The Art and Book Junction

When you are surrounded by people who don’t read much, you often feel the need to show them why reading matters. Books by Patricia Polacco do that beautifully for us—especially knowing that she herself struggled with Dyslexia until she was fourteen. Some of her books are centred on reading and books, and this is one such book that explores the power of reading.

A tribute to the Jamakkalam weavers of Tamil Nadu.

Stories help us know our traditions. When such stories blend mystery, adventure, and fantasy, they create a special kind of magic. What happens when such magic is created in the life of an eleven-year-old boy who thinks the town he lives in is ordinary, and nothing exciting ever happens there? A story is born where tradition meets imagination.

“Brighter days are ahead”, “ the light is coming” We live in an era where we dream of living forward. Days focused on shaping our tomorrows, but there were days when every day felt like a discovery, and days when we lived for simple pleasures, and we call them our good old days.  Lalitha Ramanathan transports us to those days through a fictional tale called Kanmani and Co.

This book is the first and only child-friendly biography we have read about a mathematician. The story goes like this.... Paul Erdos lived in Budapest, Hungary, with his mama. His mother was a maths teacher, which was one of the reasons he loved maths. When she went to work, she used to leave Paul with Fraulein, the caretaker. Fraulien was a rule maker who established rules for everything, including when to eat, read, sleep, and other things. Paul had a dislike for rules. So

With languages, you are at home everywhere. So what does learning a new language do?