This book is a heavy weight! Award-winning writer Julie Fogliano’s forthcoming picture book has been illustrated by not one but two...

I chanced upon the much IG-ed “Kalamata’s Kitchen” at the library today and the reason for its popularity is obvious! Kalamata, our...

Just finished reading this book… Written in verse and narrated from 11-year-old Lacey’s perspective, it is the story of Lacey, her...

This book is for anyone who has faced (or is likely to face) the question “What are you”. Even when asked without the intention to...

Thoroughly enjoyed reading Book 2 of Chitra Soundar’s “Nikhil and Jay” series. This book is perfect for early chapter book readers....

I am reading Susan Cain’s new book “Bitter-Sweet” this weekend. What are you reading to satiate your reading-hunger? “No matter the...

“Will it be okay?” is a tender picture book that soothes a child’s anxiety with grace and wisdom. A little girl is visibly anxious and...

I came across this beautiful picture book on Indian weddings that goes beyond tokenism and highlights the grandeur of the occasion. It is...

For many educators and students, their world was rocked last week when they learned about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. With so...

This is the story of a young child who finds it difficult to muster enough courage to read her poem in front of the class. In comes...

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟰, this is Zara’s story whose popularity is threatened by the arrival of a new girl in the...

If you’ve liked “The Rabbit Listened”, here’s another picture book that deals with depression in children. Coen, the protagonist feels...

𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰-𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 Interesting memoir of the author/illustrator’s journey as a child with ADHD...

𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀 - 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟯 There’s something intriguing and inviting about...

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 – 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻…...

How cool can a book be! The reader gets to choose the page number to read next and the fairy tale changes based on the choice made!

𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝘀 – 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 This is a wonderful novel-in-verse that deals with the Rohingya refugee...

This picture-book biography of Gyo Fujikawa is extremely important for those of us who admire diversity in children’s books. Gyo, an...

This book will be read many times over and will be heavily annotated. Trying to steal reading time to make the most of the long weekend…

We all know that mistakes are the stepping-stones to success. But what happens when your misstep weighs you down, makes you feel...

A picture book about the Indian greeting “Namaste”, with measured use of words, each phrase outdoing the previous one in terms of...

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼: 𝟱𝟮 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 Most...

"𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽: 𝗔 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁" – 𝗔𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮...

Albert Einstein called her the “German Marie Curie”. She became the first woman from the University of Vienna and second in the world to...