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JoAnne Saldanha
Apr 3, 20222 min read
Books take you places! The Most Magnificent Mosque, Cordoba
On a rare visit to the Anna Centenary Library, a public library in Chennai, I was surprised by the collection in the children’s section,...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 21, 20215 min read
Music is all around us
(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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
FAUJA SINGH KEEPS GOING - THE TRUE STORY OF THE OLDEST PERSON TO EVER RUN A MARATHON
Author Simran Jeet Singh Illustrated by Baljinder Kaur. While Fauja Singh was born determined, he was also born with legs that wouldn’t...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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 8, 20212 min read
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...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 6, 20216 min read
The People make the Journey: My experiences on the Camino Santiago
In 2019 I decided to act on a long held dream. More than 15 years ago, I had been inspired by a tiny paragraph in Ruth Sawyer's book,...
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JoAnne Saldanha
Jun 6, 20213 min read
A Bookish Tribute to Teachers Everywhere
5 September, 2020 A special day. A special post. A post for all the teachers...and I mean teachers. Many Whatsapp forwards tell me that...
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