'Wordy' reads...Books about Words
Wednesday a ‘W’ word, seems the perfect day to share three books I’ve been poring over the last week. All three centre around...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Sep 2
- 2 min
Birds on the Brain
E ver since I first read ‘Book Uncle and Me’ by Uma Krishnaswmi, it has become one of my beloved children's books. I have a special...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Sep 1
- 3 min
An Exhibition of Bookish Art
This banner features titles beginning with the coordinating alphabet from our collection in the library As a Library Educator, I am...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Peanut Butter and Freedom!
Talking about ‘freedom’ through a story of peanut butter may seem incredulous. However, Matt Haig’s short story “The Invention of Peanut...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Singing for Mrs.Pettigrew - A Gem of a Read
A review of a gem of a book. Read if you want to write, read if you are a teller of stories, read just because.
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 28
- 3 min
Pairing Polacco Favourites
Both of these books were part of our selection for the ‘thIS ABILITY’ theme that we focussed on in the library last term. Both of these book
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 22
- 2 min
Zen : A Multigenerational Tale
A must read young adult book that seamlessly weaves political, religious and social commentary with love stories and a wee little murder!
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Love in the Library
February 14th…Valentine’s Day and Library Lovers day!!! As I browsed my book shelf I found the perfect picture book…a love story that...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Feb 12
- 3 min
Song for a Whale
My pick to add to our library shelves for our 'thIS ABILITY' theme. Twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius, in particular she loves...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Feb 1
- 2 min
A Time to Dance...Book Review
Every once in a while I come across a book that leaves me awestruck. Achingly beautiful, this is one such book that will stay with me a...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jan 30
- 3 min
The Preamble to the Constitution in the Library
My work requires me to often travel and interact with children, teachers and parents. I often see schools and school libraries tick all...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jan 22
- 2 min
The Nameless God
As I began reading Savie Karnel‘s The Nameless God, published by Red Panda, I was sucked into the book. Right from the names of the two...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jan 22
- 4 min
OUR LIBRARY...thIS ABILITY
During the first few months of the year, we planned to focus on books about characters with disabilities…seen and unseen, with a focus on...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Dec 31, 2023
- 3 min
2023 You've Been Swell
Ever since I began sharing my work on social media and on my blog, the world opened out for me. It was something that I didn’t expect....
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Nov 18, 2023
- 2 min
My Grandmother Can't Cook...fun books and meaningful discussions
We’ve been working our way through the three Jarul Book Awards books and MY GRANDMOTHER CAN’T COOK by Indu Balachandran, illustrated by...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Nov 15, 2023
- 2 min
Uncontrollable...Fantasy Fiction in Verse
I’ve just put my bookmark away and shut Uncontrollable by Varsha Seshan, a middle grade fantasy fiction book in verse and I must say that...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Oct 29, 2023
- 2 min
my story,my voice - Sita and Helen
"The face that launched a 1000 ships" is metaphoric enough to get my 6th and 7th graders all excited as we go across the stories from the...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Oct 24, 2023
- 2 min
The Kites are Flying...Hope in Palestine
The news of the horrors going on in Gaza at the moment had got me down. In the library I noticed that children were all picking up...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Oct 16, 2023
- 2 min
The Paper Plane Flew
For the last library period of term, I was looking for a story that was fun, that would take the children on a flight of imagination and...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Oct 1, 2023
- 2 min
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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