Curious George and the firefighters

Title: Curious George and the Firefighters
Author/Illustrator: Margaret and H.A. Rey's:
Category: Picture Book, 3 years +

This is a story of how George gets onto a fire truck and help (?!!) kids stay calm at the fire site.

A nice story only if you keep insisting to your kid that what George does is dangerous.

Verdict: Ok Read, but add "dangerous" clause when reading to your kid

Curious George and the puppies

Title: Curious George and the puppies
Author/Illustrator: Margaret and H.A. Rey's:
Category: Picture Book, 3 years +

Do I like George, I don't know. But I sure don't want my kids to emulate him. This
story is about how George lets our puppies from their cage and inadvertently helps find a missing puppy.

Verdict: Ok Read

Rangoli

Title: Rangoli

Author: Anuradha Ananth

Illustrator: Shailaja Jain

Category: Picture Books, Indian theme

This is a story of a little girl who sees rangoli, loves it and then learns to draw one. One just right for her high floor apartments.

A great Indian themed story, I was happy that I could read about rangoli (my daughter keeps saying kovanam instead of kolam... LOL) to my daughter.

I did this book in a story-telling session and then taught the kids how to draw a rangoli.

Verdict: Good-read

Mala's Silver Anklets

Title: Mala's Silver Anklets
Author: Annie Beasant
Illustrator: Nancy Raj

A first look at the cover and I dint like Mala... but once I opened the book, I fell in love with the illustrations. In particular, I loved Mala's grandma wearing a nightie and making dosas.  

This is story of naughty girl, who loves to scare everyone. How did her mama put an end to this ? Did Mala quit scaring people? Read the story to know it.

I used this book in a 'Story-telling' session and the kids loved it. We then played "who makes the scariest noise" game too.

Verdict: Good-Read

Where is Maisy?

Title: Where is Maisy?
Author/Illustrator: Lucy Cousins
Category: Picture Book, Very young kids

This I think is my son's first "story book". My daughter (the elder one) is a crazy maisy fan and hence we picked this book. The first time I saw Maisy, I was wondering what kind of illustration and letter was that... but it never mattered anyway... my daughter was hooked on.

Anyways coming to this book, its a very very simple book where we search for Maisy. We can lift the flaps (open doors, peep under sail..) and try to find Maisy. Did we finally find her, oh yes we did. But I wish we found her somewhere else interesting! But this books is not written for me and my son seemed happy with the ending anyway.

Verdict: Good-read

When I went walking

Title: I Went Walking

Author: Sue Williams

Illustrator: Julie Vivas

Category: Picture Books, Very Young

This book follows a little kid who goes for a walk and then meets a lot of animals. The end is neither sagging nor abrupt, so you will smile at the last page.

Since there are animals dedicated for each page, its a great book for teaching animals and animal sounds to very young kids. My son enjoys this book very much (he is 17 months while I am writing this.)

Verdict: Must-Read