‘Hindi for Heart’ by Gulzar जंगल जंगल बात चली है जल्दी से बरसात बुलाओ जुगनू की दम में आग लगी Instead of teaching children the varnmaala like a parrot how about introducing phonetics through poetry? Imagine how the mind of the child will open up to language and how the heart will begin to love […]
Dear Mrs.Naidu by Mathangi Subramaniam How writing letters to a dead person can make you come alive! “I’m sorry if that was rude, but I haven’t written to a dead deceased passed on historical person before, so I don’t really know the polite way to say that you are dead it.” When twelve-year-old Sarojini is […]
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Picture this. As a rule, there is no uniform in your school. There is a girl in your class who arrives every morning in the same blue dress. One fine afternoon in the playground, she shares with you all that she has a hundred dresses in her closet. How […]
Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins We create magical places in our imagination and look for mystery, but what if such a place exists in reality? At three hour drive from Kolkata, you can find such a place named Sunderbans. If you plan to visit or the visit is some distance away, Mitali Perkins will gladly […]
What if being normal is my big goal in life? What if I just want to be happy and read books and hang out with my friends and play soccer and listen to music? Seems like an outcry of all children, right? The Report Card by Andrew Clements is the story of Nora […]
There are a lot of books available on the horrors of Holocaust of Second World War. This one is written from the perspective of two children a Jew and a German. Children see each other as children. Caste, colour, status, the background doesn’t cross their mind. In the game of life, one needs a […]
We done enough serious reading, let’s have some fun here. Fun that kids can have 24×7 and fun that can happen to you anytime, anywhere depending on what you eaten for the day! Anushka Ravishankar, Sayoni Basu and none other than Jerry Pinto bring you three stories on farting! Inherited by the authors from their […]
Book recommendation for this week is Little Indians by Pika Nani. For those who believing travelling is the most effective way of learning, this is the book that will put your children in the right gear. Through 15 short stories set in 15 different states of India, Pika Nani beautifully brings out the aromas, flavours, […]
Human babies eyes are like our babies.Too big for their faces, and for the world. -The One and Only Ivan Innocence personified, the book is highly recommended for kids between 9- 80 year old. An opening for kids to see their reflection and an opportunity for adults to reflect on themselves. Laugh at your human […]
This is an India we don’t want to look at. This is an India we pretend doesn’t exist or impacts us. This is an India which inspite of being India is not treated as part of India. Stories of innocence struggling in prisons, children lost in riots, dwellers on the streets from the book ‘Invisible […]