BOOK NAME: MANFISH: A STORY OF JACQUES COUSTEAU AUTHOR: JENNIFER BERNE ILLUSTRATOR: ERIC PUYBARET PAGES: 40 PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Manfish is a tribute to the famous explorer, filmmaker, conservationist, and inventor Jacques Cousteau. Jacques was born in France and he loved to explore things around him. He was a curious kid and […]
REVIEW: Have You Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids
BOOK NAME: HAVE YOU FILLED A BUCKET TODAY? AUTHOR: CAROL MCCLOUD ILLUSTRATOR: DAVID MESSING PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: NELSON PUBLISHING & MARKETING AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Have you filled your bucket? is it a beautiful book that emphasis filling each person’s invisible bucket? So what’s an invisible bucket? Each day, every person around the world carries an […]
REVIEW: The Invisible Boy By Trudy Ludwig
BOOK NAME: THE INVISIBLE BOY AUTHOR: TRUDY LUDWIG ILLUSTRATOR: PATRICE BARTON PAGES: 40 PUBLISHER: KNOPF BOOKS FOR YOUNG AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ The invisible boy is a beautiful read that revolves around a young boy named Brian. Brian often feels he is invisible inside the class and neither his teacher nor his classmates notice him. He […]
UNDER THE GROUND- A STUDY FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Under the ground is a different topic I picked two weeks ago for Nathan’s story basket. This was an unusual topic and I didn’t find many ideas on Pinterest. So I decided to go with a flow and explore each topic from the book. There are eight topics in the book and we explored each […]
REVIEW: Bubble Trouble By Tom Percival
BOOK NAME: BUBBLE TROUBLE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: TOM PERCIVAL PUBLISHER: BLOOMSBURY USA PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Ruben and Felix were best friends and did everything together. Their favourite game was to blow bubbles and one day Ruben said I can blow a much bigger bubbles than you. This turned into a competition between the […]
REVIEW: The Sea Saw By Tom Percival
BOOK NAME: THE SEA SAW AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: TOM PERCIVAL PUBLISHER: SIMON SCHUSTER CHILDREN’S UK PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ The sea, saw by Tom Percival, is a story about Sofia and her lost Teddy. Sofia’s Teddy was passed by her mother and it was so dear to her. She carried it with her everywhere […]
Instant Poha and idly rava idly
Poha idly/aval idly/idly/rice rava idly/instant idly is made from idli rava/rice rava and poha. I stumbled into this recipe when I didn’t have anything to prepare breakfast. I had poha, curd and idli rava and mixed everything to make this recipe. This is an easy recipe, as it doesn’t need any grinding/soaking/fermenting. Traditional idly batter […]
Fail Proof Chicken Dum Biryani
WHAT IS A BIRYANI? Biryani is basically rice cooked with meat in layers and on very slow heat or dum. There are many ways of preparing the biryani and each biryani has its own unique taste. Today we prepared a pakki-style Hyderabadi chicken biryani. This is basically rice and gravy cooked separately and layered together. […]
REVIEW: Stanley’s Stick By John Hegley
BOOK NAME: STANLEY’S STICK AUTHOR: JOHN HEGLEY ILLUSTRATOR: NEAL LAYTON PAGES: 30 PUBLISHER: HODDER CHILDREN’S BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ You give a stick to the child, you will hear all types of imaginary stories. Stanley’s stick is a story of Stanley and his stick. It is an ordinary stick that Stanley owns and yet he […]
REVIEW: NATHAN’S NATURE WALK BY VIVIDLY WRITTEN
@vividlywritten is a personalized book store that does exclusive personalized books for each kid. When they reached me for a personalized book, I suggested a book about trees around us. They did a fabulous job by putting up very interesting trees and also a few facts about each of them. The illustrations were realistic and […]