Tulika Books | Myth Aunty

Sep 242 min read

Talking about Manual Scavenging through a Picture Book

A huge truck pulled up on the street where my parents live, right at the gate in near which they sat shooting the breeze. A friend who...

Jun 1, 20236 min read

Food is Everywhere...even in Children's Books!!

This post was first shared on The Bookwallis Facebook page. FOOD features EVERYWHERE. Food is ubiquitous. From growing it, to harvesting...

Mar 20, 20235 min read

World Storytelling Day...a Celebration with Stories about Stories.

“Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution -- more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us...

Feb 7, 20232 min read

Tales of Bon Bibi from the Sunderbans

Ever since the start of this year, I’ve been drawn to books written in verse. I have been reading aloud and working on understanding...

Jul 3, 20222 min read

Growing with Yoga...a book to stretch through.

I LOVE yoga and I LOVE children’s books. . When both of them come together, I cannot be the posture-holding, slow breathing yogi. As the...

Oct 25, 20213 min read

Amrita Shergil...born to be an artist

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...

Oct 5, 20214 min read

Snakes in Indian Children's Literature

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

Jun 20, 20211 min read

A Tribute to the Fathers on my Bookshelf this Father's Day

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...

Jun 17, 20213 min read

A Cup of Noon Chai and a Library of Stories.

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...

Jun 10, 20213 min read

A Saree for Ammi...filled with learning opportunities.

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....

Jun 10, 20212 min read

Stories from Orissa and the connections my students made.

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...

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Why I call myself a Story Educator.

The joy of spring cleaning. ....notes from the first storytelling workshop I attended. 24 August, 2002 with the most wonderful...