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Ever since I ventured into the world of picture bo

Ever since I ventured into the world of picture books with T, I've noticed something remarkable. Parents tend to buy English books for their kids, leaving their own vernacular behind. Seldom I see a child reading books in their native tongue, except maybe the textbooks.
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Don't get me wrong, no. I am guilty of this as well. With my child and with myself. I can barely read proper Devnagri script anymore despite speaking it fluently all the time. In my discomfort of not being able to teach my child how to converse in English properly, yet, I started pushing for more English books than Hindi. 90% of the books she owns are in the language which isn't even our 2nd!
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Why did this happen? Why do we associate literacy with a particular language, English, when it applies to any language in which one can speak, read, and write? Why the obsession with a language which we didn't even know until a few 100 years ago?
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Featuring the lovable Haathi who can't stop sneezing #gajapatikulapati
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Are you guilty as well?
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In the race to see who is big and who is small, on

In the race to see who is big and who is small, one forgets that small bricks make up the big house.
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The itchy footed snail wants to see the world, but it is just a small snail 🐌
And the big whale can swim across oceans, but it doesn't know the world beyond the waters it sails in 🐋
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What wonderful journey do these two creatures take together?
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A must must buy for your little ones. Tell them, they are good as they are, no matter their size.
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In frame, The Snail and The Whale by none other than Julia Donaldson.
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What is it about tragedy that attracts? I don't kn

What is it about tragedy that attracts? I don't know, but I'd like to know. There is something about human sufferings that is so eerily charming, that every time I come across it, I can't stop myself but delve deeper. Still, what is that charm?
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The Mountains Sing by @nguyenphanquemai_ takes you back to the years when the beautiful country of Vietnam was riddled with war, and survival was the only thing that was important. Not unpredictable, the story is straight out of a Bollywood movie script but nevertheless it provides what it is meant to, clarity about what the war does to normal peace loving citizens.
Full review up on www.merrygoreviews.com
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Have you read this? I bought this under pressure from Gram 😂 and like I said above, tragedy attracts, so I better see people commenting here, LOL.
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One man's greed, Millions of lives lost. . . The d

One man's greed,
Millions of lives lost.
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The darkest days of contemporary human history, one which we have to live with all our life.
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Of all the books that I've read on Holocaust and WWII, #thetattooistofauschwitz sits the lowest.
Despite the fact that it is the story of a survivor, the writing is terribly flat.
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Have you read this one? How did you find it?
Full review on www.merrygoreviews.com
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When was the last time you read a book in the lang

When was the last time you read a book in the language you first learnt?
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When was the last time you asked yourself tough questions about leaving things behind that made you what you are today?
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When was the last time you took pleasure in things that you once did, even if it meant not being one of the herd?
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Reading this novella on #internationalyogaday
Honestly, I am struggling with the language 😅 but I know I should read more Hindi, the language that I understood, spoke, wrote first.
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Things we take for granted, Things we think will n

Things we take for granted,
Things we think will never change.
Things we think can't happen to us,
Things meant for the "others".
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The Home That Was Our Country by Alia Malek is that book which every free human must read.
For things that seem, for things that were, for things that is, and for things that can be.
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Head to www.merrygoreviews.com for the complete review. I guarantee that you will not regret spending the 5 minutes reading it 🙂
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#meetmeinmemes Will ya? . . . #merrygoreviews #sar

#meetmeinmemes
Will ya?
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Just FYI, you know ☺ . Please spread the word ar

Just FYI, you know ☺
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Please spread the word around, would you?
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#newbeginnings #toddlerfavorite #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerbooksofinstagram #merryreadings #picturebooks #readingsandactivities #bookasaurus #readthemyoung #raisingareader #raisingreaders #toddlerbooks #picturebookillustration

Of all the #childrensbooks that I read along with

Of all the #childrensbooks that I read along with my kiddo, some are so beautiful that no words can do justice to them.
Dealing with topics which even we as adults haven't yet understood, these books provide acceptance and closure to the people across all ages, more to those who think they know how the world works than those for whom this book is meant to be.
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This particular book talks about what fear can do, how gripping its hold is, and how can one support someone in that grip.
"We all have certain fears l, that might he hard to understand."
What is your own certain fear?
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Be Brave Little Penguin by @giles_andreae is a sweet little story of a penguin trying to find his courage. Highly recommended for your own little penguins ☺
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