Thank You, Mr. Falker

By Vandana Sehgal

#BOOKREVIEW #10 CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEW AS A WRITER AND A READER Title: Thank You, Mr. FalkerAuthor: Patricia PolaccoIllustrator: Patricia PolaccoGenre: Children’s Story BookTarget Audience: 8-12-Year-Old Do you believe in angels? They are always around us…

The Monster Who Lost His Mean

By Vandana Sehgal

#BOOKREVIEW #9CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEW AS A WRITER AND A READER Title: The Monster Who Lost His MeanAuthor: Tiffany Strelitz HaberIllustrator: Kirstie EdmundsGenre: Children’s Picture BookTarget Audience: 5–8-Year-Old To teach children, speak their language. As adults,…

What If Everybody Did That?

By Vandana Sehgal

#BOOKREVIEW #8CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEW AS A WRITER AND A READER Title: What If Everybody Did That?Author: Ellen JavernickIllustrator: Colleen M. MaddenGenre: Children’s Picture BookTarget Audience: 5–8-Year-Old Your brain starts racing when you see the cover…

When Pain Becomes Unbearable

By Vandana Sehgal

I learned life’s bitter truths quite late. Don’t let people walk all over you, my mom kept telling me. After her death, I had no one to talk to. Once, I confided in a colleague about…

The Struggle to Form an Opinion

By Vandana Sehgal

I have two confessions to make. One, it was challenging for me to write this blog, even though the subject excited me but for long I couldn’t lead it anywhere. Two, I realised that forming…

That Unsolicited Advice…

By Vandana Sehgal

“I am talking to you,” my sister said, snatching phone from her teenager. “I heard. It’s the same old thing…benefits of less screen time. I know it…stop advising me on petty thing,” his sharp words…