Book mail is always a delight, especially when you least expect it.  I hadn’t yet signed up for Pratham Book‘s 'One Day, One Story'...

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to work with a group of middle graders on a cross-border literary exchange. One of the books we...

Can you imagine your worst day ever?  Now multiply it by 10.  Would you believe me if I told you that it would still not match up to...

A wonderful picture books about the power imagination, of thinking outside-the-box and collaboration.

I stumbled upon C.G. Salamander's From Makaras to Manticores  much like the author repeatedly stumbled upon the journal of one Thomas...

“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...

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,...

‘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 Book Review of Julia and the Shark a book that touches upon mental health, those experiencing it and those witnessing it.

These two words set the tone for my post today. Ever since the torrential downpour persisted yesterday morning here in Chennai, and with...

This post first appeared as a feature in the Nature Writing for Children Newsletter https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/articles-nwfc/his...

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...

Wednesday a ‘W’ word, seems the perfect day to share three books I’ve been poring over the last week.  All three centre around...

Talking about ‘freedom’ through a story of peanut butter may seem incredulous.  However, Matt Haig’s short story “The Invention of Peanut...

Both of these books were part of our selection for the ‘thIS ABILITY’ theme that we focussed on in the library last term. Both of these book

February 14th…Valentine’s Day and Library Lovers day!!! As I browsed my book shelf I found the perfect picture book…a love story that...

My pick to add to our library shelves for our 'thIS ABILITY' theme. Twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius, in particular she loves...

During the first few months of the year, we planned to focus on books about characters with disabilities…seen and unseen, with a focus on...

We’ve been working our way through the three Jarul Book Awards books and MY GRANDMOTHER CAN’T COOK by Indu Balachandran, illustrated by...