A few days back, I wrote a post on How I select books for my kid. CLICK HERE to read the post. I got a few messages saying my kid won’t read any book. He/She says I don’t want to hear any story or says I am too tired to read a book. One exhausted parent […]
How I choose Books for my kid?
This is one of the common questions I get often. So I thought I would jot it down. Choosing a kid’s book is a huge process. No two kids like the same book. Some like board books, some like paperbacks, some like bright pictures, some like interactive books and some like wordless books. According to […]
Review: Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy By Tara Dairman
BOOK: DESERT GIRL, MONSOON BOY AUTHOR: TARA DAIRMAN ILLUSTRATOR: ARCHANA SREENIVASAN PUBLISHER: G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Desert girl, the monsoon boy, talks about Rabari people, an Indigenous tribe of nomadic herders and shepherds that live in northwest India. The book represents two families of different Rabari groups. The girl is from […]
Review: The Rainbow Crossing By Vijee
BOOK: THE RAINBOW CROSSING AUTHOR: VIJEE ILLUSTRATOR: VAGMI RAGHAVA PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC PAGES: 24 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ I picked this book on a lightning deal and not much interest Nathan showed. Last week his school taught him a rhyme about traffic lights and asked him to make a traffic light activity. I used this opportunity and […]
REVIEW: The colors of Us by Karen Katz
BOOK: THE COLORS OF US AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: KAREN KATZ PUBLISHER: SQUARE FISH PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Born and raised in India, I always heard people saying, hey, she looks so black or she looks so white. Never have I heard them say she looks brown. The irony is that the said person would […]
Review: Dream Big Little Mole By Tom Percival
BOOK: DREAM BIG LITTLE MOLE AUTHOR: TOM PERCIVAL ILLUSTRATOR: CHRISTINE PYM PUBLISHER: BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN’S BOOKS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Have you ever thought, I want to be like that person, or I want to imitate that person? Sometimes imitation harms us, and we will end up in more mayhem. When we try to imitate […]
REVIEW: Squirrels by Brian Wildsmith
BOOK: SQUIRRELS AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: BRIAN WILDSMITH PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ It’s fall in some parts of the world, and at my place, the monsoon is setting. A lot of fall posts are over my feed and I decided to go with the trend. Fall/ autumn and squirrel are interrelated. […]
REVIEW: Vaazhai Ilai Virundhu By Monisha
BOOK: VAAZHAI ILAI VIRUNDHU AUTHOR: MONISHA ILLUSTRATOR: DEJESHWINI PUBLISHER: ZHAGARAM PUBLICATIONS PAGES: 14 AGE RECOMMENDED: 1+ Today is #worldfoodday and the book I am going to talk about today is about the heritage of Tamil food. When I say Tamil food, anyone can relate to the banana leaf. At a feast, a large banana leaf […]
REVIEW: How Plants work: A hands-on guide to the nature world by Christiane Dorion
BOOK: HOW PLANTS WORK: A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO THE NATURE WORLD AUTHOR: CHRISTIANE DORION ILLUSTRATOR: BEVERLEY YOUNG PUBLISHER: TEMPLAR BOOKS PAGES: 18 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ How Plants Work: A hands-on guide to the natural world By Christiane Dorion and Beverley Young. This is another interesting book I picked for N. I am slowly falling in […]
REVIEW: How the world works: A hands-on guide to our Amazing planet by Christiane Dorion
BOOK: HOW THE WORLD WORKS: A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO OUR AMAZING PLANET AUTHOR: CHRISTIANE DORION ILLUSTRATOR: BEVERLEY YOUNG PUBLISHER: TEMPLAR BOOKS PAGES: 18 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ This is an interesting non-fiction book I won in a giveaway for N. This is an interactive pop-up book and has lots of tabs to rotate and flaps to […]
REVIEW: Elephant Dance: A journey to India By Theresa Heine
BOOK: ELEPHANT DANCE: A JOURNEY TO INDIA AUTHOR: THERESA HEINE ILLUSTRATOR: SHEILA MOXLEY PUBLISHER: BAREFOOT BOOKS PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 5+ A grandfather talks about incredible India to his grandkids, Ravi, and Anjali. He visits them who are living abroad, and they ask Grandpa to tell them about India. His stories are so interesting that […]
REVIEW: Hansel And Gretel By Bethan Woollvin
BOOK: HANSEL AND GRETEL AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: BETHAN WOOLLVIN PUBLISHER: TWO HOOTS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Growing up, we all loved fairy tales. Often the story was scary, or the woman needed some help to make things work for her. Betha Woollvin wrote these two books with a twist and there was no scary […]