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Thukpa for all
9 July, 2019 Years ago, on one of my trips to Calcutta, a Bhutanese friend took me to a street not very far from my hotel. On this...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 23, 20212 min read
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Books about Refugees and why our Children need to read them.
(I wrote this article in October 2020 on The Bookwallis Facebook page as part of a series...Voicing the Silent(ces) in Children's...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 18, 20218 min read
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A Cup of Noon Chai and a Library of Stories.
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 17, 20213 min read
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Picture Books...a Conduit to Conversations about Death, Loss and Grief.
Yesterday, during an Insta Live session with Redwood Montessori School, I was asked about books dealing with death. I first wrote a post...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 13, 20218 min read
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The Boy at the Back of the Class
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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 11, 20213 min read
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A Saree for Ammi...filled with learning opportunities.
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....
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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Once upon a time with a girl named Coyote Sunrise
So, I was ‘chopping onions’….chopping onions, I tell you!! The last few pages were blurry. I had to stop, go wash my face and come back...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 6, 20217 min read
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