We don't know if we would have passed our school grades if we didn't write an answer to the "moral" of the story we read. But when we pose the same question to a few members of the jury for India's first Children's Choice Awards at the Peek-a-book children's literature festival, their answer bottles down to "nothing really". "Here, we don't do 'moral' of the story," festival director Lubaina Bandukwala adds. And after a 40-minute conversation with them, we get why.

The 15-member jury consists of students divided across five age groups ranging from five to over 13 years, who were selected after a call for applications was put out on social media. "Through the festival, we hope to engage them in activities that will hopefully translate into a love for reading. But we also want to know what children think of the publishing industry right now, and a five-year-old would read differently as compared to a 10-year-old. And it's safe to say that everyone on this jury really loves to read," Bandukwala shares. "You do like to read, right?" she asks the children for a confirmation. We hear a loud, "Yes!"