Aug 142021

Review: Huberta’s Big Surprise

Huberta is a cute Hippopotamus and she likes to surprise everyone, but sometimes goes over board with them!

Aug 112021

Review: Postbox Kashmir – Two Lives in Letters

Against this backdrop, veteran BBC journalist Divya Arya, seeded a creative rendering of the story of Kashmir, for the younger generation. The idea was old school but perfect: pen pals exchanging notes. One is in Delhi, and the other in Kashmir.

Aug 112021

Review: Torn Apart – The Partition of India, 1947

Torn Apart by UK based Swapna Haddow is a simple, heart-rending story of what happened in 1947. Experiencing the fresh scars of partition, our protagonists, a rich Muslim boy Ibrahim and Amar, a poor Hindu street kid, are united by fate and circumstances.

Aug 012021

Review: Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame.

Meera unfortunately and obviously had no say in this misogynistic practice of forced child marriage and abides by the orders that she had been given. She moves in with her in-laws and husband at the tender age of thirteen.

Aug 012021

Review: The Great Big Lion

The first thing about ‘The Great Big Lion’ that took me by surprise was that it was written as well as illustrated by a 3 year old Mensa prodigy, Chryseis Knight. The art work and the level of detail gone into lion’s mane alone is exemplary. The bright board book caught eyes of my 3 year old instantly and I saw him flipping through the pages intently.