Green reads

Lady Tarzan! Jamuna Takes a Stand

“LEAVE MY BROTHERS ALONE.” These words stand out on the opening spread of Lady Tarzan! Jamuna takes a Stand, a picture book biography of...

Shore Walk...Walking and Learning.

(A version of this post was first published on the Sustainability Next blog.) What do you notice when you go to the seashore? If you are...

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky...an Earth Day Read-aloud

Today, April 22, is Earth Day. Don’t you think that every day should be an ‘earth day’? . While I believe that earth stories/ green reads...

Relating Picture Books to Current Affairs...Where I Belong.

Yesterday my Instagram feed was flooded with posts about the protests at Nochikuppam, Chennai. The artisanal fisherfolk have been...

Traditions and a Folktale about Drought and Rain

Tuesdays are 'TWOSdays' here on Myth Aunty, when I share two books that I connect for different reasons. Today’s books are: BRINGING THE...

Serendipitous finds While Weeding our Collection.

One of the most painful jobs for me as a Library Educator, always proves to be one of the most joyful. The job? Weeding. No, we don’t...

Lost for Words, yet casting Spells

Guess who cast a spell at our school library yesterday? Lost words... Lost spells... All found and cast during his delightful session...

Tales of Bon Bibi from the Sunderbans

Ever since the start of this year, I’ve been drawn to books written in verse. I have been reading aloud and working on understanding...

Green LitFest...a fun and thought provoking Green Day out.

The buzz around the Indian’s only Green LitFest started when I was invited to be a jury advisor in the children’s literature category. I...

An Ode to the Mahseer...the Tiger of the River

(This post was first published on the Sustainability Next blog in October 2022) ‘All life on earth needs water to survive and grow.’ ALL...