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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...

MAY BOOKS INSPIRE YOU DEAR CHILDREN

14 NOVEMBER, 2019 A wish for all the children in my life, this Children’s Day…may books inspire you: To care… To be brave… Enough… To...

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...

Story Fun

25th March 2021 My students thoroughly enjoy participatory activities in the school library. With online fatigue rather strong, the fun...

Valentines Day Demands in the Library

February 2020 I was requested...rather firmly by my 'Phoenix’s', my oldest group at Redwood Montessori, to please plan a Valentine’s Day...

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...

Jewels under the saddle...a story.

As an old Irish saying goes.... "Three apples fell from the tree. One for he who tells the story, one for he who reads/listens to the...

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...

When Hardwork and Dedication prove their might.

9 November, 2019 So what can I say about this evening? It all started in the first week of September, when author Aparna Jain, who...

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...