JoAnne SaldanhaDec 2, 20216 min25 Meaningful Christmas Books Maybe it’s because I have grown children, or maybe it’s because I’ve grown up celebrating Christmas, but for some reason I cringe every...
JoAnne SaldanhaOct 5, 20214 minSnakes in Indian Children's Literature(Sharing a post which first featured on the Sustainability Next blog on September 27, 2021) Ophidiophobia or fear of snakes, is one of...
JoAnne SaldanhaAug 28, 20215 minReading the Olympics...reading across genres.A version of this article appeared in the Hindu on July 30, 2021... https://www.thehindu.com/books/a-collection-of-books-to-teach-childre...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 21, 20215 minMusic 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 20, 20211 minA Tribute to the Fathers on my Bookshelf this Father's DayThere 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 18, 20218 minBooks 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...
JoAnne SaldanhaJun 13, 20218 minPicture 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...