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Varsha Seshan

Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles

January 1, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Another edition of my book club, another hOle book! We’ve read nineteen so far, and I’m running out of ones I think my book clubbers will enjoy! I read Petu […]

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The Art of Laughter

December 10, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Every time I begin a new batch of my writing programme, it feels like the weeks fly by! This edition is nearly at an end, marked by our third and […]

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Bookasura

November 3, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Some books demand to be read at reading programmes. Lucky Girl, with its exploration of poetry. Chitti’s Travelling Book Box with its message of spreading the love for reading. Book Uncle […]

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Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter

September 2, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We need more books this length! Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter is perfect for my book club for so many reasons! For one, it’s a book about agency and creating change, while […]

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Petu Pumpkin: Freedom Fighter

July 24, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What would you do if your playground was going to be converted into a shopping mall? Would you be okay with your games period being cancelled indefinitely? Petu and his […]

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Petu Pumpkin: Cheater Peter

March 1, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Petu Pumpkin is a cheat! Or at least, so Jatin is convinced. And if Petu Pumpkin continues to cheat and lie, what will become of him? One day, he fakes […]

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Ramanujan

December 16, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What did I like most about Ramanujan?The chapter numbers! Each one is a mathematical problem that uses the chapter number and mathematical operators in such a way that the solution […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Arundhati Venkatesh, Great Minds At Work, historical fiction, Middle Grade, Ramanujan, reading, review

I Want a Pet

October 19, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve never met a child who has never in their life wanted a pet. Have you? But what if … the pet isn’t a cat or a dog or even […]

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Petu Pumpkin – Tiffin Thief

June 30, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’ve read Bookasura and Koobandhee; we’re all set for yet another book by Arundhati Venkatesh – Petu Pumpkin: Tiffin Thief. Petu Pumpkin. Isn’t it a fun name? And doesn’t it seem apt that he […]

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Koobandhee

March 7, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Koobandhee is such a fun book! We read Bookasura a few months ago at my book club, and we enjoyed reading it as much as we enjoyed doing all the activities based […]

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Three hOle Books

January 29, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t love a hole in a book? I love the idea of the hole, and I do wish it were possible to make the holes part of every illustration! […]

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