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Varsha Seshan

 

The White Lotus

June 15, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The White Lotus by Aditi Krishnakumar is a gripping work of historical fiction that, like the best kinds of stories, stays with you and makes you think. Layered and sensitive, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Aditi Krishnakumar, books for tweens, historical fiction, murder mystery, reading, review, The White Lotus, Young Adult

An Absence of Squirrels

June 9, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

A couple of years ago, I finally read The Giver, a book that students at my writing programme recommended to me time and again when we were studying dystopia, mythopoeia, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for ages nine and ten, books for tweens, reading, review

Vincent Can’t Go

June 5, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We all know what it’s like not to be allowed to go somewhere we really want to go. Birthday party. Sleepover. Movie. Dinner. In Vincent’s case, though, it’s been months […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Book, Habib Ali, hOle book, reading, review, Vincent Can't Go

The Second Person Short Story

May 31, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We haven’t ever worked on the second-person short story, which is what made this writing workshop particularly interesting for me! I love it when I get to work with something […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: creative writing with children, guest session, Michelle D'costa, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children, second person short story

I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us

May 27, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

How could I not read a book with a title like this? Anyone who knows me knows that I’m happiest in my own company. If I spend time with people, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Andie Powers, Betsy Petersen, books for ages five and six, I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us, Picture Book, reading, review

Agalya in the Spotlight

May 26, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

When I learned that Divya Anand had a new book out, I knew I had to read it. I loved Misfit Madhu. I’ve read it with my book club twice, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Agalya in the Spotlight, books for ages nine and ten, Divya Anand, early middle grade, reading, review

Manvinder’s Medu Vada

May 23, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Manvinder’s Medu Vada by Riddhi Maniar Doda and Vinayak Varma had me chuckling at each page! I could completely identify with Manvinder, who refuses to eat something that doesn’t look […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for ages five and six, Hook Book, Manvinder's Medu Vada, Picture Book, reading, review, Riddhi Maniar Doda, Vinayak Varma

Everything Changes And That’s Ok

May 22, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

How do you read picture books? Do you pause as you turn each page, just to admire the pictures? Or do you race through the story and then come back […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for ages five and six, books for ages seven and eight, Erin Huybrechts, Everything Changes and That's Ok, Picture Book, reading, review

Unplugged

May 21, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Jett is rich, spoiled, and used to getting his own way. When he takes his mischief-making too far, however, his father packs him off to a place called Oasis where […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for tweens, Gordon Korman, Middle Grade, reading, review, Unplugged

Pench 2025

May 20, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Pench is magical. I’ve been there five times now, and each time, I come back refreshed because the forest is so breathtakingly beautiful. There’s Venuban (Bamboo Forest), a canopy of […]

Filed Under: Jungle, Travel Tagged With: forest, jungle, Pench Tiger Reserve, safari, Sillari Gate

Until the Road Ends

May 12, 2025 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

What was it like for animals during the war? How did people have the heart to put them down? Food was scarce and feeding a pet was a “waste” of […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: historical fiction, Middle Grade, Phil Earle, reading, review, Until the Road Ends

Dum Dum to the Rescue & Yet More Adventures of Little Shambu

May 8, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Did you read Shikari Shambu? I did, and I loved each silly adventure. That’s why we’re reading yet another Little Shambu book at my book club. We read Strangus Derangus in […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Dum Dum to the Rescue, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading, Reena I Puri

The Mystery of the Missing Geometry Boxes

May 7, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t love a good mystery? When geometry boxes begin to go missing, the AKA Detective Club finally has a new mystery to solve! But things always go missing in […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading, Vidya V

Saving the Sun Dragon

May 6, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We read Rise of the Earth Dragon, the first book in the Dragon Masters series, nearly four years ago! It was another of those books that set children off on a […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, online reading programme, reading, Saving the Sun Dragon, Tracey West

Dear Mr. Henshaw

May 5, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve said this dozens of times: I love epistolary novels. I made a video about a few favourites for World Post Day 2021, I love doing letter-writing activities at workshops, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Beverly Cleary, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Dear Mr Henshaw, epistolary, Middle Grade Book, online reading programme, reading, review

Lights, Camera, Action!

May 4, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Lights, Camera, Action! was a whirlwind introduction to filmmaking, one which I thoroughly enjoyed. I know next to nothing about filmmaking, making this guest session all the more exciting for me. […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: filmmaking, guest session, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children, Samina Mishra

Boo-Boo Investigates

May 3, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We read Boo-Boo the Eco-Warrior by Tanushree Podder a few months ago, and my book club enjoyed it. For one, it’s easy to read because of the way the text is […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Boo-Boo Investigates, book club, books for ages seven and eight, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading, Tanushree Podder

Agassi and the Great Cycle Race

May 2, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Agassi and the Great Cycle Race is a brand-new book that I’m eager to introduce to my book club. I read it not very long ago, and it’s such a rollicking […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Agassi and the Great Cycle Race, book club, books for ages nine and ten, Khyrunnisa A, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading, Silly Billy Book

The Monster Hunters

May 1, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’re rereading The Monster Hunters by Parinita Shetty at my book club in June 2025! Abhay is convinced that his mother has eyes at the back of her head. She […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Book, hOle books, online reading programme, online workshops for children, Parinita Shetty, reading, reading workshop, The Monster Hunters

Cartooning with Vineet Nair

April 20, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What makes a cartoon different from a regular drawing? What is easier to draw? What do you think is important when you are drawing a cartoon? We had such an […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Amar Chitra Katha, cartooning, guest session, online workshops for children, Tinkle, Vineet Nair

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