This review was written for the Sustainibility Next blog. https://sustainabilitynext.in/a-quest-for-corals/ Uma Mani was an average...

Quite honestly, I don’t really get Woman’s Day. Other than a bunch of discounts and special brunches, fancy ‘award’ ceremonies and being...

This post appeared on The Bookwallis Facebook page for the theme, Voicing the Silences in Children's Literature. . Read part one here......

I always look for something deeply meaningful to start the new term or the new year and this one seemed like the perfect read for my...

This post first appeared in on the Sustainibility Next Blog https://sustainabilitynext.in/of-human-animal-co-existence/ “… do step...

‘TWOSDAY PAIRS' Making connections is how we comprehend what we are reading, helping us get a deeper understanding, scaffolding our...

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...

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...

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...

This post was written for the Bookwallis theme 'Freewheeling Freewheelers...finding “F” in Children’s Books': 2 December, 2020 There is...

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...

There was a wonderful buzz around the library this past week. We had read the 3 books shortlisted for the Jarul Book awards over the...

There are times as an educator, when the children’s comments can make it painfully clear that you have not thought out or planned the...

Week 3 of Term 2 and we continue with the Art Theme in the library, exploring Indian art and artists through books. It hasn't been easy....

The new term started at the end of September and I knew exactly what I was going to be doing. Last term's theme on Art and Artists had...

(Sharing a post which first featured on the Sustainability Next blog on September 27, 2021) Ophidiophobia or fear of snakes, is one of...

Art Theme Week 10 We have just one more week of school before we break for holidays. With Pratham’s One Day, one story, scheduled for the...

Remember a drive in an Ambassador? Big and comfortable, wrapping you in its sturdy, towelled seat warmth, shielding you from the...

As we celebrate 'freedom' this Independence day, at a time when freedom is compromised and comes with conditions, I read a book that make...

"Perhaps she'll die!!!....Ha! Ha! Ha!!!" Rather inappropriate chant to hear in todays's politically correct world, right? I'm sure this...