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'''Mango Books''', children's imprint in English from [[DC Books]]. Mango’s publications fall into every category such as [[fiction]], children’s [[literature]], [[poetry]], [[reference]], [[classics]], folktales and biographies. Mango has also licensed content to Real Reads, [[UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://realreads.co.uk/info/rights/real-reads-2015-16-catalogue.pdf|title= Real Reads 2015-16- realreads|publisher=}}</ref>

The Mango [[Editorial]] office is located in [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Mango has a four-member [[editorial]] team with Saraswathy Rajagopalan as its [[Executive Editor]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/More-than-just-Pottermania/article13372239.ece|title= More than just Pottermania– The Hindu|publisher=}}</ref>

== History and overview ==

Mango Books, started in 2007 and was called Tumbi then, morphed into Mango in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.indianmomsconnect.com/2015/08/24/saraswathy/|title= Interesting, Well Produced Books Kindle Children's Interest Says Saraswathy, Mango Books– Indianmomsconnect|publisher=}}</ref> In 2014, Mango launched a new series titled Spooky Stories (The Girl in the Mirror, As Strange as it Gets, Stories to Scare, Whispers from Under the Bed <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26179005-whispers-from-under-the-bed|title= Whispers from Under the Bed- Goodreads|publisher=}}</ref> and Ghost Stories from [[Bengal]] and Beyond) which became hugely popular among children in a short period of time.

The Mango Classics edition of [[Ramayana]] sold record copies worldwide. Titles from Mango from the series, Mango Classics, Folktales and Collected Stories are bestsellers in the market, including world classics like [[Hamlet]], Emma, [[The Time Machine]], [[The Tempest]], Great Expectations, [[Tom Sawyer]], [[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein]], [[A Christmas Carol]], [[Macbeth]], [[Wuthering Heights]], [[Pride and Prejudice]], [[Romeo and Juliet]], [[The Hound of the Baskervilles]] and [[The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel)|The Lost World]] among the others. Among the classics, there are also some very interesting tales from Indian Mythology, including [[Karna]] and [[Krishna]], as well as the must-read tales from [[Indian history]] including [[Rani Lakshmibai]], [[Shivaji]] and [[Ashoka]]. The collected tales of [[Panchatantra]] and Jataka Tales have received positive opinions all around.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://kitaabworld.com/products/panchatantra?variant=27612980743|title= Panchatantra– Kittabworld|publisher=}}</ref> Mango publishes its own [[yearbook]] every year, which is a comprehensive reference [[book]] to meet the academic requirements of students.

Mango also has its own original and innovative textbook series for [[school]]s, The English Express: A Skill-based Interactive Series which intends to develop [[English language]] skills in children, encourage their creativity, and develop their communication and social skills. The lessons, exercises, illustrations and design in the course for classes 1 to 8 are methodically planned and crafted.

== Notable contributors ==

Acclaimed [[author]]s like [[Anita Nair]], [[Jaishree Misra]], Anjana Vaswani and Nandini Nayar<ref>{{cite web|url= http://goodbooks.in/taxonomy/term/5307|title= Nandini Nayar Books– Goodbooks|publisher=}}</ref> have worked with Mango, and creative artists and visual story-tellers like K.R. Raji,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-youngworld/Stories-ABOUT-gods/article14551790.ece|title= Stories ABOUT gods– The Hindu|publisher=}}</ref> Lavanya Karthik and Aniruddha Mukherjee<ref>{{cite web|url= https://booksandstrips.wordpress.com/tag/aniruddha-mukherjee/|title= Vahana Review– booksandstrips|publisher=}}</ref> have also contributed to its success.

== Awards and recognition ==

The Talking Handkerchief written by Mumbai-based author Anjana Vaswani won the [[Sharjah]] International Children’s Book Award at the [[Sharjah]] [[Book]] Fair 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/book-award/article7139134.ece|title= Book award– The Hindu|publisher=}}</ref> FIP (Federation of Indian Publishers) Award was won by Mango's Apoorva's Fat Diary and [[Rani Lakshmibai]], both authored by Nandini Nayar. A good number of Mango Books titles also have e-books and audio books.

Mango was featured as the fastest-growing independent publisher from 2016-2018 on ''[[Publishers Weekly|Publisher's Weekly]]'s'' Fast-Growing Independent Publisher list in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Milliot|first1=Jim|last2=Kirch|first2=Claire|date=April 5, 2019|title=Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2019|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/79732-fast-growing-independent-publishers-2019.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 5, 2020|website=}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.mangobooks.net}}

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