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A Work In Progress
โ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐โ is finally out in the world! Iโve been a fan of Jarrett Lernerโs artwork on literacy, but this book,...

Mitra
May 4, 2023


Tales Of A Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy
I am definitely not a fan of sci-fi books or fantasy โ I donโt think youโd find a single one on my feed! But hey, โ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ...

Mitra
May 2, 2023


Wants Vs Needs Vs Robots
Have you read Michael Rexโs latest โ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐โ? Childrenโs books on wants versus needs often tend to...

Mitra
Apr 30, 2023


The Pebble
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...

Mitra
Apr 23, 2023


The Tree And The River
Have you checked out โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ, the latest wordless book from Aaron Becker? Presented as a time-lapse, a...

Mitra
Apr 23, 2023


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

Mitra
Apr 20, 2023


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

Mitra
Apr 18, 2023


My Mother's Tongues
โ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฒ๐โ written by 16-year-old Uma Menon, is a book to look out for. It is a picture book about...

Mitra
Apr 17, 2023


Hands: How Will You Use Them?
I am reading โ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐โ by Torrey Maldonado this weekend. A fast-paced book about a young boy who witnesses his stepfatherโs violence...

Mitra
Apr 16, 2023


A Walk In The Woods
โ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐โ by Nikki Grimes, Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney is one of a kind! โ๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ...

Mitra
Apr 14, 2023


The Knowing
Ani Di Francoโs โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ดโ is an adorable picture book on identity that deals with discerning between what appears on the...

Mitra
Apr 7, 2023


My Baba's Garden
Thereโs something magical when childhood memories are turned into picture books. For fans of โ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณโ, โ๐ ๐...

Mitra
Apr 6, 2023


Milloo's Mind
Beyond being a biography of an educator who championed for womenโs education, โ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ผโ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑโ is a picture book written with...

Mitra
Apr 3, 2023


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

Mitra
Mar 29, 2023


Why Are We Afraid?
Do you recall the highly acclaimed โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐บ?โ Now here comes another one from the creators, โ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ...

Mitra
Mar 27, 2023


Moon's Ramadan
With Ramadan round the corner, if you are looking for a good read-aloud for younger children, the recently published โ๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ปโ๐...

Mitra
Mar 21, 2023


Dear Mr. G
โ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐โ is a delicate and heart-warming story of intergenerational friendship told through letters exchanged between Jackson and Mr....

Mitra
Mar 12, 2023


Ten Little Dumplings
In schools, reading โwomen centricโ books (or rather, books that amplify the voices of the marginalised) should be a norm and not...

Mitra
Mar 8, 2023


Enough Is...
โ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐โฆโ is one of those books that moves beyond โwantsโ and โneedsโ to the more complex idea of contentment and also...

Mitra
Feb 21, 2023


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

Mitra
Feb 20, 2023


Glitter Everywhere!
Our conscious effort to read aloud more non-fiction books led us to this ARC. โ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ! ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐...

Mitra
Feb 19, 2023


Mirror To Mirror
An ARC in my favourite format, written by one of my favourite authors โ my weekend couldnโt have been better! Rajani LaRocca has done it...

Mitra
Feb 3, 2023
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