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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.