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Varsha Seshan

Top Ten: Books for Young Readers in 2018

January 4, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I know that ‘books for young readers’ is a very vague title, but these aren’t all chapter books, though the age-group for all the books on the list is similar. […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World, Heartsong, Kittus Very Mad Day, Lady Lollipop, reading, review, The ACB with Honora Lee, The Last Tiger, The Not-a-Pig, Tilly and the Time Machine, Wishing for Tomorrow

History Mysteries: The Last Tiger

November 1, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The Last Tiger broke my heart. The thylacine – what a wonderful, curious animal. A pouched dog with a wolf’s face. A dog with stripes. The Tasmanian tiger. At the Asian […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: AFCC 2018, History Mysteries, reading, review, The Last Tiger

Reflections: Days Two and Three at AFCC 2018

September 20, 2018 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

On day two, I attended a session called ‘Rhyming Round Reading’, which touched upon ideas that I use all the time at workshops on reading: rhyme. Focussing on a book […]

Filed Under: Lit Fests Tagged With: AFCC 2018, Linda Gan, The Last Tiger