Picked up some old favorites and found a few new ones at the library last week. The Library Dragon; Carmen Agra Deedy & Michael P. White; Peachtree Publishers, Ltd: Have read this before with M and the book is just as entertaining the second time around. Also, M is a little older now and can understand it in [...]

Do you make a note of what you’re reading to kids? I like to. I’ve been meaning to start this catergory for ages and finally, here it is.  I like keeping track of all the books we read to M anyway and noting down the titles and authors in a diary as I’ve been doing doesn’t seem to [...]

Is there an alternative to picture books? Reading a book to your kids for the 457th time is probably not as much fun, interesting or intellectually stimulating as it used to be the first few times, regardless of how great a classic it is and with all due respect to its creators. Sure, Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and [...]

Title: When I’m Feeling; The Five Mile Press Creator: Trace Moroney Age Recommendation: 3+ Children's Picture Books - When I'm Feeling... M’s (and her mom’s!) current reading favorites are a set of books on feelings. That’s right – anger, sadness, joy and fear. And how to deal with them. M is at an age now when she can communicate her feelings if she [...]

Help! What do I do with all these picture books? You’ve probably already realized what I’ve just come to accept – if you have kids, there comes a point when you have more books(and toys and other accessories) than you can handle while managing to remain sane. And you just can’t put off dealing with it beyond a certain stage. Our [...]

A Delicious Reason to Read to Your Child You probably know that advice usually doesn’t get you very far with kids. Even babies seem to be wired to sense unsolicited advice and are equipped with the mechanism to ignore or avoid it.  Children have this uncanny way of figuring out when you’re about to dole out advice and activate their built-in auto shut-off [...]

Let Karadi The Bear Read to Your Child I’ve known about Karadi Tales for almost a decade, but, only recently had the chance to pick up the first of our CD/Book collection for my daughter.  I bought a collection of stories about animals narrated by some of India’s most beloved and well-known voices. And here are my thoughts on [...]

Tulika’s Treasure Chest of Bilingual Indian Children’s Books Taking advantage of my vacation in Chennai, I recently picked up a bunch of children’s books from Tulika – a publishing house known for its bilingual books. It was such a delight to see so many wonderful, entertaining children’s books in Indian languages and English in one place [...]

I’ve said it a zillion times and don’t mind repeating…reading to my daughter(and any other child in the vicinity) is among the most enjoyable parenting experiences I know of! Besides talking about it here, I write about it elsewhere too. My latest article on the topic appears on Everythingmom.com – http://www.everythingmom.com/activities/tips-to-make-books-a-part-of-your-childs-life.html. Please check it out and share [...]

Indian Cinderella Story You don’t come across children’s stories set in India in American libraries very often. So when we spotted Anklet for a Princess – A Cinderella Story from India at our library, naturally, we were pleasantly surprised and had to check it out. Granted, the book is a little prose-heavy and may be appropriate for [...]