Myra here. It is that time of the week again where we share a book quote that seemed particularly striking for us. For the month of AUGUST, our book quote theme is: PASSAGE. While I vaguely recall reading One Hundred Years […]

Myra here. While I was in the United States, the NEEV Committee sent me these shortlisted titles for jury deliberation for the Neev Book Award 2021. Here they are! Shortlisted Titles for Junior Readers (1) Young Pandavas: The City Of […]

Myra here. Every Saturday we hope to share with you our thoughts on reading and books. We thought that it would be good practice to reflect on our reading lives and our thoughts about reading in general. While on occasion, […]

Myra here. Thank you to Christie at Wondering and Wandering for hosting this week. I have been seeing this collection of poetry by Lucille Clifton shared by poet friends on social media. So while I was in the United States, I […]

Myra here. We are delighted to dedicate our Wednesdays to featuring nonfiction titles, as per usual. We would also be linking our nonfiction choices with our reading themes throughout the year, when we can. Our reading theme for July-September is […]

Myra here. It is that time of the week again where we share a book quote that seemed particularly striking for us. For the month of AUGUST, our book quote theme is: PASSAGE. While passage can be interpreted as a pathway between […]

Myra here. It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers (new host of Monday reading: Kathryn T at Book Date).  Our July – September 2021 reading theme: Binge-Read: Book Series Marathon […]

Myra here. Here is Part 2 of my diverse picturebook haul. Diverse Picturebook Biographies (1) Pies From Nowhere by Dee Romito and Laura Freeman (Amazon | Book Depository) (2) Opening The Road by Keila V. Dawson and Alleanna Harris (Amazon […]

Myra here. Every Saturday we hope to share with you our thoughts on reading and books. We thought that it would be good practice to reflect on our reading lives and our thoughts about reading in general. While on occasion, […]

Myra here. Thank you to Mary Lee Hahn of A(nother) Year Of Reading for hosting this week. Before I knew Margaret Atwood as a novelist, I knew her as a poet first – her recently published poetry book being Dearly (Amazon | […]