Book mail is always a delight, especially when you least expect it.  I hadn’t yet signed up for Pratham Book‘s 'One Day, One Story'...

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to work with a group of middle graders on a cross-border literary exchange. One of the books we...

Can you imagine your worst day ever?  Now multiply it by 10.  Would you believe me if I told you that it would still not match up to...

A wonderful picture books about the power imagination, of thinking outside-the-box and collaboration.

A delightful new children's graphic novel by the wonderfully talented duo or C.G. Salamander and Rajiv Eipe

I stumbled upon C.G. Salamander's From Makaras to Manticores  much like the author repeatedly stumbled upon the journal of one Thomas...

“Aunty, this is N. We have started a new library. Please visit us.” I can rarely resist an invitation to visit a library, but when it is...

“The Camino provides” is a term that I kept coming across when I started planning to walk the Camino Santiago. It is a metaphor for many...

Every year around Valentine’s Day I get asked by my younger elementary children what my read for the week is going to be. Valentine’s Day...

A delightful book for Christmas

"It's the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing, ...

Isn't it wonderful when a place feels like it knows you, knows your history, your tastes, and even your little guilty pleasures?  For me,...

‘On the highest rock of a tiny island at the edge of the world, stands a lighthouse. It is built to last forever.’ Hello, Lighthouse  ...

This term I planned a unit on books about people who created different things. I do not want to use the word inventor or scientist,...

Day 1 Camino Portuguese April-May2024

A Book Review of Julia and the Shark a book that touches upon mental health, those experiencing it and those witnessing it.

These two words set the tone for my post today. Ever since the torrential downpour persisted yesterday morning here in Chennai, and with...

There are not many people who will have me want to get into a saree.  Don’t get me wrong, I love sarees. I love seeing the elegant...

This post first appeared as a feature in the Nature Writing for Children Newsletter https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/articles-nwfc/his...

A huge truck pulled up on the street where my parents live, right at the gate in near which they sat shooting the breeze. A friend who...