I love, love, love it when picture books teach me (a 43-year-old) something new. I was this many years old when I learnt rugda (a mushroom) was a delicacy foraged for by the tribal communities of Jharkhand. I also learnt that rugda mushrooms have an intense, rich flavour and are often equated to ‘vegetarian mutton’ […]
Think of a pet, and the mind instantly goes to a cute little puppy or kitten. ‘What’s the Point of Kiki?’ takes that thought and turns it on its head. Nisha’s mother, a Vet, brings home an injured crow and calls it Kiki. She nurses it back to health and cares for it, and soon […]
The Pink Dress by Shabnam Minwalla is about an eight-year-old girl, Kanmani, who wants a frilly, lacy, pink dress for her birthday. Now, if you thought the plot of the book was so simple, you haven’t read very many Shabnam Minwalla books! Yes, Kanmani wants a pink dress for her birthday, but how she plans […]
A bright, pink cover for a lovely little story that turns the parent-child relationship on its head! Y’all know I love a good Hook Book, and I absolutely love so many things about this one. Diya is worried about her father because he is scared after seeing something in the bathroom. Now, Diya’s imagination runs […]
Does the perfect bedtime book exist? Yes, it does! The Elephant and the Rabbit is a darling little story about the unlikely friendship between an elephant and a rabbit. Both begin to depend on one another until Rabbit gets angry at an incident and stops meeting Elephant. But there is a twist in the tale […]
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 […]
Our Library, by Raviraj Shetty and illustrated by Deepa Balsavar, moved me to tears. I have long been invested in and passionate about getting kids to read. I have also used multiple platforms as my personal soapbox to talk about the silent and sizeable role libraries play in helping kids read. One of my fondest memories […]
Tara Goes Aahhhhh is a wordless, pop-up picture book that truly bowled me over! This is the first book from UnStuck, a mental health picture book series from HarperCollins Children’s Books. In this book, we see a young girl, Tara, getting up in the middle of the night because her toy dinosaur is thirsty. But […]
Anyone who has been following Mother of Readers knows I am a true sucker for a wordless picture book. And here is another winner! Kabaddi Kabaddi by Kabini Amin had me breathless and exhilarated by the end of the read! Kabaddi Kabaddi follows the Pink and Yellow teams as they drive into the venue in […]
When there are so many things to learn, why do we restrict learning to one staid, boring way? As a parent, I have been through the stress every parent will resonate with when their child shows trouble learning something new or not hitting a milestone on time. Scary questions about learning trouble start to loom, […]