Of Travel and Library of Celsus...Ephesus
When we began planning a trip to Turkey, little did I realise just how often I would find connections to my interests and more so to my...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Oppenheimer and the Butter Battle Book
Tuesday's are 'twosdays' over on my @mythaunty Instagram account, when I share two books that I've shared for a particular reason. This...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Connections, Manapad and St. Francis Xavier
”The universe has this amazing way of giving back to those who serve first.” I'm sure you are familiar with this quote about how when you...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jul 29
- 3 min
Learning and tearing up with Patricia Polacco's 'Pink and Say'
When N, a History teacher reached out to me for resources that could support her unit on the American Civil War, I remembered that I had...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 26
- 2 min
RED - A Crayon's Story
Almost a year ago, my ‘BFF’, also a Jo-Ann….with no ‘e’ at the end, a ‘Child Life Specialist’ in the US, sent me this book...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8
- 7 min
Think FOOD, think ACCEPTANCE and TOLERANCE...an exploration through Picture Books
This post was written for the Bookwallis Facebook page on 16 September, 2020 I’ve been a Story educator and Library educator for many...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 7
- 3 min
The Elderly in Children's Literature...a few thoughts and a question
Picture Credit ....cover of 'Wilfred Gordon Macdonald Partridge" by Mem Fox This post is a question, so bear with me till the end and I...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 5
- 7 min
Picture Books that 'Stretch the Table'...Stories about Soups and Stews
When I think of FOOD, I think of ‘stretching the table’... always a place and a bowl for one more. When I think about stretching the...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 2
- 3 min
Lady Tarzan! Jamuna Takes a Stand
“LEAVE MY BROTHERS ALONE.” These words stand out on the opening spread of Lady Tarzan! Jamuna takes a Stand, a picture book biography of...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 1
- 6 min
Food is Everywhere...even in Children's Books!!
This post was first shared on The Bookwallis Facebook page. FOOD features EVERYWHERE. Food is ubiquitous. From growing it, to harvesting...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 23
- 7 min
Camino Santiago...till we meet again.
This is part of a series of posts written on our Camino journey. Post 7 Read the previous post here Written by my sister Mary-Lou...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 23
- 5 min
Camino Santiago...as we near the destination.
Our Camino Santiago post 6 Written by my sister Mary-Lou Navaratnam 3/5/2019 Read my previous post here Another two days have passed and...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 21
- 3 min
The People Make the Journey on the Camino Santiago
Read the previous post here. It is good to have an end to journey, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” - Ernest Hemingway...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 14
- 2 min
The Camino Santiago...Hold That Judgement.
This is a series of posts that I had written originally on Facebook on 11/5/2019 Camino Santiago post 4 Read post 3 here. People walk the...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 14
- 3 min
Wishtree...a story of Hope and Humanity
"But those who want to talk and tell, And those who will not listeners be, Will never hear a syllable From the lips of any tree.”...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 13
- 3 min
Finding our way on the Camino Santiago
Written originally as a Facebook Post on 2/5/2019 Camino Santiago post 3 Read post 2 here So, yesterday was an easy day, as was today. We...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 5
- 6 min
Finding Joy on the Camino Santiago
This is the 2nd in a series of posts that I had shared on Facebook about my experiences on the last 120 kms of the Camino Santiago that I...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 5
- 6 min
Camino Santiago, 2019...The Beginning
In April 2019, my sister Mary-Lou and I, undertook a pilgrimage called the Camino Santiago to Compostela Del Santiago in Galicia, Spain....
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Shore Walk...Walking and Learning.
(A version of this post was first published on the Sustainability Next blog.) What do you notice when you go to the seashore? If you are...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Books and Love...Sant Jordi and World Book Day
In 2019, I was leaving Barcelona for Cordoba, when I heard about the most wonderful tradition that was to take place the next day, April...
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