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Varsha Seshan

How to Capture an Invisible Cat

November 27, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Yes, I picked it up because of its name. No surprise there. Wouldn’t you pick up a book that seemed like a guidebook to capturing an invisible cat? I’m sure […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: British Library, reading, reading challenge, review, The Big Friendly Read

You Can’t take an Elephant on the Bus

November 14, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s Children’s Day; what better time to celebrate a picture book I loved? You Can’t take an Elephant on the Bus is one of the books in this year’s Reading Challenge collection, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: British Library, reading, reading challenge, review, The Big Friendly Read

The Boy with the Tiger’s Heart

October 20, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The cover of The Boy with the Tiger’s Heart is one of the most beautiful covers I’ve ever seen. When I picked up the book, I didn’t notice the tiger, and when I […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Linda Coggin, reading, review, The Boy with the Tiger's Heart

Flickering Flames – A Review

August 25, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Flickering Flames is a collection of short stories and poems written by the members of the Writers’ Club at St. Mary’s School. Here’s a little about it. Ishitaa Shevate, one of the […]

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The Great Cheese Robbery

July 22, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Lots of books on my blog this week: that’s what happens when I do a workshop for the British Library’s Reading Challenge! The Great Cheese Robbery was a delightful picture book […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: reading, reading challenge, Record Breakers, review

The Paper Dolls

July 21, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love Julia Donaldson! I came across her work for the first time when I read and watched The Gruffalo’s Child. Then, I read Running on the Cracks – a completely different […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: reading, reading challenge, Record Breakers, review

The Imagination Box

July 18, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Isn’t the name wonderful? The Imagination Box is the story of a boy called Tim, who has convinced himself that all he needs in life are his pencil and paper (and […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: reading, reading challenge, Record Breakers, review

The Boy in the Dress

July 15, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I started reading The Boy in the Dress long ago and never ended up finishing it. I don’t know why. Maybe I was in no mood to deal with all the mucus in […]

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Flickering Flames

July 2, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Last week, St. Mary’s School officially launched Flickering Flames, an anthology of poems and stories I edited as the facilitator of the Writers’ Club. The teachers have their copies already, and […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: reading

Shine

June 26, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What a puzzling book Shine was! It leaves me all mixed up in terms of what I feel about it. It’s a page turner, that’s for sure. I began to read and […]

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A Monster Calls

June 12, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I picked up A Monster Calls in the same way that I pick up all other books – randomly. No one recommended it to me. I read no reviews. […]

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More First Prints!

April 8, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote not so long ago about the first prints of The Duronto Adventure and Bholu at the Level Crossing. The next two books for young readers are here! A little about these two […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Bholu and the Lucky Coin, Bholu at the School Excursion, Indian Railways, National Rail Museum

Flickering Flames – Now Available!

March 26, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

During the last academic year, a group of girls from St. Mary’s School worked with me at the Writers’ Club. They imagined, wrote and rewrote. Now, their work is available in the form […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Flickering Flames, St. Mary's School, Writers' Club

Duronto and Level Crossing Resource Packs!

March 13, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote about first prints and the joy of having the resource packs in hand. But how could I cut up the one electric loco kit I had? Now, armed with […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Bholu at the Level Crossing, Indian Railways, The Duronto Adventure

The Duronto Adventure Resource Pack

February 4, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Of course I’m delighted with the books, but each book is also part of a complete resource pack! Each pack contains: A story A CD (with the ebook and lots […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: National Rail Museum, The Duronto Adventure

Two new books by Varsha Seshan!

February 2, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The Duronto Adventure by Varsha Seshan

It’s been nearly four years since The Story-Catcher was published. Finally, here are two new books! Launched at the National Rail Museum yesterday, these books are currently available only at the Souvenir […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Bholu at the Level Crossing, National Rail Museum, The Duronto Adventure

Books I’ve Been Reading

January 14, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Lots of travelling always means lots of reading! What better way to spend long train journeys? The Last Unicorn is a classic. If Patrick Rothfuss says it’s the best book he has […]

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A Brand New Series of Books on Trains: Coming Soon!

January 11, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Do you know who Bholu is? Since 2002, this friendly guard elephant has been the mascot of the Indian Railways. I’m delighted to be writing a series of stories for children, featuring Bholu, along […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Bholu, Indian Railways, National Rail Museum, story

Running on the Cracks

December 16, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

So much to do, so much to read, so much to write! I haven’t written my blog for ages because I’ve been busy writing a brand new series on trains … But […]

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Why not Indian literature?

November 26, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read article after article about how Indian literature for children is on the rise. I read about lit fests and how these promote Indian writers and Indian literature. I […]

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