Today, !5th May, is world Family Day. Sharing this post which I had written for The Bookwallis Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/th...

A version of this review, was first published on the Sustainability Next blog. https://sustainabilitynext.in/a-life-in-nature/ Where does...

On a rare visit to the Anna Centenary Library, a public library in Chennai, I was surprised by the collection in the children’s section,...

This post first appeared in on the Sustainibility Next Blog https://sustainabilitynext.in/of-human-animal-co-existence/ “… do step...

The reason I picked this book for the school library, is because of a former student who plays in the Tamil Nadu, U21 woman’s cricket...

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...

Maybe it’s because I have grown children, or maybe it’s because I’ve grown up celebrating Christmas, but for some reason I cringe every...

Have you ever thought about what happens to all the things you’ve lost? It could be a key, a pen, a book or maybe even a bad habit, a...

The new term started at the end of September and I knew exactly what I was going to be doing. Last term's theme on Art and Artists had...

Joe was engrossed in playing pirates at the park. There were sharks and crocodiles he had to deal with, who were no match for a...

This was going to be a special read-aloud for me. It was the first time that I was sharing one of my favourite children’s book authors...

Week 3 of the Art Theme that I've been doing with my elementary students this term. Last week my younger elementary students were...

The one in which I share our journey with the book Jamlo Walks by Samina Mishra, illustrated by Tariq Aziz and published by Penguin,...

Sometimes one comes across books that are celebrations of individuality...and just sometimes they burst with love and acceptance. I found...

"Writing to someone, taking the time to craft each letter, to buy a stamp, to select an envelope, to travel to the post office—none of...

9 July, 2019 Years ago, on one of my trips to Calcutta, a Bhutanese friend took me to a street not very far from my hotel. On this...

(I wrote this article in October 2020 on The Bookwallis Facebook page as part of a series...Voicing the Silent(ces) in Children's...

Give me a book about stories and I’m happy. Give me a book about stories and family connections...and I’m thrilled! Give me a book about...

Yesterday, during an Insta Live session with Redwood Montessori School, I was asked about books dealing with death. I first wrote a post...

November 3, 2019 The empty chair at the back of the class has been there for a while. But then one day, three weeks into school there is...