Reviewed by Maegan Dobson Sippy There’s nothing wrong with repackaging and adding longevity to great writing, but I must admit that I was a little...
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Adults who spend a lot of time debating about the appropriateness of reading material for children are going to have a field day with this one...
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Full disclosure: I am not the biggest fan of short-fiction anthologies that are a collection of pieces by different authors. I’ll tell you why...
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Full disclosure: I am not the biggest fan of short-fiction anthologies that are a collection of pieces by different authors. I’ll tell you why...
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The Magic Rolling Pin tells the story of Jugnu, a little boy who loves everything about cooking — watching vegetable vendors sell their produce...
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This is a collection of stories, several of them already published over the years, from someone who has been writing for children for a long time...
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Clearly, the author is a man with a mission: to get children sensitized to the issue of tribals in India. The nub of this story – a city...
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Myth making is an art. Time was when mythological tales were associated with grandparents first, and with religion only as a by-product. In recent...
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Young Adult fiction these days tends to focus more on romance and less on adventures, of the kind the Hardy Boys used to have, at least. The...
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There’s a little bit of Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events”, in here; something about the sharpness and the cruelty. Murray is not gentle...
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Icky, Yukcy, Mucky! Is exactly what the title professes to be- ick, yuck and muck! A simple tale of King Icky and Princess Yucky, and how...
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History, as written in textbooks, deals with the bare facts. Behind these facts, there may be many stories, known and unknown, factual and...
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