My first glance through ‘Nani’s walk to the park’, written and illustrated by Deepa Balsavar, I thought, ‘hmmm sweet book, nice for...

The one in which I share our journey with the book Jamlo Walks by Samina Mishra, illustrated by Tariq Aziz and published by Penguin,...

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...

There aren’t many picture books in which we notice Father’s, Dad’s, Daddy’s, Appa’s, Abba’s, Papa’s, Dada’s, Pitaji’s or any other name...

(I wrote this article in October 2020 on The Bookwallis Facebook page as part of a series...Voicing the Silent(ces) in Children's...

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...

Every once in a while I come across a book that seems so sublime, that I wonder if it was written just for me. I don’t like pegging an...

29 January, 2020 This term its all about Indian stories...especially our folktales. . During our library sessions we talked about how...

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....

While the curly whirly script on the sign boards belie the fact that this book may be set in a village in South India, I felt villages...

While I’ve been posting about all kinds of books, our Indian Folk Tale theme has been continuing at the school library. Last week we were...

August, 2020 Sion, an excellent and well-respected fortune-teller, lives in a kingdom just along the Great Wall of China. Everyone went...

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

August, 2019 Over the years of storytelling and reading-aloud, there is always this one thing that I notice have children crinkling up...

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...

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...

Gagan is a happy, gentle little boy who loves observing ants, colouring, collecting stamps and other comparably gentle pursuits, with his...

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...