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Rows of lit oil lamps glowing along a riverside ghat at dusk.
Reading Habits4 min read

Chhath Puja Is Coming: Keeping a Little Reading Going Through a Four-Day Festival Pause

Chhath Puja this year runs Friday 13th to Monday 16th November — Nahay Khay, Kharna, the sandhya arghya...

0–3 yrs3–5 yrs6–8 yrs9–12 yrs
A toddler sits in an airplane seat near a window.
Reading Habits4 min read

Books or a Tablet for a Long Train or Flight With Kids? What Actually Helps

You've packed two picture books, a colouring set, and a small bag of snacks for the six-hour train...

3–5 yrs6–8 yrs9–12 yrs
A young girl sitting on a bed reading a paperback book.
Reading Habits4 min read

Is Morning Reading Better Than Bedtime Stories? What Actually Builds the Habit

Bedtime stories somehow always get cut short. It's 8:40, the lights need to go off at 8:45, and...

0–3 yrs3–5 yrs6–8 yrs
A girl lying on a bed reading a book indoors, a calm bedtime-like scene
Reading Habits4 min read

Stuck Indoors on a High-AQI Day? Turning Smog-Season Confinement Into Reading Time Instead of More Screens

The air outside has gone that familiar grey-brown again, the park is off-limits for the week, and your...

0–3 yrs3–5 yrs6–8 yrs9–12 yrs
A woman carrying and closely interacting with a smiling baby
Reading Habits4 min read

Talking to Your Baby Might Matter as Much as Reading to Them — Here's What the Research Found

Somewhere you picked up the idea that you should be talking and reading to your baby constantly, narrating...

0–3 yrs
A woman in a green sari sits with a child in a sunlit room at home.
Reading Habits3 min read

Is My Child Missing Out Because We Don't Live in a Big City?

You scroll through some other parent's photo of a weekend at a big-city bookstore — the beanbags, the...

0–3 yrs3–5 yrs6–8 yrs9–12 yrs
A little girl lying on a bed surrounded by a pile of books
Reading Habits4 min read

My Child Keeps Rereading the Same Few Rented Books Instead of Trying New Ones — Is the Subscription Still Worth It?

The new box arrived, your child flipped through it once, and then went straight back to the same...

0–3 yrs3–5 yrs6–8 yrs
A tidy shelf stacked with children's books, including a red encyclopedia
Reading Habits4 min read

My Child Got a Pile of New Books This Diwali — Should I Give Them All at Once?

Diwali hasn't even arrived yet and you can already picture it: grandparents, aunts, neighbours, all arriving with books,...

3–5 yrs6–8 yrs9–12 yrs
A toddler girl sitting on the floor holding and looking closely at a book
Reading Habits3 min read

My Toddler Keeps Ripping and Chewing Books — What Actually Helps

You handed your toddler a lovely new book this morning, and by lunchtime a corner was in their...

0–3 yrs

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