BOOK: THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: EZRA JACK KEATS PUBLISHER: PUFFIN BOOKS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ The Little Drummer Boy is the story of a poor boy who couldn’t afford a gift for the newborn Christ Child, so he played his drum at the manger with Mary’s approval. The baby smiled, delighted […]
Review: 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World By Melanie Walsh
BOOK: 10 THINGS I CAN DO TO HELP MY WORLD AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: MELANIE WALSH PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK PRESS PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World: 1. Turn Off the Lights 2. Turn Off the Faucet 3. Throw Away My Trash 4. Feed the Birds 5. Use Both Sides […]
Review: Above And Below By Patricia Hegarty
BOOK: ABOVE AND BELOW AUTHOR: PATRICIA HEGARTY ILLUSTRATOR: HANAKO CLULOW PUBLISHER: LITTLE TIGER PRESS PAGES: 22 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ This non-fiction picture book focuses on eight different animal habitats or ecosystems, including the arctic, the savannah, the forest, the rainforest, the north pole, a river, mountain caves, the African Savannah, and the cliff tops. There […]
Review: It Looked Like Spilt Milk By Charles Green Shaw
BOOK: IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: CHARLES GREEN SHAW PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ A very old classic and simple book for children. This is an imaginary story of what different objects spilt milk can make. But, really, is it spilt milk? You have to find it at the end […]
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 […]