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Varsha Seshan

5 Times Fictional Friendship Won My Heart

August 2, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

When I was at school, Friendship Day was associated with all kinds of secrecy. We would hide writing boards under our desks, and make friendship bands while pretending to listen […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Crenshaw, friends, friendship, Friendship Day, Making Millions, Me and Mister P, The Boy at the Back of the Class, The Misfits

Top Ten: Chapter Books

January 9, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Calling all the books that I’ve listed here ‘chapter books’ is perhaps unfair. Some are quite a bit longer than others. I’m uncomfortable defining books on the basis of age […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: A Tigress Called Machhli, Amra and the Witch, Chapter Books, Making Millions, Me and Mister P, Moin and the Monster, Radhika Takes the Plunge, The 13-Storey Treehouse, The Little Rainmaker, The Mumbelievable Challenge, Top Ten, Wildwitch Wildfire

Me and Mister P

February 22, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Text: Me and Mister P Written by Maria Farrer, Illustrated by Daniel Rieley Image: A polar bear at a doorway, a boy on the inside of the house facing the bear

There are times when only a polar bear will do …” Arthur and Liam’s Mum I’m still smiling as I write this review, even though I finished reading Me and Mister P yesterday. […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Me and Mister P, reading, review