Chitra Soundar

Author of over 60 children’s books

PUBLISHED WORLDWIDE WITH LEADING PUBLISHERS

• Picture books for children under 5.
• Fiction for young readers
• Graphic Novel and Plays for young readers Non-fiction for young readers.
• Poetry for young readers

Writing for TV & Stage

• Completed two scripts on an unannounced Moonbug preschool show for Netflix.
• Written two episode for Bubbles and Friends Youtube channel.
• Staffed on a YTKids show for Moonbug
• 20 episodes x 4’ of a new preschool Youtube web-series for Moonlight Animation Studio, India
• Grandfather is Dead, short TV script longlisted for UK TV 50-50 comedy competition
• Hoshiyaar Oont – a stage play for preschool – written and performed in the UK, 2019

Audio Stories

• Grandpa Gopi’s Magic Medicine (Nov 21) – an original audio story for Wondery – Little Stories Everywhere

Audio Books

• Ladybird Tales of Crowns and Thorns – 3 stories
• Mangoes, Mischief and Tales of Friendship – A collection of 8 stories
• A Sliver of Moon and A Shard of Truth – A collection of 4 stories
• Sona Sharma – Very Best Big Sister? Fiction for young readers

Recent Awards and Nominations

Mangoes, Mischief and Tales of Friendship

• Won the Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award conferred by the Westchester Library Association, USA.
• Awarded the presitigious JLG Gold Standard for 2019
• Finalist at the Cybils Award 2020 in the Early Chapter Books category.
• The audio book won the Silver Medal at the Parents Choice Award.

A Jar of Pickles and a Pinch of Justice

• Won the Eugenie Summerfield Children’s Prize in 2018
• Shortlisted for the Surrey Libraries Children’s Book Award 2018.

Sona Sharma – Very Best Big Sister

• A UK Booktrust Pick 2021,
• US School Library Journal – Best Books 2021
• Chicago Public Library Best Book 2021.
• Featured in the Empathy Read 2022 guide for primary schools.
• Nominated – Rhode Island Children’s Book Award 2022.
• Shortlisted – Inspire Read shortlist 2022 by Nottingham Libraries.
• Toka Box book club pick July 2022

Sona Sharma – Looking After Planet Earth

• Chosen as book club pick by Peters Books, UK
• A UK Booktrust Pick 2022

You’re … With Me series

• You’re Safe With Me was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019
• You’re Snug With Me was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2020.
• You’re Strong With Me, chosen as the South Asian Picture Book of 2019 by Tokabox, California.