Every term I like to plan around a theme...the idea usually pops up a few months earlier, often inspired by new books added to my...

"Writing to someone, taking the time to craft each letter, to buy a stamp, to select an envelope, to travel to the post office—none of...

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

9 July, 2019 Years ago, on one of my trips to Calcutta, a Bhutanese friend took me to a street not very far from my hotel. On this...

(This post was first published on The Bookwallis Facebook page.) Isn't it just? It is so essential to our lives, yet many of us do not...

There aren’t many picture books in which we notice Father’s, Dad’s, Daddy’s, Appa’s, Abba’s, Papa’s, Dada’s, Pitaji’s or any other name...

(I wrote this article in October 2020 on The Bookwallis Facebook page as part of a series...Voicing the Silent(ces) in Children's...

Give me a book about stories and I’m happy. Give me a book about stories and family connections...and I’m thrilled! Give me a book about...

Every once in a while I come across a book that seems so sublime, that I wonder if it was written just for me. I don’t like pegging an...

Yesterday, during an Insta Live session with Redwood Montessori School, I was asked about books dealing with death. I first wrote a post...

30 September, 2019 Last week, I was invited to give a talk about Dr. Seuss, and as I researched about his sources of inspiration, his...

10 October, 2019 Harnessing, current events this term we are focusing on protecting our world, by highlighting books about conservation,...

November 3, 2019 The empty chair at the back of the class has been there for a while. But then one day, three weeks into school there is...

29 January, 2020 This term its all about Indian stories...especially our folktales. . During our library sessions we talked about how...

29 September, 2020 As I sat down to prepare for the new term, which started this week, I looked back with pride, amazement and smug...

"Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be."- Clementine Paddleford. I came across this wonderful poem by poet and...

All of us had that one teacher in school who we remember and hold close. They are often the teachers who taught us as much, if not more...

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...

March 8, 2020 I glanced through my small collection of books at home, I saw some marvellous women hiding between their covers. Some you...