Book details

  • Genre:education
  • Sub-genre:Parent Participation
  • Language:English
  • Pages:28
  • Hardcover ISBN:9781098308230

On Top Of The Globe

By Chitra Pillai

Overview


On Top Of The Globe is a celebration of children who confidently dream big and keep their unique passions alive. It is an inspiring story of a six year old boy, Karan Menon, from New Jersey who worked with his unique passion for his thirst to know the ins and outs of the world. It hopes to encourage young minds to do the same. No passion, no interest, is too little to be taken seriously!
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Description


Most kids love playing with their gadgets. Karan did too. For Karan though, it was the globe that held his fascination since the age of six. What he did with this unique interest and passion is what ON TOP OF THE GLOBE is all about. How exactly did Karan develop his love for diverse facts about the world and go on to win the National Geography Bee in 2015? You will find out as you turn the pages of this delightfully narrated story, complemented beautifully with appealing illustrations. You are sure to marvel at the many interesting methods Karan adopted to develop his love for learning everything (well almost everything) about the world. You just might even have your 'AHHA' moment as you kindle your unique passion. Take your passions beyond your wildest dreams……. like Karan did.
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About The Author


With a certification in early childhood education, over a decade of working with young children, and a quarter century of writing and publishing for magazines, Chitra Pillai embarked on this labor of love to inspire young children. 'On Top Of The Globe' is her maiden children's book. With insight she coaxes every child to discover what makes them tick, and steadfastly encourages them to develop their own individual, unique strengths. During the day she dedicates herself to instilling good values, positive attitudes and an optimistic outlook to young children. Simultaneously, she guides them to navigate through a regular academic curriculum. Evenings see her morphing into an adult yoga teacher. Her formal training in traditional Yoga practices enables her to impart engaging instruction across a wide age spectrum. Very naturally, this extends to her young students as well. She interweaves daily yoga sessions in her class during the afternoon, in between academic work. She is amused when her children remind her each day about this 'recharging session'; as if to validate the joys of its practice. She is mom to two sons and a highly opinionated Bichon Poo, the latter taking priority over everybody in her family. To relax, Chitra embarks on various culinary adventures, trying and testing her concoctions on her willing family, socializes, reads, writes, watches movies and sings out loud………. not necessarily in that order.
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Kate
Great book for kids keen to compete This is a lovely true story Karan, a boy who really wanted to win the Geography Bee. It's a great tale of trying and learning. Karan doesn't succeed at first and has to apply himself and be resilient to get to his goal. As a true story this can provide a fantastic example for any child who is learning something new and needs a little motivation to keep going at the tough part of the learning curve. Read more