6 – 9 – Read every day, Doodle every day

Shanti and the Knot of Protection: A Rakhi Story

Hey there! It’s been a long time since I sat down to write on this blog. But today, I decided to take a break from everything and do something I really enjoy – writing and painting. Of late, life has

How to draw Easter egg basket: Step-by-step tutorial

Hello, hello. How’s everyone doing? We hope you are having a good Easter break with your friends and family. Speaking of Easter, our analytics report tells me that there has been a 250+% jump in our web traffic recently. Do

A Christmas read under a Christmas Tree

It’s December! And the best season of the year is here. Can there be enough book recommendations for holiday reading? We think, no! That’s why we come back year after year with our list of favorite reads for December. Winter,

Free Reading Calendar

Reading together with the little ones is always fun. But would you like to add more zing and joy to your reading time? How about some reading prompts and activity ideas to make it more exciting and engaging? We at our

Listen: Children’s Book Review

A good storyteller knows how to tell complex stories in simple words. This is exactly what I felt after reading Listen by Tatsuya Fushimi and Britney Vu. Empowering, beautiful, and meaningful. Also very relevant for today’s time when the world

Isabel and her Colores Go to School: Children’s Book Review

A beautiful book about dealing with the anxiety of a new school and a new environment. Loved it. I also loved that it’s a bilingual book, making it a wonderful read for both Spanish and English-speaking kids. But what I

Amma, Tell Me About Ganesha – Children’s Book Review

Informative and engaging. Like all other books in the “Amma, Tell Me” series by Bhakti Mathur. As the name suggests, “Amma, Tell Me About Ganesha!” is the story of Ganesha. Klaka and Kiki, two siblings, are curious about the Ganesh

Father’s Day Special Book for Kids

It’s that time of the year. It’s the day to celebrate the first superhero of our lives – our DADs! And no, one day is not sufficient to celebrate fathers, we need to celebrate them day after day, every day

How to Draw an Astronaut | Step by Step Tutorial

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu Being an astronaut is a dream for a lot of children. There’s something about zooming into outer space and exploring the new world. I as a

If I Were An Astronaut: Children’s Book Review

If I were an astronaut, I would zoom into outer space! I would help fix the International Space Station. Dream big, and see what fun it is to be an astronaut. Dream. Discover. Explore. If I Were An Astronaut by

Be Kind: Children’s Book Review

In a world where you can be anything, be kind. I love this quote.This world needs more kindness, and more empathy any day. And if I can find good stories on kindness, I read, and re-read it with my little

The Whatifs – Children’s Book Review

best books on overcoming fear and anxiety

What if my dog runs away? What if I forget my homework? What if the sun stops shining? What if my crayon breaks? What if…… Written by Emily Kilgore and illustrated by Zoe Persico, The Whatifs is one of the

Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr: Children’s Book Review

A sweet story about Ramadan narrated by a young child Rashad in a fun way. Written by Lisa Bullard and illustrated by Holli Conger, Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr is a beautiful book to explain the significance of Ramadan to

How to draw a Unicorn l Step by step tutorial

Unicorn makes us believe that magic does happen. Unicorn makes us believe in dreams, hope, and positivity. “There is something about riding a unicorn, for those who still can, which is unlike any other experience: exhilarating, and intoxicating, and fine.”-Neil

The Safe Return: Children’s Book Review

The Safe Return: Kids Wear Masks for a Safe Return to Fun A story of hope. A story to be of help. “The Safe Return” is a story about little children trying to return to their normal lives in between

How to Catch the Easter Bunny – Easter Special Book Review

Easter is here and the perfect trap is ready. We all wait with bated breath. Will we be finally able to catch the Easter Bunny this year? If you are looking for best Easter books for kids, this is one

How to draw Easter Bunny

“Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” – S.D. Gordon It’s Easter this weekend and we are here with a brand new doodle for you – A cute Easter Bunny smiling at you :). Give this one

Festival Of Colors: Holi Special Book For Kids

The spring season is finally here and so is the festival of colours – Holi. too. There is something fun about holi, isn’t it? Even though I am not in India right now, but the moment I think of Holi,

Children’s Books And Activities: Geronimo Stilton Puzzle

The weekend is here and that means Sunday, Funday is round the corner:). When I was a kid, I used to eagerly wait for Sunday newspapers, as In the pre-internet era weekend editions of newspapers were one of the most

Children’s Storybooks That Celebrate Love

The beauty of love is that it’s a universal language without boundaries. When a child is hurt or bullied or sick, love and affection can heal on a heart level and increase their self-esteem and understanding. Even a small hug

Love Doodle

The child who knows unconditional love has the greatest gift the world can offer. Love has many faces, many smiles, many expressions, many forms. Love is a beautiful emotion, simple and complex at the same time. But ask any parent about the

Dreamy Days and Random Naps: Book Review

It’s cute, fun and packed with interesting messages. I got this book as part of Blackberry Book Tours, thank you Kristy for inviting Kiddingly to be a part of this book tour. initially I was bit confused about who is

Vy’s Special Gift: Children’s Book Review

Beautiful, Emotional, and Optimistic – that’s how we felt after reading Vy’s Special Gift. What a wonderful book, full of positivity! Loved it. Here’s our book review for kids on this special book. “Vy’s Special Gift” is a story about a

Snowman Doodle For Kids

Hug a snowman, It’s a cold world out there! Wish you all a Happy New Year. The last doodle for the year and considering the winter chill all around, we have done a snowman for you. Isn’t it cute :)?

Santa Claus Doodle: Step By Step Tutorial

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way, Santa Claus is coming around driving on a sleigh! It’s Christmas and it’s time for fun, food, and merriment. Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A day

Winter Reading List: Alexandra Alessandri

We’re super-duper excited to present to you yet another interesting reading list by Alexandra Alessandri, one of our favorite authors whose book we loved reading this year, and wrote about it here. Here are some winter books for kids. Alexandra

How to draw a Reindeer

Thank you for all your love for the Christmas Tree doodle. Keeping the Christmas feel all around, our next doodle is a cute Reindeer :). How can we discuss Christmas and Santa Claus without a Reindeer! How to Draw a

Christmas Tree: Drawing Tutorial Step by Step

Christmas is almost here and we are creating lots of fun designs at our end. What’s a Christmas celebration without some cozy reading time together and some DIY fun. Cards, bookmarks, posters, coasters, danglers, and more. There is no end

December Holiday Reading Recommendations: Ellwyn Autumn

We are excited to present to you this Christmas holiday reading list by the super talented children’s book writer and educator – Ellwyn Autumn. Ellwyn is an award-winning author and a certified teacher with a Master’s Degree in Education. She

How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Children’s Book Review

It’s Christmas time and how can we have the holiday fun without some good reads. We read many special Christmas adventure book this winter but for our Christmas fest, we would like to start with one of our all-time favorite

How to Doodle: Hot Chocolate Mug

Hello December! The month of holidays. The month of fun. The month of winters. And the month of hot chocolate with cinnamon 🙂 Here’s hot chocolate doodle for you. We doodled this hot chocolate mug last weekend while sipping our

It’s fall – Children’s Book Review

It’s a book that celebrates the season of fall. Let’s start with illustrations of this book – simply gorgeous! Cut-paper work with beautiful colors that immediately grab your attention. Written by Linda Glaser and illustrated by Susan Swan, “It’s Fall”

The Adventures of Plimoth Plantation: Children’s Book Review

History, adventure, and fun – that’s how we would like to describe “The Adventures of Plimoth Plantation: As Told by the Mayflower Mouse” by Marian R. Carlson. While this book is targeted towards children, but trust me when I say

Goddess Durga: Drawing Tutorial

It’s the festival season in India these days and kids are enjoying their Dusshera holidays. Like every year, this year too, we have lined up a whole lot of festival special book recommendations and doodle fun for your little ones.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Children’s Book Review

Isn’t it a delight when one of your favorite movies gets recreated as a storybook and that too a gorgeous one? It’s been a joy reading this picture book adaptation of the film “E.T.” directed Steven Spielberg with my 8-year-old.

Interesting books for 7 year old: Guest Post

In our guest post series, for this month we are featuring some of the favorite reads of an avid reader Supriya and her daughter Siya from the UK. They both love reading, these book recommendations are by the little Siya,

Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth – Children’s Book Review

Funny, cute story with one of the most interesting illustrations that I have seen in recent times. There are many beautiful books on Ganesha available for kids these days and this one can be easily added to the “must-read on

All Are Welcome: Children’s Book Review

When there is a lot going on in the environment on racism, diversity, and inclusion, it’s a happy feeling to come across books like ‘All Are Welcome’ by Alexandra Penfold. Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman, this one is about a school

Doodle A Frog: Tutorial

We recently read this funny and cute book – The Good For Nothing Frogs. We loved it and wrote about it here. And as we always do, we love doodling our favorite character from the book. So here’s a quick

The Good For Nothing Frogs: Children’s Book Review

Yet another funny book from the My Crazy Stories series by Daniel Georges. We have read the earlier stories in this series and like the earlier ones, this one is also very funny but ends with a meaningful message. Wait,

How to draw Panda

We’re in love with Pandas these days and we’ve read many interesting books on Pandas but our recent favorite one has been Amazing Daddy by Rachel Bright. In case you would like to know more about it, you can check

How to draw Squirrel

We loved reading Scaredy Squirrel, the whole series is very interesting and perfect for kids below 8 years of age group. If you would like to know more about this series, you may check it here. This one is also available

Clark The Shark – Children Book Review

It’s a funny and super cute story by Bruce Hale and Guy Francis. Clark, the shark is energetic, enthusiastic, and upbeat about everything in his life. He loves his school, he loves his friend, heck, he even loves his meals!

Scaredy Squirrel – Children’s Book Review

You know that feeling when you come across a children’s book and you wish you had read this when you were a child! “Scaredy Squirrel” is one of those books that leaves you with a feeling like that. A

Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies – Children Book Review

A super fun storybook about a zombie kid Mo Romero who loves veggies! Yes, you read it right – a kid who loves to eat vegetables. Tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini – he loves them all. It seems perfect, isn’t it?

Earth Day Books For Children

It’s World Earth Day today, a day to mark all that our beloved plant Earth does for us and how fragile it is. A day to remind us to take care of Earth, love it, and protect it from all

Children Story Books on Anxiety & Worry

Anxiety is never easy to deal with, be it in adults or children. The current phase is such that you can’t avoid conversations that are not so pleasant & positive. The world is crippled with the COVID crisis and whether

30 days – 30 doodles

Hello everyone, how’s the stay at home phase going on for everyone? I know it’s not easy especially with smaller kids around who hate to be locked inside the house. But let’s not forget, it’s the least we can do

Arlo Spaces Off – Children Book Review

Looking for a children’s book to build the habit of helping in daily chores and paying attention to tasks? You will like “Arlo Spaces Off” by Jessica Bee in that case 🙂 This book is a part of the Monster

6 Timeless Christmas Theme Books for Kids

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope your stocking is stuffed full of joy this year. Holiday seasons are going on and as we always say, this is the best season to relax, read, dream and craft your own beautiful stories for next

Tom Gates: Hilarious And Fun

Doodler, adventurous and fun – what’s there to not love about Tom Gates :-).

Saturday

Weekend…………! Who’s not excited about weekend? Parents and children get a great time together during weekends. This is the story of a girl and her mother who gets to spend some time together. Ava a young girl and her mother

The Proudest Blue

“The Proudest Blue” is a powerful and vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school of kids and two sisters on one’s first day of hijab by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad. Kids definitely get excited

Our Big Little Place

A lovely, cute book about the life of kids living in city apartments, a topic that is so important and relevant for the new-age lifestyle. Our Big Little Place is a story of a little boy who lives in a multi-storey

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

This is the story of a poet who recalls one of his past Christmas celebrations in Wales and the feelings which made him feel excited as a child. A lovely picture book with beautiful illustrations and written by Welsh poet

Writing Prompt – Favourite Part of Navaratri

From Dandiya to Pandal visits, Navratri has so much to offer to us as a festival. Tell us which part of this festival you like the most and why?

Writing Prompt – Your Superpowers For a Battle

If you had to fight a demon king like Ravana, tell us how would you do that? What all superpowers would you like to have to fight a battle against him?

Strega Nona’s Gift

The holiday season, which means food, fun, festivities, trips and more. It’s the same in little girl Strega Nona’s village. Strega Nona with the help of Big Anthony assists in preparing for the different celebrations from Feast of San Nicola

Celebrations Around the World

Not just Indian festivals let your kids know about festivals around the world. Celebrations around the World by Katy Halford is a beautifully illustrated book about different holidays around the world. And do not assume that festivals around the world

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

The name says it all. Yes, this gorgeous picture book is about some great women who changed the world and made it into an even more interesting and fun place. From athletes to scientists and more. It’s a great combination

The Gift Inside the Box

We have seen stories about talking fish, biscuit and many things which usually cannot talk in real life. But have you ever wondered what if a gift box has life? What if it can talk? Read this interesting story by

The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines

This is the story of Elliot Eisner is not so excited about going to a new school in the new town that he is in. He would always like to stay at home and read a book. But things doesn’t

Vlad the Rad

Vlad the Rad is the story of a little vampire who’s passionate about skateboarding. Wait! What, a story of a vampire? OMG! Aren’t they scary and dangerous?

Drawing Tutorial – Animal Theme(Lion)

Do you know the favorite animal of Goddess Durga? Rooooaarrrr…….. LION! We thought to give you a quick instruction on how to draw a lion. This lion is cute and smiling one : -). Give it a try and don’t

All about 9 days of Navratri

Navratri is considered as one of the most important and sacred festivals in India. People worship Goddess Durga and her various forms which are the epitomes of power. In India, it is believed that if someone worships the Goddess Durga

Scholastic Biographies: Gandhi

Gandhi Ji is the one who fought for Indian independence from British rule and for the rights of the Indians. His weapons are truth and non-violence. His full name is Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi, Born on October 2nd, 1869.

Chaos at Keoladeo – Must read for nature and wildlife lovers

You come across books and then you come across books that are an absolute delight. Chaos at Keoladeo by Priya Fonseca is one such book. Fun and insightful at the same time, this book is about three young kids Sameera, Alex and Tarun who

Reading Calendar For Kids – September 2019 Edition

It’s September! The start of autumn, the month from which the daylight gets shorter and the temperature cools down. September also means exam time for children in many parts of India.

Lord Ganesha’s Feast of Laughter

“Lord Ganesha’s Feast of Laughter”, is a pack some really interesting stories about the most loved Hindu god Ganesh. There’s always a lovely relation between this cute elephant-headed god and children. Lots of children enjoy the stories of Ganesha. We

Krishna – The Protector of Dharma

Today is Janmashtami, also known as Krishnashtami or Gokulashtami, a festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna all over India. This festival is celebrated with great devotion, gaiety, and enthusiasm and it generally comes in the month of July

An Egg is Quiet

An Egg is Quiet is beautifully written and illustrated. There is great scientific detail in this informational text about how an egg is shaped, how it looks, how it feels, and other ways that they are all different. In the

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Everything changes for a group of nine-year-olds when a new boy comes to their class. As they find out later, Ahmet is a Syrian refugee with heart-breaking experiences. They try to befriend him and help him as much as they

Rusty and the Magic Mountain

Rusty and his two friends, Popat and Pitamber, set out on an adventure to the Magic Mountain which is mired in mystery and tales of the supernatural. On the way, they take refuge in a haunted forest rest house, manage

5 Books For Children About India’s Independence Day

Tricolor everywhere. Yes, a country which has one of the richest and vivid histories and heritage, a country which is world-famous for hospitality, a country that has the largest democracy is celebrating it’s 73rd Independence Day. August 16th holiday doesn’t

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