‘On the highest rock of a tiny island at the edge of the world, stands a lighthouse. It is built to last forever.’ Hello, Lighthouse  ...

This term I planned a unit on books about people who created different things. I do not want to use the word inventor or scientist,...

A review of a gem of a book. Read if you want to write, read if you are a teller of stories, read just because.

As I began reading Savie Karnel‘s The Nameless God, published by Red Panda, I was sucked into the book. Right from the names of the two...

One of the joys of childhood is an uninhibitied imagination. But how long are we able to hold on to this? How quickly we get jaded, often...

Tuesday’s are ‘twosday’s’ on my Instagram account @mythaunty , when I share a pair of books. When we received the PHL Book Box, from...

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...

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',...

Taking on from my previous post about food and families, when I think of families sitting around a table, I think about them sharing food...

I always look for something deeply meaningful to start the new term or the new year and this one seemed like the perfect read for my...

When I ask my students about Republic Day, they all have the right answers. They all know that it was the day the Constitution of India...

There is so much that I want to say about this book, that I do not know where to begin. How does one take the black colour of grief, mix...

There was a wonderful buzz around the library this past week. We had read the 3 books shortlisted for the Jarul Book awards over the...

The new term started at the end of September and I knew exactly what I was going to be doing. Last term's theme on Art and Artists had...

Art Theme Week 10 We have just one more week of school before we break for holidays. With Pratham’s One Day, one story, scheduled for the...

"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,"...

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...

Be You by Peter H Reynolds came highly recommended by someone whose choices I value. So without much hesitation, I ordered it...after all...

Ammi weaves the most beautiful sarees in the world, Abba is a pro at dyeing the threads and the children help out where ever they can....

While the curly whirly script on the sign boards belie the fact that this book may be set in a village in South India, I felt villages...