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Books,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 Saldanha
Aug 13, 20225 min read


WANTED...Red!!! Little Red Riding Hood
'Twosday' pairs are a hashtag under which I share a pair of books that I have paired for different reasons...posted on a Tuesday. This...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 29, 20222 min read


Using a Pair of Books to explore the story of Noah's Ark
Tuesday's are TWOSDAYS here at Myth Aunty, where I explore pairing books in different ways. By pairing books, we not only extend a book...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 5, 20223 min read


Growing with Yoga...a book to stretch through.
I LOVE yoga and I LOVE children’s books. . When both of them come together, I cannot be the posture-holding, slow breathing yogi. As the...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 3, 20222 min read


Between the pages of a Book is a FUN place to be.
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 25, 20227 min read


Reading Across Genres
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 1, 20225 min read


FOOD is...sitting around the table telling STORIES
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 18, 20227 min read


Books take you places! The Most Magnificent Mosque, Cordoba
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,...
JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 3, 20222 min read


Singing in the Library
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 17, 20222 min read


22 Women and Girls from my Bookshelf who inspire me, this Woman's day 2022
Quite honestly, I don’t really get Woman’s Day. Other than a bunch of discounts and special brunches, fancy ‘award’ ceremonies and being...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 8, 20223 min read


Should 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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 1, 20227 min read


Who Will Teach Emperor Akbar?...Who do we learn from? Who learns from us?
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 21, 20223 min read


'Twosday' Pairings...Kiss the Cow & Lakshmi the Water Buffalo Who Would'nt.
‘TWOSDAY PAIRS' Making connections is how we comprehend what we are reading, helping us get a deeper understanding, scaffolding our...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 15, 20223 min read


Positive messages from Negative Cat
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 12, 20223 min read


What does the Constitution mean to us?We the Children of India
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 28, 20223 min read


Rooted with 'Savi and the Memory Keeper'
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 24, 20223 min read


FARTS, FANNY AND OTHER FORBIDDEN FAVOURITES ASSOCIATED WITH, WITHIN, WITHOUT….SO ON AND SO FORTH.
This post was written for the Bookwallis theme 'Freewheeling Freewheelers...finding “F” in Children’s Books': 2 December, 2020 There is...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 3, 20228 min read


The Nameless God
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 22, 20213 min read


Voting for the Jarul Book Awards 2021
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 14, 20212 min read


25 Meaningful Christmas Books
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 2, 20216 min read
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