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An Ode to the Mahseer...the Tiger of the River
(This post was first published on the Sustainability Next blog in October 2022) ‘All life on earth needs water to survive and grow.’ ALL...
JoAnne Saldanha
Nov 1, 20222 min read
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Dictatorship or Democracy? A Picture Book Exploration
When I first saw this book ‘This is a Dictatorship’, on the shelves of the Tate Modern, I was intrigued. A political book amongst picture...
JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 16, 20222 min read
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Migrants by Issa Watanabe
Yesterday, I placed a book in the hands of a friend who had dropped by. ‘Read’ was all I said. The book was a wordless one and it left...
JoAnne Saldanha
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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A Bookish Teachers Day Tribute
A special day. A special post. A post for all the teachers...and I mean teachers. Many Whatsapp forwards tell me that as a mother, I’m my...
JoAnne Saldanha
Sep 5, 20223 min read
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Books,Libraries,Reading and Resistance
(This post first appeared on The Bookwallis Facebook page.) It was National Librarian's Day, yesterday 12th August. This is the first of...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 13, 20225 min read
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Music in Difficult times...a Reading Journey.
(This post was first written in two parts for The Bookswallis Facebook Page) Twenty years from now, if someone asks me about how I...
JoAnne Saldanha
Aug 1, 20228 min read
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Using a Pair of Books to explore the story of Noah's Ark
Tuesday's are TWOSDAYS here at Myth Aunty, where I explore pairing books in different ways. By pairing books, we not only extend a book...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 5, 20223 min read
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Fish in a Tree
Ally Nickerson has changed seven schools in seven years. In each of the schools she spends most of her time at the principals office, as...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Between the pages of a Book is a FUN place to be.
If you are reading this post, the chances are that you believe and probably even know that reading and books hold a certain magic, that...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 25, 20227 min read
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Families and Food...culture, connections, stories.
Today, !5th May, is world Family Day. Sharing this post which I had written for The Bookwallis Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/th...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 15, 20226 min read
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Yangdol...a lyrical, moving read.
A version of this review, was first published on the Sustainability Next blog. https://sustainabilitynext.in/a-life-in-nature/ Where does...
JoAnne Saldanha
May 14, 20223 min read
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Coral Woman...a dive into India's Coral Reefs.
This review was written for the Sustainibility Next blog. https://sustainabilitynext.in/a-quest-for-corals/ Uma Mani was an average...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 24, 20223 min read
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Why Children Should About War/Violence/Conflict (Part 2)
This post appeared on The Bookwallis Facebook page for the theme, Voicing the Silences in Children's Literature. . Read part one here......
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 2, 20225 min read
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Should Children Read Books about War?(part 1)
This post was originally written for The Bookwallis on Facebook, for the theme 'Voicing the silences in children's literature. Adults...
JoAnne Saldanha
Mar 1, 20227 min read
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People and Wildlife..True stories from across India
This post first appeared in on the Sustainibility Next Blog https://sustainabilitynext.in/of-human-animal-co-existence/ “… do step...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 16, 20222 min read
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Batting with Girl Power...Loki Takes Guard.
The reason I picked this book for the school library, is because of a former student who plays in the Tamil Nadu, U21 woman’s cricket...
JoAnne Saldanha
Feb 10, 20223 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 28, 20223 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Jan 3, 20228 min read
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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...
JoAnne Saldanha
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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