Diverse Books

Thukpa for all

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...

Books about Refugees and why our Children need to read them.

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

A Cup of Noon Chai and a Library of Stories.

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...

Picture Books...a Conduit to Conversations about Death, Loss and Grief.

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

The Boy at the Back of the Class

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...

A Saree for Ammi...filled with learning opportunities.

Ammi weaves the most beautiful sarees in the world, Abba is a pro at dyeing the threads and the children help out where ever they can....

Sometimes misfortune can indeed be a blessing.

August, 2020 Sion, an excellent and well-respected fortune-teller, lives in a kingdom just along the Great Wall of China. Everyone went...

Vee loved Garlic and talking about food and intolerances

August, 2019 Over the years of storytelling and reading-aloud, there is always this one thing that I notice have children crinkling up...

The Star Outside My Window

“I've always wanted to be a Star Hunter. But I don't want to be the kind that looks for old stars that have already been burning for...

MERCEDES AND THE CHOCOLATE PILOT

AUTHOR: Margot Theis Raven ILLUSTRATOR: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen Was I glad to be hiding behind the ‘share screen’ option during my...

Once upon a time with a girl named Coyote Sunrise

So, I was ‘chopping onions’….chopping onions, I tell you!! The last few pages were blurry. I had to stop, go wash my face and come back...

Do we need Children's Books on Domestic Violence?

This article first appeared on The Bookwallis, a Facebook page I write on with 2 other educators, we covered themes by 'Voicing the...