level 3: Children who can read on their own.
- Fluent – Level 4: Older children who can read with confidence.
You can introduce the child to books starting early age, build their confidence and help them improve their reading abilities by introducing them to next level books.
4. Quality Books in affordable prices
When you want to buy lot of books, budget is also a concern right? Pratham Books has addressed that. They offer picture books with good content printed on good quality paper in very affordable prices.
People from all walks of life can buy these books for their kids.
5. Digital platform for books
Books are also available on their digital platform called StoryWeaver. It has thousands of books in hundreds of languages.
You can enroll your child for reading programme depending on their proficiency level. In this programme digital books are made available as per the proficiency selected. Books can be stored in offline library and can be accessed without internet.
Along with digital books, story listening and read along options are also provided for beginners.
