Bookworm Trust

Ten THOUSAND books…

We just issued over Ten THOUSAND books in this academic year 2016 – 17 in our Libraries in Schools program.

Year end presentation at Mae-de-Deus High School, Corjuem

The end-of-the-year feedback presentation with the Principal and teachers of Mae-de-Deus High School, Corjuem, Aldona, Goa, was scheduled for the 12th of April, 2016. She had hinted at some kind of felicitation in front of the whole school, but no specific details were provided. Niju and Krupa collected me on their way from Panjim to […]

Vivid personalities…

It is the end of March and everybody is busy with their agenda. People are worrying about the financial year end, mothers are worried about how to keep their children busy throughout the summer vacations, teachers are busy with exams and paper corrections and the children are busy planning how to spend two glorious months […]

Adarsh concert

As the academic year draws to a close, the LiS team plans end-of-the-year activities at the schools in which they have conducted sessions. This year, for a change, the Team asked the students of classes 6A, 6B, 5A and 5B from Adarsh V V High School, Margao, to let us know what they thought of […]

Bookworm Summer Workshops

April 11 – May 14th 2016 from 10.00 to 12.30 pm. Monday to Friday Out and About – 11th April to 15th April Beach – 18th April to 22nd April Lights Action Camera – 25th April to 29th April Craft Crazy – 2nd May to 6th May Kids Cook – 9th May to 13th May

Happy World Poetry Day!

The Bookworm Library, Goa is thrilled to invite you to The Poetry Mob, in celebration of World Poetry Day, on the 21st of March, at 9:30 a.m., at the Panjim Bus Stand, and 4:30 p.m., at the Bookworm Library, Taleigao. Join us as we roam all over the city of Panjim, displaying, performing and distributing […]

St. Thomas Boys Primary School Std III – Choral reading

Written by Flavia   At most of our Monday-morning LiS meetings, the group discusses various methods to get kids more interested in reading. We know that the kids enjoy browsing through books and selecting one to take home. However, only a few actually read their books – some are able to tell the story from […]

Mae de Deus School, Corjuem

The Alban Couto Library Program crosses the cable suspended bridge over the Mandovi tributary every Wednesday to take books, readers and the joy that comes from stories to the Mae de Deus Primary School.  This is a rather non descript school when viewed from the road, approached through a tiny lane that just about fits […]

In My Pocket

Written by Flavia One of the newest schools under the LiS umbrella, Mae-de-Deus High School, Corjuem, Aldona, Goa, has not seen much of Bookworm’s magic. Sessions at this school are conducted on the same day as another LiS school at Margao, which means only the closest few (geographically), conduct sessions here. For the session on […]

Once upon a feast

Written by Melcom The book “Once Upon a feast” is published by Bookworm written by Mia Maria Lourenco and illustrated by Fatema Barot Mota. When I read this book, I immediately connected to it because the feast of St. Francis Xavier was around the corner and this gave me a perfect opportunity to choose to […]