Make sure you have your comforter around for this one, you will need it! If you have a teenager, you will understand the incessant pestering for a mobile phone. It’s as if their world will collapse without a phone. Saira Zariwala is a typical teenager who needs a phone and pesters her parents for one. […]
Rarely do you come across the word Ghost in the title of a children’s book, but The Ghost of Malabar will make you change your mind about a horror story for kids! The Ghost of Malabar is about a young boy from a fishing community who meets Velu, a ghost wandering along the beach. Velu […]
Doubles is a new offering by HarperCollins Children’s Books that features two stories, written by two authors on one common subject — Food. Right off the bat, the book(s) design was intriguing because it was two books in one. Read one, flip the book over and start reading the next story. I don’t know about […]
Monika Bhatkhande’s The Secret of the Star Sapphire is a sweeping saga of a tale that spans generations and will leave you breathless. Personally, it has been a while (since Shabnam Minwalla’s Zen) that I have read a book that criss-crosses timelines and plants ideas in your head, which lead you down research rabbit holes. […]
When I picked up this book, I did not expect to be reading about a spunky heroine who stands up against the world in order to do what her heart desires. The cover of the book has a woman in a ghagra and a figure in a turban next to her. I imagined a traditional […]
How do you talk or teach your children about engaging and behaving the right way with people who are visibly different? This is a sensitive subject and very often children tend to say mean things without knowing better. As parents, we need all the help we can to help raise a society of sensitive, empathetic […]
Raising readers is a full-time job, and every parent would agree we could use all the help we can get. The POFFS Collection of Funny Stories is a set of 5 light, funny chapter books that bring together stories, guaranteed to engage your child. There are multiple reasons this series works: The POFFS series brings […]
Have you noticed how difficult it is to talk to our children about change? Giggles (almost 11) brought home a school project. It was on Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project — a polarizing topic! Giggles was confused after all the research. He couldn’t identify with the stakeholders and had no idea who was involved. That’s exactly […]
I love this book, and I think I would be a great Chitti in the movie version of this book! Where my casting directors at? During the pandemic, a few friends and I got together and set up a library in our apartment building. We sourced books from people who were spring cleaning, moving, or […]
If you want a book that takes you back to stories with grandma, a time when bedtime was cuddles and warmth and when stories were shared among siblings — Dakshin is the book you need! There is something comforting about this book of myths and fables because every one of the stories has an air […]