Stories from Orissa and the connections my students made.
While I’ve been posting about all kinds of books, our Indian Folk Tale theme has been continuing at the school library. Last week we were...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
Sometimes misfortune can indeed be a blessing.
August, 2020 Sion, an excellent and well-respected fortune-teller, lives in a kingdom just along the Great Wall of China. Everyone went...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
A Book filled with Sharing and Gratitude
I love how food brings people together, often accompanied by laughter, stories, love, friendship, camaraderie and sharing. I love when ...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
Vee loved Garlic and talking about food and intolerances
August, 2019 Over the years of storytelling and reading-aloud, there is always this one thing that I notice have children crinkling up...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Star Outside My Window
“I've always wanted to be a Star Hunter. But I don't want to be the kind that looks for old stars that have already been burning for...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
When a library read-aloud session inspires creative expression...Spellbound by Nalini Sorensen
I started my class by reading the first chapter of a book. I didn’t tell my students the title or the author. I just read aloud the...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
MERCEDES AND THE CHOCOLATE PILOT
AUTHOR: Margot Theis Raven ILLUSTRATOR: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen Was I glad to be hiding behind the ‘share screen’ option during my...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 5 min
Oh, for the love of Picture Books with infinite possibilities!!
Don't you just love when the same book lends itself so beautifully to different age groups? I never marvel at the magic spun in the pages...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
A Journey into our imagination with Morris Lessmore
September 2020 The last online library sessions of the term this week, and I wanted to leave my students thinking about books, reading...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
Encouraging browsing with Book Spine Poetry.
One of the big complaints in the school library is ‘We don’t have any books to read!’ Yet, I look at the shelves and see them groaning...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Unboy Boy...examining gender roles through a picture book.
Gagan is a happy, gentle little boy who loves observing ants, colouring, collecting stamps and other comparably gentle pursuits, with his...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
Magnificent Persistence
October, 2020 This term I planned a unit on books about people who created different things. I do not want to use the word inventor or...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
Story Fun
25th March 2021 My students thoroughly enjoy participatory activities in the school library. With online fatigue rather strong, the fun...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Eliciting some library love with display boards.
February 2020 It was all about love in the school library last year. Children shared some library love during the Valentine's week. Now...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- Jun 6, 2021
- 7 min
Do we need Children's Books on Domestic Violence?
This article first appeared on The Bookwallis, a Facebook page I write on with 2 other educators, we covered themes by 'Voicing the...
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JoAnne Saldanha
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Lion's Feast...a romp of a story, an absolute treat.
February, 2018 If an illustrator signs a copy of his book for my students at school, a bias is warranted isn't it? So at the outset, let...
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