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Dungeon Tales II

April 11, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Munni finds an old book in her Mamaji’s shop. What does it say? ungeon ales? What could that possibly be? There’s only one way to find out – Munni must […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Dungeon Tales II, early middle grade, reading, review, Short Stories, Venita Coelho

The Nameless God

April 9, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Often, when I read a book written for children, I wonder if I would have liked it as a child. I was quite conservative in my reading tastes right through […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: historical fiction, Middle Grade, reading, review, Savie Karnel, The Nameless God

Ghosts Don’t Eat

March 14, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Ghosts Don’t Eat is the third of Anushka Ravishankar’s books that we’re reading at my online reading programme, and it promises to be just as much fun! We read Moin and the […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Anushka Ravishankar, book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Ghosts Don't Eat, online reading programme, reading, review

Nimmi’s Dreadtastic Detective Days

March 12, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s been a year since I read Nimmi’s Dreadtastic Detective Days, and I’ve been mulling over whether to read it at my reading programme. It’s a little longer than the books […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Nimmis Dreadtastic Detective Days, online reading programme, reading, review, Shabnam Minwalla

The Reading Race

March 9, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Books about books are always fun to read at my reading programmes. At an earlier edition, we read a book with a few elements that didn’t appeal to me. For […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Abby Klein, book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, online reading programme, reading, review, The Reading Race

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Arundhati Venkatesh, book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Book, Koobandhee, online reading programme, reading, review

A Big Splash

March 6, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read the entire PARI series a few months ago, and I’ve been mulling over them ever since. I’m not usually a big fan of nonfiction, and I haven’t yet […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: A Big Splash, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Chapter Book, Nivedha Ganesh, online reading programme, PARI, reading, review

Malhar in the Middle

March 5, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I LOVE Shruthi Rao’s books. We read Manya Learns to Roar at my first reading programme, and even before that, I read and loved Susie Will Not Speak. If anything, I liked Malhar in […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Book, hOle books, Malhar in the Middle, online reading programme, reading, review

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

February 12, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

How does one even begin to talk about a book like The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise? Coyote – why is she called Coyote? Why does the cover image show […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Dan Gemeinhart, Middle Grade, reading, review, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Unfair

February 7, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Three years ago, when I read No. 9 on the Shade Card, I came across the concept of a shade card for the first time. As a child, conversations about […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Middle Grade, Rasil Ahuja, reading, review, Unfair

Rain Must Fall

February 6, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Rain Must Fall by Nandita Basu is such a beautiful read! I devoured it in one sitting, and I loved it. Anya, Rumi’s best friend, asks whom Rumi would like […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Duckbill, graphic novel, Middle Grade, Nandita Basu, Rain Must Fall, reading, review

January Reads

January 31, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

In December, I visited a books by weight sale, and I couldn’t resist picking up seven books that were in near-mint condition! I couldn’t finish one, but I read the […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: An Elephant in the Garden, Bubble Wrap Boy, Chris Riddell, Heidi Schulz, Hook's Daughter, Michael Morpurgo, middle-grade, My Friend Walter, Ottoline Goes to School, Phil Earle, reading, review, Twist of Gold

Adventure on Wheels

January 19, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Adventure on Wheels is such a rollicking read! The book opens with two thieves stealing a van that belongs to an orphanage. The theft itself is simple enough, but when they […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Adventure on Wheels, book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Book, online reading programme, online workshops for children, Prashant Pinge, reading, review

About Average

January 13, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read Frindle some time ago and loved it. I considered using it for my online reading programme, but it’s so well known that I figured that many children would have read […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: About Average, Andrew Clements, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, online reading programme, reading, reading workshop, review

My Favourite Young Adult Books from 2021

January 12, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I didn’t read very many young adult books in 2021, and several that I did read proved to be disappointing. With some, I know I was probably being unfair because […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bena's Summer, Loki Takes Guard, Postbox Kashmir, Queen of Fire, reading, review, Strong as Fire Fierce as Flame, Young Adult

The School is Alive!

January 11, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

This is the first time I will be reading a spooky book with my book club for ages seven and eight! One of the British Council reading challenge themes was […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Book, online reading programme, reading, review, The School is Alive

My Favourite Middle-Grade Books from 2021

January 10, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I didn’t read as many middle-grade books as usual in 2021, something I hope to remedy in 2022. Of those that I read, however, these six stood out. The first […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Ahimsa, Deepak Dalal, Jane de Suza, middle-grade, Neha and the Nose, Pinkoo Shergill Pastry Chef, reading, review, Ruchika Chanana, Stuti Agarwal, Supriya Kelkar, The Golden Eagle, The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop, Vibha Batra, When the World Went Dark

My Favourite Chapter Books from 2021

January 8, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Thanks to my book clubs, I read so many chapter books and early middle grade books in 2021! Of the 30-40 I read, here are nine books that stood out […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: A Pinch of Magic, Amelia Bedelia Means Business, At Least a Fish, book review, books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Books, Friends Behind Walls, Maya in a Mess, Muggie Maggie, reading, review, Sandy to the Rescue, The Absent Author

White Socks Only

December 14, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

White Socks Only is a stunning piece of literature and art, a charming book about a curious child eager to find out whether something she’s heard is true. I revisited […]

Filed Under: Books, Resources, Workshops Tagged With: creative writing resources, creative writing with children, Evelyn Coleman, online creative writing programme, Picture Book, reading, review, White Socks Only

Magic Flutes

December 13, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love giving books away. I don’t hold with the idea that if you have too many books, you need a new shelf. But on the other hand, I do […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Eva Ibbotson, Magic Flutes, reading, rereading, review, Young Adult

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