Introducing the Baby Book Babbles Library!
Whether it is through the storytelling program, our online sessions, or through the various other literary initiatives that Baby Book Babbles has ventured into over the years, it has been my primary goal to give parents the right tools that
Little Miss A’s Guide to Staying Indoors
Like most kids in India and around the world, the Coronavirus pandemic has forced Little Miss A to stay indoors over the next few weeks. We are on Day 5 of cancelled school and classes; and there is the added
The Simple Act of Reading
While I always knew the advantages of reading to a child from an early age, it took me three years to truly understand its importance. To go on preaching something that has obvious benefits versus seeing the magical results manifest
5 Books that Help me Raise A Mighty Girl #MomsSpeakUp
If there was one thing that I was sure I wouldn’t do as a mother to a girl was bind her by the patriarchal notions that I was raised with. All through my pregnancy, I dreamed about having a girl
How to Raise a Reader
We as humans tend to repeat activities over and over again if they bring us pleasure. We may listen to the same music, visit the same restaurants, watch re-runs of the same TV shows, provided they appeal to our brain
Bookish Play – A Busy Day for Birds by Lucy Cousins
Released about two years ago, A Busy Day for Birds is among my favorite books by Lucy Cousins (The other one being “Hooray for Fish!”). This is a perfect read-aloud book, considering its large print, vibrant illustrations and rhyming text. Can
Where are the Words? – Making the Most of Wordless Books
If you happen to have brought home a wordless book from a bookstore or library, chances are that you will feel lost and won’t know where to start at first. I for one get quite intimidated with all the possibilities
Best Books to Gift a One Year Old
If there is one thing Little Miss A and I love to do, it is to go hunting for the perfect books to gift others. Books were our favorite kind of gifts to give and receive, and Baby A’s first
Books on Big Emotions – Helping your Child Understand Feelings
My baby’s first words kicked in at around 14 months and she began to cohesively speak in context sometime after she was 20 months old. The closer she came to two; I witnessed her vocabulary go up significantly. It heart-warming
Reading to Your New Born
Ever since I posted this picture from when by daughter was two weeks old, I have had a number of mums ask me – “Did you really start reading Roald Dahl to your child right when she was born?” “What