BOOK RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
I'M GOING TO MAKE A FRIEND
Read for Empathy List (2026)
BookTrust Great Books Guide (2025)
SHIVI'S BIG LEAP
BCCB Guide Book to Gift Books (2025)
Featured by MacKids for Mental Health Awareness Month
ASHA THE AUTO DRIVER
WINNER – Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize (2024)
WINNER – Children's Picture Book: Illustrations (Atta Galatta BLF Book Prize)
HONOR BOOK – South Asia Book Award (2024)
THE SPICE BOX
WINNER – South Asia Book Award (2025)
FINALIST – CALIBA Mirrors & Windows Golden Poppy Award
APALA Best of the Best Booklist (2024)
Texas Library Association 2×2 Reading List (2025)
SHORTLISTED – One Book One San Diego
THE HIDDEN STORY OF ESTIE NOOR
LONGLISTED – Jhalak Prize (2025)
IT'S TIME TO HUSH AND SAY GOODNIGHT
NOMINATED – Carnegie Medal (2025)
SHORTLISTED – CLEL Bell Picture Book Award (2024)
LONGLISTED – Jhalak Prize (2025)
Featured on BBC CBeebies Parenting
NCTE Notable Poetry Books & Verse Novels List (2025)
FARUQ AND THE WIRI WIRI
SHORTLISTED – Inclusive Book Awards (2024)
SHORTLISTED – UKLA Book Awards (2024)
A GARDEN IN MY HANDS
Bank Street College Best Book of the Year (2024)
SHORTLISTED – Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award (2024–25)
SHORTLISTED – CLEL Bell Award (Colorado Libraries)
FINALIST – Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Crystal Kite Award (California/Hawaii Division)
American Library Association ALSC Día Reading List (2024)
Starred review – Kirkus Reviews
Starred review – Publishers Weekly
MY NAME
Notable Social Studies Trade Books (2024)
STORIES GRANDMA FORGOT
LONGLISTED – UKLA Book Award (2023)
SHORTLISTED – Alexandra Palace Children's Book Award
SHORTLISTED – Read for Empathy Collection (2023)
BooksForTopics Best Book of the Month (March 2026)
NAMASTE IS A GREETING
WINNER – Northern Dawn Awards (2023), Picture Book – All Ages
WINNER – Crystal Kite Award (West Region, 2023)
California Department of Education Recommended Literature List (2025)
Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year (2023)
New York Public Library Storytime Collection (2023)
Battersea Bookshop Children's Book of the Month (2023)
Brightly Best Picture Books of 2022
THE SECRET SUNSHINE PROJECT
Read for Empathy Collection (2023)
HONOR – Mathical Book Prize (2023)
VA Reads (2022–23)
ME, MY DAD AND THE END OF THE RAINBOW
WINNER – Diverse Book Awards (2022)
SHORTLISTED – Waterstones Children's Book Prize (2022)
WHAT IS RACISM?
WINNER – SLA Information Book Award, Children's Choice (0–7 Category) (2022)
SHORTLISTED – British Book Awards (2022)
Read for Empathy List (2023)
ANI'S LIGHT/DARKLESS
WINNER – NAPPA Awards (2020)
RUNNER-UP – Publishing Next Awards, Children's Book of the Year (0–8)
I AM BROWN
WINNER – Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year (2021)
FINALIST – Teach Early Years Award (2021)
LONGLISTED – UKLA Book Awards (2021)
LONGLISTED – Derby Children's Book Awards (2021)
BookTrust Best Books Guide (2020)
The Guardian Children's Book of the Month
A SAREE FOR AMMI (A SARI FOR AMMI)
CCBC Choices (2022)
HONOR – Parag Honor List (2021)
THE COLOUR THIEF
WINNER – The Hindu Young World Good Books Award (2018)
HONOR – South Asia Book Award (2018)