The blog
An assortment of thoughts, opinions and stories
Books I’ve enjoyed, notes from my workshops, and stories about writing, dance and travel
The Mystery of the Graveyard Gold
The Mystery of the Graveyard Gold
We’ve read The Mystery of the Missing Geometry Boxes and The Mystery of the Disappearing Drone, the other two books in the AKA Detective Club series. It’s time to read the first of the series, The Mystery of the…
Poseidon and the Sea of Fury
We’ve read Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom twice at my book club; it’s the first of the Heroes in Training series. With older kids reading Heroes of Olympus and other books based on Greek and Roman mythology, I…
Mac B Kid Spy: Mac Undercover
The silliness and drama of Mac B. Kid Spy: Mac Undercover make it a promisingly exciting read at my book club! Stories about spies, subterfuge and suspicion make for great book club reads, and I’m…
Slam Dunk!
The Silly Billy series, with its full colour illustrations, works well with two of my book clubs—the one for ages 7 and 8, as well as the one for ages 9 and 10. In…
On Air with RJ Rini
When I read this simple, heartwarming story a few months ago, I knew I wanted to read it with my book club soon, so here we are! In August 2026, my book club for…
Sandy to the Rescue
Another edition of my book club, and we’re reading another delightful hOle book! Sandy, aka Sandip when his mother is angry, makes a new friend, Aftab, who needs rescuing from Mrs Gupta, the witch…
Song of the River
I love Gill Lewis’s books, and when I saw Song of the River at Kahaani Box, I picked it up without a second thought. And even though I haven’t read any of Lewis’s books…
I Am Hachi
Some picture books make you smile page after page, and I Am Hachi is one of them. Told from the point of view of a dog, it’s an adorable story that explores the unique…
The Girl Who Became a Buddha
What is it like to be the mother of one who gets enlightenment? How does one watch a young prince walk away from responsibilities towards something impractical and incomprehensible? The Girl Who Became a…
Hope in the Valley
The blurb of Hope in the Valley speaks of how the book is a tale of “growing up in Silicon Valley at a time when immigrants are looked at with suspicion”. With news coming…
