CELEBRATING ANOTHER DIFFERENT TALES BOOK
November, 2024 “Can you come to a Consultation on the Different Tales books ?” Within 48 hours I had rearranged two other meetings , a presentation, domestic arrangements, and found myself enroute to Hyderabad at the appointed hour – giddily poring over photos and notes from various note books , conversations with […]
Anarko Ke Aath Din-A Book Review
Anarko ke Aath Din is a fictional story written by Satyu, illustrated by Chanchal and published by Rajkamal Prakashan Private Limited, New Delhi. Anarko, the main character is around 9-10 years old and lives with her parents. They have certain expectations of her in terms of what she should and should not do, which she […]
Puu – A Critical Book Review
Written by the Bookworm Team Title: Puu Author: CG Salamandar Illustrator: Samidha Gunjal Publisher: Scholastic The book narrates the story of a girl, who is part of a community of manual scavengers, and her experience and interaction with the other children in the school she attends. Through a heroic act of rescuing a puppy […]
Representation in Music for Joshua
Only one in every 100 children’s books features a main character from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic background, a study commissioned by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, UK in 2017 revealed. The study reviewed 9,115 books published for children in the year and found the collection wanting. In 2017, Lee and […]
Cry, Heart, But Never Break written by Glenn Ringtved and illustrated by Charlotte Pardi
The name of my book is ‘Cry, Heart, But Never Break’, written by Glenn Ringtved and illustrated by Charlotte Pardi. This story is about death. This is a sensitive story about learning to say good-bye to those we love, which shows us that death is a natural part of life, both necessary and inevitable. I […]
Make Way for Ducklings Written and Illustrated by Robert McCloskey
As I was going through the selection of “Award Winning Books” I saw this book and started reading it. I liked the book very much because it was about two Ducks looking for a place to settle down in a city. Ducks are adorable creatures and I liked them as characters in the story. The […]
Elena’s Serenade By Campbell Geeslin Illustrated by Ana Juan
The book was recommended to me by Anandita as she felt that it was a very nice book. The cover page of this book was what tempted me to finally start reading it. The theme of this book is “Gender”. I went online to find out more about the author, illustrator and the book itself. […]
Mister God, this is Anna By Fynn
Image courtesy: Flipkart.com There are books that one can gently devour, whose words settle satisfyingly into habitual plots and slots in the mind; there are books that once finished leave one with a sense of dissatisfaction or even annoyance; there are books that raise questions with a thoroughness that they sometimes fail to answer. And […]