JoAnne SaldanhaOct 24, 20232 minThe Kites are Flying...Hope in Palestine The news of the horrors going on in Gaza at the moment had got me down. In the library I noticed that children were all picking up...
JoAnne SaldanhaAug 13, 20225 minBooks,Libraries,Reading and Resistance (This post first appeared on The Bookwallis Facebook page.) It was National Librarian's Day, yesterday 12th August. This is the first of...
JoAnne SaldanhaAug 1, 20228 minMusic in Difficult times...a Reading Journey. (This post was first written in two parts for The Bookswallis Facebook Page) Twenty years from now, if someone asks me about how I...
JoAnne SaldanhaMar 1, 20227 minShould Children Read Books about War?(part 1)This post was originally written for The Bookwallis on Facebook, for the theme 'Voicing the silences in children's literature. Adults...