"𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰" illuminates the experiences of children with Sensory Processing Disorder, while captivating a wide...

Poetry is so often made formulaic by well meaning educators, that many children look at it as ‘yet another genre; yet another unit’. This...

Grade 2s were fascinated with Kevin Henkes’ latest book - the words and the pictures stirred them to exclaim, “We can do this too!” Now...

“𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀” is finally out in the world! I’ve been a fan of Jarrett Lerner’s artwork on literacy, but this book,...

Have you read Michael Rex’s latest “𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀”? Children’s books on wants versus needs often tend to...

There are books that you seek; then there are books that find the reader and therein lies a charm as you realise that it was fated to be...

Have you checked out “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿”, the latest wordless book from Aaron Becker? Presented as a time-lapse, a...

Connor kisses his friend Miriam at school. Miriam is taken aback and does not know how to react to an unprovoked kiss. Utterly confused,...

Through a casual discussion between a mother and child both tucked in bed, Sydney Smith creates the nostalgic magic of looking back,...

“𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀” written by 16-year-old Uma Menon, is a book to look out for. It is a picture book about...

“𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀” by Nikki Grimes, Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney is one of a kind! “𝘈 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦...

Ani Di Franco’s “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴” is an adorable picture book on identity that deals with discerning between what appears on the...

There’s something magical when childhood memories are turned into picture books. For fans of “𝘐 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘈 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳”, “𝗠𝘆...

Beyond being a biography of an educator who championed for women’s education, “𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗼’𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱” is a picture book written with...

In a conscious attempt to read more non-fiction to children, I found this picture book on Marie Curie and her sister - excellent for...

Do you recall the highly acclaimed “𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘋𝘰 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘺?” Now here comes another one from the creators, “𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲...

With Ramadan round the corner, if you are looking for a good read-aloud for younger children, the recently published “𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻’𝘀...

“𝗠𝗿. 𝗚” is a delicate and heart-warming story of intergenerational friendship told through letters exchanged between Jackson and Mr....

As I flipped through the pages of the newly crowned Caldecott winner “𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗴” by Doug Salati, I was amazed at the limitless...

In schools, reading ‘women centric’ books (or rather, books that amplify the voices of the marginalised) should be a norm and not...