This is a book I have been gifting to my friends, my children’s friends, and basically anyone who loves to draw. Is there a genre for books like This Is How I Draw? Books where experts in a subject matter share what inspires them to do what they do. DM me if you know the […]
This is not a picture book that is funny or filled with nonsense verse or exaggerated illustrations. This isn’t a funny picture book but it is one that is extremely moving and poignant for kids. Ammu and the Sparrow is about a young boy who is waiting for his parents to come home. He waits […]
You know that sudden punch to the gut you get when you walk into a room and realise people there were talking about you? I felt the same way when I opened the book and looked at the first page — it was my house! Right down to the half-eaten banana and jam toast on […]
The week after an amazing holiday is the most tough to get through and I really needed a pick me up today. Beauty is Missing, written and illustrated by Priya Kuriyan to the rescue! This is a rip-roaring, seam-splitting sort of book and as the kids say these days, will have you ROFL. Beauty the […]
Ever pick up a book and find yourself getting completely lost in the details? When you finally finish devouring the book, you realise it is hours later and you’ve skipped lunch! This is that kinda book. Pankaj Saikia’s wordless wonder The Theatre of Ghosts is about two girls, Junali and Rimjhim who set out to […]
There is something about reading a book filled with descriptions and pictures of sweets, isn’t there? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had its Fudgemallows and Gobstoppers, and made us salivate for sweets unknown. Sweet Shop Wars has its Panjiri and Khubani ka Meetha, and left me with a craving for both! At the face of […]
You know, we at Mother of Readers are partial to a good doggie book. So when the author Mannat Lumba reached out about this darling book and the amazing cause it stood for, I couldn’t contain myself! I knew I had to read it! I Am Hachi is a book about an adorable golden dog […]
Have you ever had your breath taken away by a book? The Midnight Panther, written and illustrated by Poonam Mistry, will do that to you. The Midnight Panther is a fable-like story about a panther who compares himself to the other big cats in the jungle. He realises he is different. Tiger has bold and […]
I have been reading children’s books for longer than is probably healthy, and that has led me to an epiphany. My favourite kind of children’s book creates the perfect setting, lays a solid foundation, and provides the right vocabulary for meaningful conversations with children. With the very children who grunt, “Fine”, or mumble, “Good”, whenever […]
Who Clicked That Pic, written by Nandita Da Cunha and illustrated by Priya Kuriyan, is inspired by the life of India’s first woman photojournalist, Homai Vyarawalla. In the book, Pari Mistry is excited about clicking the perfect picture that will make it to the front page of Mr Nakhrawalla’s newspaper. The winning entry gets One Rupee, and […]