The Bespectacled Mother

Archive for the tag “Kidlit”

12 Jan 2019
11 Comments

When I grow up #PictureBookReview 22

41q0uz3xtul8797707020127856216..jpg

What if there was something more

not found within a book?

I closed my eyes as tightly as I could

and took a look…

Story – 

Mr. Dove’s class is trying to decide what they would like to be when they grow up. While most of the children in the class get busy instantly jotting down their ideas, there is one girl, Annie, whose mind is bubbling with many ideas due to which she has a hard time deciding what she should choose to write about.

Alien Hunter? Master Read more…

Posted in The Yellow Bookshelf and tagged , , , , , ,
13 Dec 2018
6 Comments

Jacob’s Toys – The Big Backyard Adventure #PictureBookReview 20

IMG_20181212_172725_20181212173715359.jpg

First to flee were Ted and Dupree,

then Tess Turtle, Poncho and Mousy Dundee.

Not far behind was the smallest of all,

the teeny tiny reindeer that Jacob called Paul.

Jacob’s Toys – The BIG Backyard Adventure arrived in the mail last week all the way from Australia. As soon as the packaging was opened, we had an adorable picture book in our hands which was claimed by Dhruv right away even before I could have a good look at it. It was surprising for me to see him intently occupied with this book and I got to know why a little later.

Story – 

Jacob considers himself big enough to play with his soft toys. His Mum suggests finding them a new home but only after giving them a good wash. After the washing, Mum hangs the soft toys outside in the sun on the clothesline to dry where they happily dream of a new home. It’s here that the backyard adventure of the toys begins with the weather soon turning stormy, They get blown away, get lurked upon by a nasty Read more…

Posted in The Yellow Bookshelf and tagged , , , , , , , ,
10 Dec 2018
22 Comments

Five find outers and a dog by Enid Blyton #KidLitBookReview #GuestPost

Today, I have Shalini Baisiwala of Shalzmojo writing a guest post about her favourite book series from her childhood days. We all are familiar with the name, Enid Blyton, and her Famous Five series, Secret Seven series, Magic Faraway Tree series, and Malory Towers series but do we know about the Five Find-Outers and a Dog series? At least I didn’t know about it until Shalini mentioned it to me. And. going by her description, it does appear to be a fine discovery for the book lovers in us, Dhruv and I.

Now, over to Shalini about her favourite Enid Blyton book series.

December GP 2018

Read more…

Posted in The Yellow Bookshelf and tagged , , , , , ,
14 Jun 2018
7 Comments

The Manic Panic #Picturebookreview 14

It is a normal sort of a day in your house until…
“What’s wrong with the Wi-Fi?” Mommy howls.
“It’s DOWN!” Daddy hollers.
“Good riddance!” Nannu smiles.

Story –

The Manic Panic is a story of a day in the life of a normal family. Everything was going on as usual with the father cooking a meal with a phone held in one hand, the mother sitting on the couch with a bowl of something to eat in the hand and a laptop on the lap, the daughter hanging upside down from the couch reading a book and a grandma, Nannu, doing a headstand. Very normal, you may say. And, then a dreadful thing happens. The wi-fi stops working and all hell breaks loose for the parents. They get cranky and fidgety while the daughter makes all kinds of plans to spend the day outside the home in the park or cycling or having a picnic. Read more…

Posted in The Yellow Bookshelf and tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Post Navigation