The Pleasant Rakshasa story : Sowmya Rajendran pictures : Niveditha Subramaniam Tulika Publishers Blurb: Karimuga is a rakshasa, a pleasant rakshasa. He is a beautiful rakshasa too. But that makes all other rakshasas jealous of him. Karimuga can't bear to see them unhappy... Sowmya Rajendran inverts our ideas about beauty, happiness and rakshasas with humour... Continue Reading →
Book Love: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
I had this on our wishlist for a long time and recently at a sale event I got it for real cheap 🙂 🙂 In the stash of books, Aarya did not pick it up. Today I asked him he would like to read this (after reading his favorites, of course) and he said yes!... Continue Reading →
Book Love: Little Blue Truck
Has there ever been a book, that you coveted for a really LONG time knowing with utmost surety that your little one will enjoy it; and finally when you get it, that little person totally IGNORES it? Well this happened with Little Blue Truck. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FoAtH_e5I1A/U2BDKpn6TOI/AAAAAAAAHeE/PYIYAIRmNCA/w1118-h505-no/editedIMG_1957.jpg The number one thing that has been so hard for... Continue Reading →
Book Love: If you give a Mouse a Cookie
This month's Virtual Book Club for Kids Author was Laura Numeroff and we read If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by the author, which is a very cute book on cause and effect! Aarya really likes this book and this week I intentionally added up some activities to tie up with our readings! Activity: Math... Continue Reading →
Book Love – The Snowman by Richard Briggs
I bought "Step into Reading" book version of this book and instantly regretted doing it 🙁 It is, but a sad copy of the original. But we watched this video, which was amazing! This is such a beautiful story! I love it and Aarya really enjoyed it too 🙂 To accompany this book we did this rather fun... Continue Reading →
Book Love: What Should I Make?
Aarya is not much into playdough and I think it is a beautiful and powerful medium for kids and also very good activity for his tiny fingers. So to encourage him, I bought What Should I Make? by Nandini Nayar from Tulika books. Priced only at 75Rs, this is affordable and the illustrations are beautiful... Continue Reading →
Book Love: Hooray For Fish
Hooray for Fish by Lucy COusins is everything a picture book should be. It is big, bright and has lovely illustrations. Little fish is taking you on a journey to meet all his friends who include, curly-whirly, 1, 2, 3, pineapple fish, grumpy fish, scary fish to name only a few. It is a beautiful... Continue Reading →