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Jun 8, 20213 min read

The Grand Chapati Contest

Written by: Asha Nehemiah Illustrated by:Chetan Sharma Published by : Duckbill/Penguinsters So let me say right off the bat, that there...

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...

Jun 8, 20215 min read

Oh, for the love of Picture Books with infinite possibilities!!

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...

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Sometimes a book needs children to work its magic...Ravi's Roar.

I have a self imposed rule of only reading aloud books or orally narrating stories that I connect with. Yet every once in a while, I come...

Jun 8, 20212 min read

A Journey into our imagination with Morris Lessmore

September 2020 The last online library sessions of the term this week, and I wanted to leave my students thinking about books, reading...

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Encouraging browsing with Book Spine Poetry.

One of the big complaints in the school library is ‘We don’t have any books to read!’ Yet, I look at the shelves and see them groaning...

Jun 8, 20214 min read

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...

Jun 8, 20213 min read

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...

May 23, 20212 min read

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...