A Journey to Continents
Bookworm, being a library focused organisation, has always shared books and stories with children. However, the second wave of the pandemic, once again locked us within the walls of our homes and screens. It restricted physical movement, but gave wings to fly to different continents through stories. During the summer break, we planned to travel […]
Anarko Ke Aath Din-A Book Review
Anarko ke Aath Din is a fictional story written by Satyu, illustrated by Chanchal and published by Rajkamal Prakashan Private Limited, New Delhi. Anarko, the main character is around 9-10 years old and lives with her parents. They have certain expectations of her in terms of what she should and should not do, which she […]
Puu – A Critical Book Review
Written by the Bookworm Team Title: Puu Author: CG Salamandar Illustrator: Samidha Gunjal Publisher: Scholastic The book narrates the story of a girl, who is part of a community of manual scavengers, and her experience and interaction with the other children in the school she attends. Through a heroic act of rescuing a puppy […]
Alban Couto Community Library children come visiting
In every room at the library , the air was ruffled – there were children and they had come back ! Six readers from our Alban Couto Community Library ( ACCL) with Wendy our own library educator, and parent Akshi came to Bookworm library. It was a joy to have children as young as three […]
An Exit and A (Re)Entry
One way in which I have come to know myself better is in the way others refer to me. All qualities that refer to me have been rather grace filled and compel me to live a better life to examine more closely my actions and intentions and to try and live upto them. Some of […]
Is it the Same for You?
“The day they found my brother with a blood stain, I found one on my kurta too, but no one noticed mine.” Is it the Same for You? Is written by Neha Singh and illustrated by Priya Sebastian. The story centers around the life of a girl and the challenges that she goes through in […]
The Library – Just Downstairs …
By the Library Team Halfway down the stairs is a stair where I sit. there isn’t any other stair quite like it. I’m not at the bottom, I’m not at the top; so this is the stair where I always Stop. (From Halfway Down by A.A Milne) In a recent long drawn activity on […]
Six Book Relay Teams – One Book
A key element of library work is that of interaction. Texts are read, shared, discussed, dismissed, awaited as children in our pre COVID libraries gathered at regular intervals on our shared journey of becoming readers. This interruption in our social lives simply meant we had to think again. As is want to happen when intentions […]
Story Hour from Home
In a book titled Reader Come Home by neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf, we are cautioned to not expose children younger than five years to screens. The book is presented with thoughtfully documented science of the brain that shows us how our circuitry is changing with digital reading. Wolf advocates biliteracy, teaching young children “to read physical […]
What do you Miss?
Written by the Library team The last few months have seen an upheaval and settling down of the library. Like the calm after the storm, it is still and quiet, unearthly in its silence. While libraries have always traditionally been associated with these very qualities, Bookworm has been the opposite. With a monthly calendar of […]