Return to the world of stories
Thinking back This blog is about the children of Std V of 2nd Lt. J. J. Rane Govt. High School, Kudchire, Bicholim. I first met this class of 20 children in my first year of work at Bookworm in 2016. I remember Ma’am Sujata telling me about this school. She was sure that I would […]
A New World
Bookworm Trust has been organising an Annual Teachers Meet every year for teachers and Heads of various schools which are under the Libraries in School (LiS) program, to get together to interact and provide inputs about the program itself. This year apart from our regular LiS schools, we had invited other schools too. We had […]
The Magic of Animal Stories
Stories which have animals as central characters, or in which animals take on human characteristics have always been loved by children. Be it the Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams or the animals from The Jungle book, children are invariably drawn to them. Animal stories are much loved in our Libraries in School (LiS) classrooms. Recently, […]
Adventurous Eels
As part of the Professional Development of the LiS (Libraries in Schools) team, we were asked to prepare for a Book Talk on a book from the ‘Outstanding Shelf’. I was excited about this and asked for recommendations from the other team members. They suggested different books. Yet when I stood in front of the […]
My Bookworm Journey
Soon after I completed my Masters, I was a little confused about what to do next. During this time, one of our professors posted about a Bookworm vacancy in the University’s Whatsapp group. I always wanted to work in a school, but when I read about Bookworm, I changed my mind. I found out more […]
Journey from Assistant to Junior Resource Person
I joined Bookworm last year as an Assistant to the Resource persons during our LiS sessions in schools. During the summer vacations, Deepali asked me if I would lead classes as a Junior Resource Person, in the coming academic year. This was a shock and I almost fainted. I have been by nature an extremely […]
Poetry in Schools
The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost. My tryst with poetry this year began when we had a poetry workshop conducted by Sujata Noronha during the […]
The School on an Island
This year St. Bartholomew school from Chorao Island has been included in our Libraries in Schools program. It was added after we had started in the other schools and ever since we have made the entry we are on a roll! We had gone to the school to conduct the Big River Draw. Ms.Dancho, the […]
Caring for books at Bookworm
When I joined Bookworm, my library work included mending and covering of books. As a child, my mother always covered all my text books and notebooks as she felt that I would never be able to do a good job of it. My younger sister Vandana, had helped me join the Bookworm library and I […]
My discovery of books
Hello! My name is Vandana and I have been with Bookworm for 3 years now. When I joined Bookworm, I was very surprised to see so many different books in it’s library. On the first day I was a little worried, wondering if I was supposed to read all those books. I was a bit […]