The month of December is often a month of gift-giving, what with the various holidays that take place during that time. Later this month I will be giving my nieces and nephews books for Christmas, as is my custom. I have been considering prospective books all year long and recently made my purchases from a … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Lizard
Black Ice by Mahmudul Haque; translated from Bangla into English by Mahmud Rahman
Defiance of the Rose by Perveen Shakir; translated from Urdu into English by Naima Rashid
Phoolsunghi by Pandey Kapil; translated from Bhojpuri into English by Gautam Choubey
Krishnayan by Kaajal Oza Vaidya; translated from Gujarati to English by Subha Pande
Godsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, with Commentary translated from Sanskrit by Amit Majmudar
The Rock That Was Not by Githanjali; translated from Telugu to English by K. Suneetha Rani
In this review, I’m revisiting a family favorite. Follow the Firefly/Run Rabbit Run! is a wordless picture book aimed at readers ages 2 and up that can be read in both directions. First, the reader follows a firefly’s search for a flashing light, reading from left to right towards the back cover. Then, a rabbit runs … Continue reading #WorldKidLitWednesday: Follow the Firefly/Run Rabbit Run
Hijab by Guruprasad Kaginele; translated from Kannada to English by Pavan N. Rao
Beloved Rongomala by Shaheen Akhtar, translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya
