My start with the second book shortlisted for the Jarul Book Awards was a bit shaky. I think a lot was connected to my own relationship...

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

Food and stories feed my soul. When they are brought together in a book, I firmly nestles in my soft corner. As I read the book ‘Paati’s...

When I first saw this book ‘This is a Dictatorship’, on the shelves of the Tate Modern, I was intrigued. A political book amongst picture...

Yesterday, I placed a book in the hands of a friend who had dropped by. ‘Read’ was all I said. The book was a wordless one and it left...

It’s the last week of school before the term break and the library is buzzing with the excitement of Pratham books ‘One day, one story',...

A special day. A special post. A post for all the teachers...and I mean teachers. Many Whatsapp forwards tell me that as a mother, I’m my...

(This post was originally written for the Sustainability Next blog. https://sustainabilitynext.in/trees-in-indian-childrens-literature/)...

(This post first appeared on The Bookwallis Facebook page.) It was National Librarian's Day, yesterday 12th August. This is the first of...

(This post was first written in two parts for The Bookswallis Facebook Page) Twenty years from now, if someone asks me about how I...

'Twosday' pairs are a hashtag under which I share a pair of books that I have paired for different reasons...posted on a Tuesday. This...

Tuesday's are TWOSDAYS here at Myth Aunty, where I explore pairing books in different ways. By pairing books, we not only extend a book...

I LOVE yoga and I LOVE children’s books. . When both of them come together, I cannot be the posture-holding, slow breathing yogi. As the...

If you are reading this post, the chances are that you believe and probably even know that reading and books hold a certain magic, that...

To have learned something for the child, is only a point of departure - Maria Montessori If there is one thing that stands out in the...

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 review was written for the Sustainibility Next blog. https://sustainabilitynext.in/a-quest-for-corals/ Uma Mani was an average...

Singing a book…literally, is something I love to do, and I do it often! This however, is one of the first singalong books, that I...