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Going Places...thinking outside the box
A wonderful picture books about the power imagination, of thinking outside-the-box and collaboration.
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 72 min read


Library By The Sea...How Children Are Spreading Book Joy
“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...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 102 min read


Christmas...A Time for Sharing Stories and Traditions
"It's the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing, ...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 1, 20243 min read


My 'Happy' Place
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,...
JoAnne Saldanha
Nov 25, 20242 min read


Of Sarees, Montessori and the Tale of Two Cities.
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 4, 20243 min read


Talking about Manual Scavenging through a Picture Book
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 24, 20242 min read


The Preamble to the Constitution in the Library
My work requires me to often travel and interact with children, teachers and parents. I often see schools and school libraries tick all...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 30, 20243 min read


Of Travel and Library of Celsus...Ephesus
When we began planning a trip to Turkey, little did I realise just how often I would find connections to my interests and more so to my...
JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 1, 20232 min read


Camino Santiago...till we meet again.
This is part of a series of posts written on our Camino journey. Post 7 Read the previous post here Written by my sister Mary-Lou...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 23, 20237 min read


The People Make the Journey on the Camino Santiago
Read the previous post here. It is good to have an end to journey, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” - Ernest Hemingway...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 21, 20233 min read


The Camino Santiago...Hold That Judgement.
This is a series of posts that I had written originally on Facebook on 11/5/2019 Camino Santiago post 4 Read post 3 here. People walk the...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 14, 20232 min read


Finding our way on the Camino Santiago
Written originally as a Facebook Post on 2/5/2019 Camino Santiago post 3 Read post 2 here So, yesterday was an easy day, as was today. We...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 13, 20233 min read


Camino Santiago, 2019...The Beginning
In April 2019, my sister Mary-Lou and I, undertook a pilgrimage called the Camino Santiago to Compostela Del Santiago in Galicia, Spain....
JoAnne Saldanha
May 5, 20236 min read


Books and Love...Sant Jordi and World Book Day
In 2019, I was leaving Barcelona for Cordoba, when I heard about the most wonderful tradition that was to take place the next day, April...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 23, 20232 min read


Easter Nostalgia
I love the traditions attached to festivals because they offer opportunities to share stories. . The stories in some homes may be...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 9, 20232 min read


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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 6, 20232 min read


My Name is Gulab...reading about Social Justice issues through Picture Books
Books about social justice issues open up the world beyond their immediate circle of family and friends, giving children the opportunity...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 31, 20233 min read


On Reading a Book Series...
The image above shows a poster that we have in the library to draw children’s attention to some of the book series we have on our...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 6, 20233 min read


Library Love during Valentine's Week
With commercial Valentine’s day messages bombarding us all across different media, it is only natural for the children to want to...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 19, 20232 min read


Of Hidden Gems in Indian Kid Lit and one in particular.
As a Library Educator, I often feel that I need to play the role of Cupid…Eros, if Greek mythology is more your thing. I need to get...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 9, 20233 min read
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