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...

A delightful book for Christmas

‘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...

There are not many people who will have me want to get into a saree.  Don’t get me wrong, I love sarees. I love seeing the elegant...

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...

Author: Payal Kapadia Publisher: Hachette India Book Review As I sit down to write this, I realise that I am at a loss for words. ...

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

This banner features titles beginning with the coordinating alphabet from our collection in the library As a Library Educator, I am...

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

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.

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