Cori Doerrfeld delivers another wonderful story with Nellie’s Big Splash! This charming tale follows a young turtle named Nellie who...

The plan was to read this review copy slowly over the weekend. But I just finished reading the 200+ pages in one sitting and can’t wait...

12-year-old Abby simply wants some time to relax with her friends, away from the constant noise and mess caused by her younger siblings....

“Ruthie Rose’s Big Idea” – a book that celebrates the power of ideas, the availability of safe space and caring adults with whom ideas...

A late post for sure – because Vaisakhi, the New Year of the Punjabi and the Sikh community was celebrated earlier this month – but this...

New book alert! The third book in the fascinating series “You Stole My Name” will be out in February 2025. “You Stole My Name Tools”...

Have you read “The Boldest White” yet? This time, the story focuses on Faizah, the younger sister of the main character from “The...

The more relatable a topic is, the more challenging it is to write an appealing picture book about it. How to swing as high as the sky is...

A marathon swim. A novel in verse. This is Tully’s story of braving the waters of Lake Tahoe and braving the issues that life has thrown...

Just finished reading Meera Sriram and Sandhya Prabhat’s “The Spice Box”. Not only is the story a beautiful reminder of how spice boxes...

When @heisereads recommends a book, you better read it - straight away! “Picture This” by Molly Bang is an essential read if you love...

I love the books by Lucy and James Catchpole for their positive tone about disability. No wonder I was looking forward to Lucy’s latest...

How cool is this book! I knew that Daniel Nayeri’s “𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣𝙊𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙” has a palindrome in the title. But little did I know that the...

This middle grade book is perfect for the season, as it focusses on both Christmas and Hanukkah. It is a story of two identical adopted...

Xiao Xin is a kid who’s super loved, but all that love sometimes holds him back from finding his independence. His family is so worried...

Keep an eye on your non-fiction stack – one book that you cannot miss in 2024 is “𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙚 – 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜...

Milo is a knight with an armor, a helmet and a visor. He takes being a knight very seriously. All his friends are knights too. No one...

“𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙊𝙞𝙡 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘” by Anu Chouhan is an ode to the culture of hair-oiling between parents and children. In South Asian...

Reem Faruqi’s “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨” is a must-read this festive season for it reminds us gently that not...

Now that schools are on December break, the pace of life slows down and one naturally gravitates towards learning more. I have been...

As the title of the book suggests, “𝙈𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧” is a name-identity story. But there are many aspects...

It is Maia’s birthday today! Her family is making Miyeok Guk, a seaweed soup typically consumed by new mothers after giving birth and...

In the Asian culture, using the words “I love you” is very much a ‘this-generation’ thing. Our parents hardly ever used the words to show...

“𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀” is an endearing Christmas book for the season! Who doesn’t know that it’s that time of the...