A few months ago I made the mistake of watching Frozen. It was dull and long and did nothing for me except get “Doooo you want to build a snowman?” stuck in my head. It’s one of the most popular 

There’s beauty in alliteration. The repetition of the first consonant creates a cadence in writing and speech that, when used well, is poetic. Alphabets Are Amazing Animals is written entirely in alliteration and is a wonderful way to teach kids 

A year ago, I enrolled for beginners’ French lessons at the Alliance Française de Bombay. Like many people born and raised in India, I was already multilingual, imbibing several languages with ease in my early childhood. But learning a new language 

Dogs and cats can be trouble. But with a pterodactyl for a pet, the adventures never end. When 9-year-old Sam finds a dinosaur egg fossil, he secrets it away in his room to admire. But the egg fossil has different 

Nine-year-old Veena is brimming with ideas that send her and her beloved Aunt Malu careening on adventures. These well-intentioned enterprises often end in disaster, but that hasn’t deterred Veena yet. She’s always back with another brilliant idea – this time to help 

When I was six years old I walked into class after a vacation only to have my teacher ask who I was. I was slightly alarmed, but mostly confused; did she think I was an impostor? Was she going to 

You can teach your child about elephants, and you can teach your child how to colour. But in 8 Ways to Draw an Elephant, you can teach your child both at the same time. Paola Ferrarotti’s art activity book not 

History books are filled with stories of the Mughal era, but I doubt any of these stories are told quite as entertainingly as “Akbar and The Tricky Traitor.” Part fact and mostly fiction, “Akbar and The Tricky Traitor” is a colourful 

The Telgemeier family is going on a road trip. Raina, her younger sister, Amara, younger brother, Will, and their mom are driving from San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado, while dad flies in later. Sound like fun? Not 

We teach children to be polite. We teach kids to be well behaved. But do we teach them to be kind? Kindness is a recurring theme in Wonder, the debut story for kids by R.J. Palacio, who wrote it after a personal 

Ferg Gottin could have been a Dimwit, a Lowlife, or a Nincompoop, but he’s not—he’s a Scumbag. But really, Ferg isn’t actually any of these things. These are the names of the houses to which the children of Horrid High