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  You can watch the You tube video here  December 3rd is called as International Day of Persons with Disabilities. So to mark this day have chosen another book in my series called  Picture Books & Me - #2! Chuskit Goes to School from Pratham To my knowledge one of the earliest Picture books published about a child with disability. This story is very real to me as I too had a student in my Special Ed class, (so long ago) who really wanted to go to school! I have written a sweet story about her over here  .  She will always be in my heart as the one who showed up to School with so much excitement. That was a year of learning for me. I was a rookie teacher, but acting as if I knew what I was doing.  Another day, another book, another memory. ssstoryteller

  Picture Books & Me   - Book 1 - Salim Mamoo & Me (click on link to watch) I joined the Diploma in Narrative Practices offered by Narrative Practices India in the year 2023 - 24 and through that did my first foreign solo trip to Nepal! I did not blog about it... I discovered a whole dimension to Picture Books during the exploration and diploma. Though I have been using picture books to tell stories, I realized I was missing out on the illustrations and the value pictures add to the storyline.  I did not blog about it... Finally I decided to blog about this: talking about one Picture Book that catches my attention and my personal connect to it. I plan to make short videos and upload on You - tube.  These explorations will be organic and spontaneous and not as a promo for the book or the author. It is my way to capture my relationship with stories and images in picture books! Salim Mamoo & Me: The book opens with little Zai, all of 6 years who tells us hav...