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Varsha Seshan

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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

The Astoundingly True Adventures of Daydreamer Dev

March 7, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s been nearly four years since we read The Absolutely True Adventures of Daydreamer Dev by Ken Spillman. We had fun reading it, and I hope The Astoundingly True Adventures of Daydreamer Dev […]

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Nimmi’s Bizuper Birthday

March 6, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Some time ago, we read Nimmi’s Dreadtastic Detective Days, and although it is longer than most of the other books I choose for Read, Write, Explore, we enjoyed it. It’s […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, books for ages nine and ten, Nimmi's Bizuper Birthday, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading, Shabnam Minwalla

The Chocolate Touch

March 5, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling is an old book, unlike most of the others I select for my book clubs. Its copyright dates back to 1952! And that’s not […]

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I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

March 4, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’ve read one book from the I Survived series at Read, Write, Explore before—I Survived the California Wildfires, 2019. This one, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944, was written way […]

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The Adventures of Mooli and the Blue-Legged Alien

March 3, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’ve read the other two Mooli books at my book club (although that was before my current book clubbers were old enough to join), and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed them! The […]

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The Paradise Flycatcher

March 2, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s impossible to write about The Paradise Flycatcher without mentioning the gorgeous illustrations. I felt the same way about The Golden Eagle, which we read at my book club some time ago. Krishna […]

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The Clockwala’s Clues

March 1, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’re going to read my hOle book, The Clockwala’s Clues at my book club in April 2025! I’ve done many author events based on the book, but they’ve all been in-person sessions. […]

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My Year in Workshops – 2024

January 12, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

As someone who loves routine and predictability, it’s amazing how unpredictable my workshops are, each year! Teacher training workshops took me to Indapur, Goa, Satara, Talegaon, Nagpur and Beed, in […]

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Boo-Boo the Eco-Warrior

January 7, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I don’t like horror stories, but what about stories featuring a friendly, helpful ghost? Boo-Boo the Eco-Warrior is one of those! Written almost like a series of short stories, this book by […]

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Misfit Madhu

January 6, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’re rereading Misfit Madhu at my book club! It was a favourite when I read it two years ago, although it’s longer and slightly more complex than the books we […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Divya Anand, Misfit Madhu, online reading programme

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