The Swahili word “safari” means trip.
In our lifetimes, we all embark on multiple safaris — trips that are sometimes real and other times, imaginary or metaphorical. What better way is there to keep tabs on our daily journeys (to places known and unknown) than through the written word? Join us on a daily literary safari as we travel and discover the world through books, art, movies, music, family, and more.Featured Stories
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Game On: Teaching Middle Schoolers to Think Like History Detectives
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All Abroad with a Baby
Posted on November 22, 2010 | 7 CommentsLessons from 65 hours of travel, including a non-stop flight India trip and a summer holiday to Norway. -
Bulletin Board: Copy-editing our Culture
Posted on November 22, 2010 | 3 CommentsI just discovered a clever column in Slate's blog Browbeat that I will regularly be following. Copy-Editing the Culture features grammar clunkers in the cultural limelight. -
Bulletin Board: Elie Wiesel on Survival
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 1 CommentWords, community, and remembrance. Come to think of it, they are simple things we can all carry with us. -
What Can You Do with Just 13 Words?
Posted on September 30, 2010 | 3 CommentsThirteen words take a stylish turn with Lemony Snicket and Maira Kalman, leaving me with a craving for cake. -
I Heart My New(ish) Desk
Posted on September 28, 2010 | 3 CommentsListening to the birds chirp at my new desk. -
,more than lived up to my expectations. Even if you're not one of those <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/books/14nanny.html" target="_blank">keen readers drawn to nanny novels</a>, there are a few good reasons to pick up this one.](http://www.literarysafari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Tell-Us-Were-Home-150x150.png "Not Just Another Nanny’s Diary: “Tell Us We’re Home” by Marina Budhos")
Not Just Another Nanny’s Diary: “Tell Us We’re Home” by Marina Budhos
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsI was a fan of Marina Budhos's first YA novel, Ask Me No Questions, and am glad that her new book [Tell Us We're Home](http://www.amazon.com/Tell-Were-Home-Marina-Budhos/dp/1416903526/ref=sepia-20),more than lived up to my expectations. Even if you're not one of those keen readers drawn to nanny novels, there are a few good reasons to pick up this one. -
Review: Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsIt has now been six months since the birth of my daughter and I’m a bit behind on my posts. It actually took me a while to be able to... -
Helping Kids Discover Their Unique Family Histories
Posted on February 5, 2010 | 1 CommentI didn’t know what to expect of the on stage musical adaptation of Uma Krishnaswami’s picture book “Chachaji’s Cup” this past weekend. The program billed it as “Bollywood style,” a... -
The Brief But Wondrous Hiatus of this Blog
Posted on October 28, 2009 | 1 CommentI’ve been on a brief but wondrous hiatus for the past eight or so weeks, celebrating and treasuring the birth of my daughter who made her very special entrance into... -
Summer Reading: From Ohio to Delhi to Accra
Posted on August 21, 2009 | No CommentsOf summer reading, the Presbyterian minister Henry Ward Beecher, once said, “There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this... -
Smiling Along with Gene Yang and Derek Kim’s The Eternal Smile
Posted on August 21, 2009 | No CommentsWhen I received my copy of Gene Yang’s latest graphic novel The Eternal Smile, the bright yellow reminded me of his award-winning and best-selling American Born Chinese, one of my... -
A Perfect Artist Date: Books, Maps, and Ice-Cream
Posted on July 14, 2009 | 3 CommentsIn her book The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron prescribes the “artist date” as an essential building block of the creative life. She describes it as: a block of time, perhaps...