Book Review – Meera Makes Aloo Paratha

It’s hard when things don’t go our way. Meera Makes Aloo Paratha is a wonderful book helps show a child that someone not doing things their way is an important way to be exposed to new ideas and life skills? This book does this and how! A heart warming story between a grandfather and grandchild (so few of those), and how there is really no gender or age to learn new things. This books is a special treat for kids who enjoy cooking, baking and/or Indian cuisine and/or want to try something new.

Playtime is a great time to build social emotional skills. This book makes it so easy to help kids see how to improve their social skills and that that learning can be fun.

Making parathas is my daughter’s favorite way to destress. She loves when I am making rotis or parathas and enjoys the exercises of flattening dough using the rolling pin. She very sweetly noticed that the grandfather learned the rules of baseball even at an older age.

The back cover matter with the reading comprehension questions and the recipe make for the cherry on top of the paratha, so to speak. The illustrations are wonderful and Noor Alshalabi has done a commedable job with Meera’s and Dadaji’s expressions and Indian culture.

MEERA MAKES ALOO PARATHA – BOOK DESCRIPTION

Learning can be a wonderful experience.

You can learn from others, or by doing or by reading a book. Or you can read this wonderful book where Meera’s Dadaji teaches her to make an aloo paratha while teaching her that in life, often we have to take a deep breath and be open minded before we can take any decisions about our relationships.

This heart-warming story takes you into the heart of the Indian kitchen and shows the –

1. Valuable bond that grandparents can establish with their grandchildren
2. Cooking is not gender bound or age bound. It can be done by anyone of any age.
3. The importance of conversations with family.

Cooking and stories can be a fun way to guide our kids through the highs and lows of life.

Make sure you leave the book a review and ask the author for the classroom activity guide for this book via narayan.sangeetha@gmail.com

About the Author

With an associate degree in early childhood education and a passion for writing, Sangeetha always aspired to write books that would help kids with social-emotional growth. Her belief that the older generation and daily chores can be therapeutic in assisting kids with a value-based upbringing. In her debut book, she takes her children’s experiences with their paternal grandfather to show kids everywhere that patience, time and patience, cooking can also help teach life lessons. When she is not writing stories inspired by her children, Sangeetha delves into singing and drawing. She is currently working on editing her novella, a chapter book for middle graders and thinking of more stories related to Meera and her Dadaji.