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...

“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...

Our conscious effort to read aloud more non-fiction books led us to this ARC. “𝗚𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁...

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...

Discovered this amazing book on the process of making a book. The sheer number of people and processes involved surprised my Grade 4s....

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

“𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁” written and illustrated by Julia Kuo is an...

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,...

“𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮.” -...

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