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

(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...

(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...

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

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...

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...

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...

August, 2020 Sion, an excellent and well-respected fortune-teller, lives in a kingdom just along the Great Wall of China. Everyone went...

I love how food brings people together, often accompanied by laughter, stories, love, friendship, camaraderie and sharing. I love when ...

August, 2019 Over the years of storytelling and reading-aloud, there is always this one thing that I notice have children crinkling up...

“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...

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...

AUTHOR: Margot Theis Raven ILLUSTRATOR: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen Was I glad to be hiding behind the ‘share screen’ option during my...

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...