BOOK NAME: ROOSTER RAGA AUTHOR: NATASHA SHARMA ILLUSTRATOR: PRIYA KURIYAN PAGES: 28 PUBLISHER: TULIKA AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Do you know every rooster sings Kukaroo kuroo raga, there’s a rooster called Ruru who can make different ragas but not Kukaroo kuroo. His friends try to help in all possible ways, but end up hearing new ragas. […]
REVIEW: KOZHUKATTA By Sumi Chandrasekharan
BOOK NAME: KOZHUKATTA AUTHOR: SUMI CHANDRASEKHARAN ILLUSTRATOR: ZAFOUKO YAMAMOTO PAGES: 24 PUBLISHER: TOTA BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Poonu, the main protagonist of the story, is very forgetful and can’t remember things. He loves food and often gets frustrated for not remembering the favourite foods his wife cooks. One day, while visiting his friend’s house, he […]
REVIEW: You Can’t Find Me! By Jemma Jose
BOOK NAME: YOU CAN’T FIND ME! AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: JEMMA JOSE PAGES: 24 PUBLISHER: PRATHAM BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ This book was gifted to us by Swati from The Bookmark for an honest review. Mia is the character from the book and challenges the reader to a game of Hide and seek! She is confident […]
REVIEW: Food Monster By Meenu Thomas
BOOK NAME: FOOD MONSTER AUTHOR: MEENU THOMAS ILLUSTRATOR: AINDRI CHAKRABORTY PAGES: 12 PUBLISHER: PRATHAM BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ India has a variety of foods that come in different shapes and sizes. Food Monster takes us on a journey of India’s food, from roti to dosa to chakli to a barfi. I found this book very […]
REVIEW: DOSA AMMA DOSA By Anupama S. Iyer
BOOK NAME: DOSA AMMA DOSA ILLUSTRATOR: ANUPAMA S. IYER PAGES: 16 PUBLISHER: TULIKA RECOMMENDED AGE: BABIES TO PRESCHOOLER Dosai Amma Dosai is an old Tamil rhyme, which every household will sing to their babies. Still, all subconsciously sing that rhyme saying “Amma suta dosai” meaning Dosa made by mother. This Tulika book breaks that stereotype […]
REVIEW: Grandma’s Eyes By Sandhya Rao
BOOK NAME: GRANDMA’S EYES AUTHOR: SANDHYA RAO ILLUSTRATOR: ASHOK RAJAGOPALAN PAGES: 28 PUBLISHER: TULIKA AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Everyone will have fond memories of visiting their grandparents during summer vacation. We enjoy their warmth, their love, their care, spoiling us with lots of goodies and forgetting their lullaby and stories. Those were fond memories. Grandma’s Eyes […]
REVIEW: The Little Gate by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
BOOK NAME: THE LITTLE GATE AUTHOR: NICK BUTTERWORTH ILLUSTRATOR: MICK INKPEN PAGES: 30 PUBLISHER: CANDLE BOOKS “Jesus said, It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle” Mark 10:25 There’s a wall surrounding a town. The wall has […]
REVIEW: God’s Easter Promise by Bonnie Rickner Jensen
BOOK NAME: GOD’S EASTER PROMISE AUTHOR: BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN ILLUSTRATOR: JIM LEWIS PAGES: 20 PUBLISHER: DAY SPRING This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his only son into the world to give us life through him. 1 John 4:9 God sent his only son into the world so that everyone could […]
REVIEW: The last supper by Katherine Sully
BOOK NAME: THE LAST SUPPER AUTHOR: KATHERINE SULLY ILLUSTRATOR: SIMONA SANFILIPPO PAGES: 24 PUBLISHER: QED PUBLISHING Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My […]
REVIEW: The Lost Sheep By Nick Butterworth And Mick Inkpen
BOOK NAME: THE LOST SHEEP AUTHOR: NICK BUTTERWORTH ILLUSTRATOR: MICK INKPEN PAGES: 30 PUBLISHER: CANDLE BOOKS Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully […]