JoAnne SaldanhaJun 8, 20212 minSometimes 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 8, 20213 minVee 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 8, 20214 minThe 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 8, 20212 minMERCEDES 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 8, 20212 minOnce upon a time with a girl named Coyote SunriseSo, 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 6, 20217 minDo 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...