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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 15, 20223 min
'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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 12, 20223 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 28, 20223 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 24, 20223 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 3, 20228 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 22, 20213 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 14, 20212 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 2, 20216 min
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Nov 22, 20213 min
Those Book Women
During the Great Depression, to help aid and educate the people affected in eastern Kentucky, one of the parts of Appalachia which was...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Nov 13, 20213 min
The Christmas Pig by J.K.Rowling
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 25, 20212 min
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 25, 20213 min
Amrita Shergil...born to be an artist
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 22, 20212 min
Just Like Papa...exploring what we 'can do'.
Week 3 of Term 2 and we continue with the Art Theme in the library, exploring Indian art and artists through books. It hasn't been easy....
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 11, 20215 min
The Dot and Raza's Bindu...focusing on Indian Art
The new term started at the end of September and I knew exactly what I was going to be doing. Last term's theme on Art and Artists had...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 6, 20212 min
What Happened to You? Reflecting on Disability in Children's Books
Joe was engrossed in playing pirates at the park. There were sharks and crocodiles he had to deal with, who were no match for a...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 5, 20214 min
Snakes in Indian Children's Literature
(Sharing a post which first featured on the Sustainability Next blog on September 27, 2021) Ophidiophobia or fear of snakes, is one of...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 28, 20212 min
Do We Need to Read Challenged Books?
“Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” - Laurie Halse Anderson, Author This week is Banned Book Week, a week...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 6, 20213 min
Art IS Everywhere
Art Theme Week 10 We have just one more week of school before we break for holidays. With Pratham’s One Day, one story, scheduled for the...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 2, 20213 min
The Art of Miss Chew and gratitude for our own teachers.
This was going to be a special read-aloud for me. It was the first time that I was sharing one of my favourite children’s book authors...
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