Jyoti's Library

This is a biography of Dr. Temple Grandin in rhyming way. She was quirkiest science heroes of her time. What made her different is that she was detected with autism at very young age and people around her didn't expected her to talk again but she emerged as most powerful voices of her times. Being a visual thinker was her strength as her unique mind allowed her to connect with animals in special way. Positive points of this book is : It is a rhyming tale, a complete biography and colourful timeline of events.

Beautiful Picture Book about a Girl who has a habit of thinking and creating magnificent things. This unnamed girl with her dog tries and makes new things but fails till she gets mad and angry. Her dog motivates her to take a walk and come back to her project with renewed enthusiasm. She manages to get her things right. This story inspire one to be persevering and creative.

Iggy Peck, our central character has immense love for architect. He has only one passion which is building. The kind of material that he uses shows that he is quiet creative, independent and expresses himself well. This attitude makes his parents proud. But he faces challenge when he gets to know that his teacher doesn't like architect.  

Rosie as child is very quiet during the day but at night she is a brilliant creator who is good at gadget and gizmos. Rosie invents a contraption as it is one of the unfinished dream of her great grand aunt. But to her dismay, the contraption hovers and crashes out.  Her aunt makes her understand that one truly fails, if one quits.   A brilliant book on STEM Education with beautiful illustration. Its also has strong message that if one has passion for something, they can achieve it. "Believe in yourself " is key to success.

An Caldecott Award winning picture book which describes the first hand experience of snow fall through the eyes of  child name "Peter" who wears the red snow suits and goes for trail. As he cannot play with older kids, he makes his own snowman and brings back snow stashed in his pocket. A good book for young readers.

  Amazing story of five brothers who looked exactly same. They each possess a special talent: the first brother can swallow the sea, the second has an unbreakable iron neck, the third can stretch his legs to incredible lengths, the fourth is immune to burning, and the fifth can hold his breath forever. Appealing story which binds the reader and fall under folktale genre. Illustrations of book is broad and attractive.  

Amazing picture Book By Eric Carle which shares journey of a seed form parent plant. It travels long way from different areas such as land, desert and mountains. Not only this it also survives all danger and finally find the suitable fertile land to grow. Then it grows and grows and grows into a huge tree. One day wind blows and thousand seeds begin their journey.

Dr Seuss is here again with a beautiful message of environment conservation through his signature rhymes. Not only environment conservation but it also teaches children to stand up and speak for others. Here in this book, feel and experience, the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking mother earth for granted in a story that is timely, playful, and hopeful. The book’s final pages teach us that just one small seed, or one small child, can make a difference.

  Nothing Ventured is the first part of New Series -The Clifton Chronicles: which narrates the story of the life of William Warwick – as a family man and a detective who will battle throughout his career against a powerful criminal nexus. Beautiful book written which takes us through twist and turns. It is powerful book which will keep legacy of Jeffrey Archer.

A funny book where Stephanie our central character has a fan following who are copying her ponytail she wears. Let see what happen when she declares her next hairdo. 

Mem Fox is highly appreciated and most sought Australian author. In this book she bring out diverse culture across the world through the medium of  a child. Children may not look same  and speak different languages. They play, sing, learn and sleep however what makes them alike is child within them. A good book with a message and good illustration.

Fantastic story of a mouse who goes on walk in forest where he meets his enemies. To scare off his enemies he create a imaginative character named Gruffalo until he find him. Book contains beautiful illustrations and rhyming phrases.

Fantastic book for age group 3 to 5. As it is both illustrative and informative as it encourages young reader to read by themselves. It tells the story of caterpillar who goes through pang and toils of life. Again from other perspective it deals with transformation of caterpillar to beautiful butterfly. It can also integrated with science class as it deals with lifecycle of caterpillar to butterfly.

  Chrysanthemum is a 1991 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Kevin Henkes. Chrysanthemum was chosen as an ALA Notable Book and the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and it is on the Horn Book Fanfare Honor List. Story:  Hooray! said Chrysanthemum. \"School!\" Her joy is short-lived, however, as students tease her about her name. Reassured by her parents that she is loved and that her name is perfect, Chrysanthemum returns to school the next day, to more teasing. Engaging illustrations captivate young readers, who will be eager to know the outcome. Highlights:  Children will feel Chrysanthemum's despair, and her hope that each day will be better, and author Kevin Henkes takes care that the teasing students are won over, not put down. Parents and perceptive children will enjoy Henkes' wordplay. Her father is a walking thesaurus, sprinkling synonyms that follow her mother's adjectives: When her mother says, "Your name is b...

This book by Eric Carle is about a  little cricket who has lost his song - he rubs his wings together and nothing happens. He sets off to find his voice and meets all kinds of creatures who make all kinds of noises, but still he can make no sound at all. One day he meets a special friend, another cricket and this time, when he rubs his wings together, he makes 'the most beautiful sound you have ever heard.' The sound, produced by a hidden chip, reinforces the joyful conclusion to the cricket's dilemma.

Dr. Seuss created this book by transposing ham and eggs, coloring them green, and using the word \"not\" eighty-two times. The unquenchable Sam-I-am drags poor Mr. Negativity over hill, dale, and precarious aerial train track (with a cheerful mouse, fox, and goat in tow) until the hapless green-eggs-and-ham-hater consents to try the despised green breakfast.  Source: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Searching for the most popular school library books of the year is obviously not as simple as a list of my favourite books from the year. A lot also depends on the kind of narrative the world has to offer. Shifting through the stellar titles and of course, reading, reading, and more reading. But challenge doesn’t even begin to describe the COVID year 2020. And still, we forged on because, more than anything else, books have the ability to heal, empower, and galva- nize. Art can give us a language to interpret the chaos of this world.    We school librarians are writers, editors, book lovers. We wouldn’t read through hundreds of contenders if we didn’t believe this was true. Most of all, we believe that the most important thing we can give the young people who will read the below titles is the message that there is still hope in these times of uncertainty.   The following selections offer a way to share the message that rings through Tami Charles’s revelatory book: “You,...