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Rockstar in a Sari...Picture Book Biography
So, last weekend I was at the India in Fashion exhibition at the NMA Cultural Centre, Mumbai that traces India's influences on world...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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Relating Picture Books to Current Affairs...Where I Belong.
Yesterday my Instagram feed was flooded with posts about the protests at Nochikuppam, Chennai. The artisanal fisherfolk have been...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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Traditions and a Folktale about Drought and Rain
Tuesdays are 'TWOSdays' here on Myth Aunty, when I share two books that I connect for different reasons. Today’s books are: BRINGING THE...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Serendipitous finds While Weeding our Collection.
One of the most painful jobs for me as a Library Educator, always proves to be one of the most joyful. The job? Weeding. No, we don’t...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 6, 20232 min read
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Hakeem's Hiccups and other Books to Read and Share during Ramadan
"What is your remedy for hiccups?". . I drink water. Gallon’s of water. My students had plenty more to share… Holding my breath. My...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 4, 20234 min read
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The View from Saturday
“It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski’s team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 2, 20234 min read
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My Name is Gulab...reading about Social Justice issues through Picture Books
Books about social justice issues open up the world beyond their immediate circle of family and friends, giving children the opportunity...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 31, 20233 min read
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Who Clicked That Pic?...inspired by the life of Homai Vyarawalla
I’ve been sitting on this book for a while now ever since I bought it almost a week ago, rather gob-smacked. The innovative approach to a...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 28, 20232 min read
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World Storytelling Day...a Celebration with Stories about Stories.
“Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution -- more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 20, 20235 min read
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On Reading a Book Series...
The image above shows a poster that we have in the library to draw children’s attention to some of the book series we have on our...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 6, 20233 min read
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Story making and Storytelling in the Library
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Pairing and Comparing Wedding Baraat Picture Books
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 21, 20232 min read
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Library Love during Valentine's Week
With commercial Valentine’s day messages bombarding us all across different media, it is only natural for the children to want to...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 19, 20232 min read
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Tales of Bon Bibi from the Sunderbans
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 7, 20232 min read
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The Sense of Wonder and Poetry
'Twosdays' is the hashtag that I use on social media on Tuesdays, when I share not just one, but two books that I may have paired for...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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Two Inspiring Stories - One a Great Read, the other Disappointing.
Sometimes on a Tuesday, I share two books that I have paired for a particular reason, usually because of the way they complement each...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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Of Hidden Gems in Indian Kid Lit and one in particular.
As a Library Educator, I often feel that I need to play the role of Cupid…Eros, if Greek mythology is more your thing. I need to get...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 9, 20233 min read
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New Year Reflections of an Educator
I ended a busy, productive year and began the new one in a reflective mood, thinking about something that has been playing on my mind for...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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My Christmas Reads this week
When I realised that it was only two weeks till school shut for the year end break, I pulled out a few of my favourite Christmas books...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 8, 20222 min read
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On Spreading Story Magic and Book Joy
Recently someone who knows me quite well, was surprised when I mentioned about my workshops, outside of the schools I work with on a...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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