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...

“𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝘀…” is one of those books that moves beyond ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ to the more complex idea of contentment and also...

It’s International Day at school soon, and Anisa has the ingenious idea of bringing Samosas for the special day. But someone else in the...

One look at the list of authors of “𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱” is enough to add this to the pre-order cart. But author-names are never enough to...

An ARC in my favourite format, written by one of my favourite authors – my weekend couldn’t have been better! Rajani LaRocca has done it...

As a teaser just before the Lunar New Year holidays, I read aloud the first few chapters of the upcoming “𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆...

Grade 4 student who has recently moved from Beijing to Singapore: “𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘈𝘯𝘥...

Told from the perspective of an origami crane made by a little boy and his grandmother, “𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲” is a...

If you teach poetry to young children, you have just found the perfect mentor text! In this masterpiece “𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱:...

I couldn’t believe my luck when I received the advance copy of “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁: 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆” by Afghan...

My first read of 2023 – in my favourite format, novel-in-verse. The book, for the 10+ age group, deals with complex issues such as PTSD,...

From the creators of “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳” and “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴” comes another...

Have you read the latest from Oliver Jeffers? In “𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵” a father takes his children on a car ride....

Jay has a carefree life as a little boy. But as he grows up, life becomes complicated in a racist world. “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸” is about the...

“𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲” is undoubtedly the best father-daughter book of the year – one that will touch your heart… A little girl seeks...

I couldn’t stop laughing as I read “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁”! A companion book to “𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼...

Wish fulfilled – finally got hold of Book 2 of Lauren Castillo’s Hedgehog series. “𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗴: 𝗔 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲...