If you are reading this post, the chances are that you believe and probably even know that reading and books hold a certain magic, that...

To have learned something for the child, is only a point of departure - Maria Montessori If there is one thing that stands out in the...

Taking on from my previous post about food and families, when I think of families sitting around a table, I think about them sharing food...

On a rare visit to the Anna Centenary Library, a public library in Chennai, I was surprised by the collection in the children’s section,...

Singing a book…literally, is something I love to do, and I do it often! This however, is one of the first singalong books, that I...

Quite honestly, I don’t really get Woman’s Day. Other than a bunch of discounts and special brunches, fancy ‘award’ ceremonies and being...

This post was originally written for The Bookwallis on Facebook, for the theme 'Voicing the silences in children's literature. Adults...

I always look for something deeply meaningful to start the new term or the new year and this one seemed like the perfect read for my...

‘TWOSDAY PAIRS' Making connections is how we comprehend what we are reading, helping us get a deeper understanding, scaffolding our...

World Read Aloud Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in February, every year. It is a day that draws attention to the importance of...

When I ask my students about Republic Day, they all have the right answers. They all know that it was the day the Constitution of India...

There is so much that I want to say about this book, that I do not know where to begin. How does one take the black colour of grief, mix...

This post was written for the Bookwallis theme 'Freewheeling Freewheelers...finding “F” in Children’s Books': 2 December, 2020 There is...

As I began reading Savie Karnel‘s The Nameless God, published by Red Panda, I was sucked into the book. Right from the names of the two...

There was a wonderful buzz around the library this past week. We had read the 3 books shortlisted for the Jarul Book awards over the...

Maybe it’s because I have grown children, or maybe it’s because I’ve grown up celebrating Christmas, but for some reason I cringe every...

During the Great Depression, to help aid and educate the people affected in eastern Kentucky, one of the parts of Appalachia which was...

Have you ever thought about what happens to all the things you’ve lost? It could be a key, a pen, a book or maybe even a bad habit, a...

As I turned the last page of ‘Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame’ by Supriya Kelkar, I couldn’t help but wonder about what I learnt in my...

There are times as an educator, when the children’s comments can make it painfully clear that you have not thought out or planned the...