Degas and the Little Dancer
From amongst the books I’ve chosen to share with the children for the Art Theme that we are doing this term, this one is probably my...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Come on, ride the Peace Train!!
If you’ve been following me for a while, you will be familiar with my affinity for sing-a-long books and so I absolutely could not resist...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 30, 20213 min read
Cumulative tales...a Chain of Fun!!!
"Perhaps she'll die!!!....Ha! Ha! Ha!!!" Rather inappropriate chant to hear in todays's politically correct world, right? I'm sure this...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Niko Draws a Feeling
"Sometimes he showed his pictures to his friends. 'What is it?' one of them would ask. 'It's the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck,"...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 21, 20214 min read
Nani's Walk to the Park
My first glance through ‘Nani’s walk to the park’, written and illustrated by Deepa Balsavar, I thought, ‘hmmm sweet book, nice for...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 21, 20212 min read
The Magic of a True Story...and trash!
Week 3 of the Art Theme that I've been doing with my elementary students this term. Last week my younger elementary students were...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 16, 20217 min read
Journeying with Jamlo
The one in which I share our journey with the book Jamlo Walks by Samina Mishra, illustrated by Tariq Aziz and published by Penguin,...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 5, 20214 min read
The Noisy Paintbox speaks.
Taking on from our first book, ISH by Peter H. Reynolds which I chose to help my students see that art comes from what we...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 2, 20213 min read
Julian joy in Jessica Love's stunning books.
Sometimes one comes across books that are celebrations of individuality...and just sometimes they burst with love and acceptance. I found...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 1, 20213 min read
An art-ISH theme
Every term I like to plan around a theme...the idea usually pops up a few months earlier, often inspired by new books added to my...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Letter writing and stories.
"Writing to someone, taking the time to craft each letter, to buy a stamp, to select an envelope, to travel to the post office—none of...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 26, 20213 min read
Being me and rethinking Be You.
Be You by Peter H Reynolds came highly recommended by someone whose choices I value. So without much hesitation, I ordered it...after all...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 23, 20212 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 21, 20215 min read
Music is all around us
(This post was first published on The Bookwallis Facebook page.) Isn't it just? It is so essential to our lives, yet many of us do not...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 20, 20211 min read
A Tribute to the Fathers on my Bookshelf this Father's Day
There aren’t many picture books in which we notice Father’s, Dad’s, Daddy’s, Appa’s, Abba’s, Papa’s, Dada’s, Pitaji’s or any other name...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 18, 20218 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 17, 20213 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 14, 20212 min read
Daisy Dolls
Every once in a while I come across a book that seems so sublime, that I wonder if it was written just for me. I don’t like pegging an...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 13, 20218 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 11, 20215 min read
The Lorax and the Patas Monkey
30 September, 2019 Last week, I was invited to give a talk about Dr. Seuss, and as I researched about his sources of inspiration, his...
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