Sunday nights always make me feel cranky with thoughts of going to school at the crack of dawn. On one such particularly cranky night,...

A book that can’t be more gorgeous – a killer combination of fearless writing and unfettered illustration. Two stories entwined in one –...

“𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹” is a celebration of the everything brown. A brown girl spends a day with her grandparents and...

Do some of your class kids have annoying little brothers? Then “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆-𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” is a must-read...

𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 If you are still using a name-identity...

The brilliance of “Chaiwala!” lies in its simplicity and specificity. It is a ‘small moments’ story of a mother and daughter travelling...

𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 – 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟱+ In a world where love is made out to be more convoluted than it can...

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟲+ Geraldine Pu takes her lunch box to school every day, packed with delicious food prepared by her...

Graphic Novel for 9+ I just came back from a journey with Priyanka Das as she tries to find answers to questions such as why did her...

How do you manage a situation when some of your class kids believe in Santa while a few don’t? Here’s the perfect read aloud for such a...

“I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education...

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟵-𝟭𝟮; 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 I am sure most educators out here have already read this...

Just finished reading “J.D. and the Great Barber Battle” by J. Dillard – the first of the three books of the J.D. series. An entertaining...

This is a great research-based book by Dr Christia Spears Brown on how children are affected by bias - both explicit and implicit - and...

When @shameer_reads recommends a book, it is a sin not to read it and if it’s a Jason Reynolds book, it’s double-sin not to get it!...

If you have “A Squiggly Story” in your collection, then it’s pre-order time for its sequel “Another Squiggly Story”… It begins with the...

A gorgeous picture book that challenges colourism head-on! If you’ve watched the fairness cream ads or seen someone try it out, if you’ve...

There’s a terrible lot to do this weekend - just like any other weekend. But talk about guilty pleasures and sneaking in another good...

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱! I was attracted to this picture book title, because of its similarity with one of the couplets of Kabir Das, a 15th...

What a fun counting book featuring dumplings from different parts of the world! The rhyming text is easy to read, the illustrations are...

Writing a picture book with cultural elements is like walking on eggshells. Many a picture book leaves me with a feeling that it was...

After Traci Sorell’s “We Are Grateful” and “We Are Still Here”, I was looking forward to her upcoming picture book “Powwow Day”. This...

It has been about two weeks since I read an ARC of this picture book – and I’ve been coming back to it again and again, yet I am at a...

“𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻” - 𝗮 𝟮-𝗶𝗻-𝟭 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 This book caught my attention because of the layout....