September 2017 Events Calendar
Aldona has a BookStop!
It all started last year (late 2016) when Sujata asked me to find out how much it would cost to make a small shelf for books, which could be placed or hung in a noticeable, accessible spot. The shelf would have a metal frame and a couple of wooden shelves with some material to cover […]
Book Recommendation for AECED ENGAGE ISSUE 1: 2017-18
Bookworm Events Calendar– July 2017
Call for Contributions to Torchlight Issue 3, September 2017: Children and Libraries
Books are a way of opening the world up for children. As they grow, books allow children to find resonance of their own experiences as well as discover new ones. If readers are a community, then a library is their home, the physical space they can inhabit. For children, the library can be a way […]
Out growing my Pre- School Group
Over the last three years, the Preschool Morning at Bookworm has been one of my most enjoyable responsibilities. Preschool mornings are held every Saturday come what may….unless of course it is a public holiday. This is an Early Literacy Program that nurtures preschoolers to engage with books to inculcate a love for books and reading. […]
Dainik Herald Article–17th June 2017
Of Storytelling; By a Storyteller
‘The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling….’ With a few lines dramatized to perfection, and delivered in bold and confident strokes, Raj had all of us captive. Our ears and minds absorbed each word from her mouth, as they spoke through different characters; each pause pregnant with expectation. The captive audience […]
Press feature: For the love of reading
Bookworm in Goa is a creative space of constant and thoughtful engagement A library appears the most innocuous of spaces, and a children’s library doubly so. But Sujata Noronha, the director of Goa’s Bookworm Trust, knows differently. “Literacy is about reading the world, and not just the word,” she paraphrases Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator, […]
The Library Effect
The summer break seems interminable for some children. The heat and the chores of the day are broken by the library opening time. Look outs watch for the team as either a bike or a car or van from Bookworm pull into the lane. Languid young boys struggling to grow up fast into men, watch […]