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Earwig and the Witch

September 4, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

When I learned that Earwig and the Witch is a movie too, I debated a long time over whether to read it with my book club or not. Finally, I decided that […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Diana Wynne Jones, Earwig and the Witch, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading

Kolam Kanna

September 2, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

October 2023 sees us reading another brand-new book, hot off the press! I read Kolam Kanna just about a month ago, and I loved it. What’s not to love about a kolam-drawing […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Kolam Kanna, online reading programme, online workshops for children, reading, review, Vibha Batra

Moin and the Monster

July 6, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’m rereading Moin and the Monster with my book club! I read it in June 2021, and all those who read it with me are now too old to be part […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Anushka Ravishankar, books for ages nine and ten, Moin and the Monster, online reading programme, reading, reading workshop

Because of Winn-Dixie

July 4, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Kate DiCamillo’s Because of Winn-Dixie has been on my list of books to read for a l-o-n-g time. Yet, I didn’t get around to reading it until I thought of introducing it […]

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A Flamingo in My Garden

July 2, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’ve read Talon the Falcon, The Golden Eagle and The Paradise Flycatcher. How can we not read A Flamingo in My Garden? The entire Feather Tales series is stunningly illustrated in full colour, and that […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: A Flamingo in My Garden, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Deepak Dalal, Feather Tales, online reading programme, reading

Art Workshop with Kripa

June 16, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Each time a new writing programme begins, I feel it whizzes by. Twelve weeks are nearly over, and here we are, after our last guest session of the programme, an […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: art workshop, guest session, Kripa, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children

Bookaroo Srinagar 2023

June 14, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What can one say about a literature fest without being repetitive? Lit fests are special. They fill you up with energy and enthusiasm. They remind you of the joy of […]

Filed Under: Lit Fests Tagged With: Bookaroo, Bookaroo Srinagar 2023, children's literature, Lit Fest, Sisters at New Dawn, The Prophecy of Rasphora

Read, Write, Race

May 14, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Over two years ago, we read Hungry to Read by Arti Sonthalia at my book club. The children thoroughly enjoyed the story, and the book discussion was completely different from what […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Arti Sonthalia, book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, online reading programme, Read Write Race, reading, review

The Prophecy of Rasphora

May 13, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It is always a little daunting to introduce a book of my own to my book club. But I’ve done so many events based on The Prophecy of Rasphora, and so […]

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Fortunately, the Milk …

May 12, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Some time ago, we read Help, My Aai Wants to Eat Me! at my book club. As planned, one of the things we did as we read the book was to […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Fortunately the Milk, Neil Gaiman, online reading programme, reading, review

Journey to Jo’burg

May 11, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I picked up my copy of Journey to Jo’burg when I visited The Dogears Bookshop a couple of months ago. As I read it, I wondered whether I could introduce it to […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Beverley Naidoo, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Journey to Joburg, online reading programme, reading

Manya Learns to Roar

May 10, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Manya Learns to Roar by Shruthi Rao is the first book I’m repeating at my book club. We read it at the very first edition of my reading programme, when I […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Manya Learns to Roar, online reading programme, reading, Shruthi Rao

Munni Monster

May 9, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read Munni Monster a few months ago and loved it. It’s a beautiful book, written with empathy and ending with hope. I knew I had to introduce it to my […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Madhurima Vidyarthi, Munni Monster, online reading programme, reading

Chitti’s Travelling Book Box

May 8, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The most rewarding books to read at my book club are books about books. I remember reading The Reading Race, Book Uncle and Me, Bookasura and Koobandhee; it’s likely that there were […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chitti's Travelling Book Box, hOle books, Kavitha Punniyamurthi, online reading programme, reading

Non-Boring Nonfiction

May 7, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It is always so rewarding when a guest speaker repeats something you’ve been saying at your writing programmes for a long time! Thank you, Vaishali, for this session on non-boring […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: guest session, nonfiction workshop, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children, Vaishali Shroff

Poetry in Collaboration with Sampurna Chattarji

April 21, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

My first guest session of the season – Poetry in Collaboration – was such a success! With sixteen enthusiastic participants and one lively, energetic facilitator, the hour flew by before […]

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The Adventures of Tootsie Lama

March 7, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We read The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop a couple of years ago at my reading programme for ages nine and ten, and we loved it. That’s why I picked up The […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, online reading programme, reading, review, Stuti Agarwal, The Adventures of Tootsie Lama

Dungeon Tales

March 6, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We read Dungeon Tales II in September last year and loved it. In fact, it was everyone’s favourite read from the August-September selection, even though it competed with Paati Vs UNCLE and Frindle. So how […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Dungeon Tales, online reading programme, Short Stories, Venita Coelho

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

March 5, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love Chris Riddell! I read Ottoline Goes to School sometime last year, but I couldn’t introduce it to my book club because it wasn’t available in India. Less than a […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chris Riddell, online reading programme, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, reading, review

A Boy Called Bat

March 4, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What does it mean to be autistic? What exactly does the word inclusive mean? I think these are conversations we must keep having, and the earlier we have them with […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: A Boy Called Bat, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Elana K Arnold, online reading programme, reading, review

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