From Lockdown Library by Bookworm Trust – Episode 007 with guest Vibha Krishnamurthy
Hosted by Nayan Mehrotra and Anandita Rao Links mentioned in the podcast Michelle and Barack Obama video reading aloud a book and talking about Chicago Library – https://mashable.com/video/barack-michelle-obama-read-childrens-book-chicago-public-library/ World Health Organisation storybook on Covid19 – https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/09-04-2020-children-s-story-book-released-to-help-children-and-young-people-cope-with-covid-19 Library Educator’s Course – https://www.bookwormgoa.in/lec/ A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Listen to the other episodes […]
From Lockdown Library by Bookworm Trust – Episode 006 with guest Rimli Bhattacharya
Hosted by Nayan Mehrotra and Anandita Rao Links mentioned in the podcast Satya Nadela (Microsoft) – https://news.microsoft.com/exec/satya-nadella/ The Wire – https://thewire.in/ Listen to the other episodes at https://www.bookwormgoa.in/category/library/live-from-lockdown-library/ Podcast introduction and artwork by Alia Sinha Intro music courtesy: My Day by KhalafNasirs (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (3.0) license.
LIBRARY IN LOCKDOWN
March began like any other month. The team at Bookworm was busy with our Library in Schools program, we were in communities reading and interacting with children through our Mobile Outreach Program, activities were being planned at our Library and we had begun preparing for our Library Educators Course which was a little more than […]
Live from Lockdown Library by Bookworm Trust Episode 004 with guest Jamyang Gyaltsen
Hosted by Nayan Mehrotra and Anandita Rao Links mentioned in the podcast Manjushri Educational Services: https://www.facebook.com/manjushrieducation https://manjushrisheyon.com/ The Tibet Fund: https://tibetfund.org/ Central Tibetan Administration: https://tibet.net/ Listen to the other episodes at https://www.bookwormgoa.in/category/library/live-from-lockdown-library/ Podcast introduction and artwork by Alia Sinha Intro music courtesy: My Day by KhalafNasirs (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (3.0) […]
From Lockdown Library by Bookworm Trust – Episode 003 with guest Usha Mukunda
Hosted by Nayan Mehrotra and Anandita Rao Links and books mentioned in the podcast Centre For Learning – https://cfl.in/ Hina in the Old City by Samina Mishra, published by Tulika Etoa Munda won the Battle by Mahasveta Devi, published by National Book Trust Miss Moore thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children, by Jan Pinborough, illustrated […]
From Lockdown Library by Bookworm Trust – Episode 002 with guest Beena Choksi
Hosted by Nayan Mehrotra and Anandita Rao Links mentioned in the podcast Sahyog; https://sahyogchehak.org.in/ Magic Key Centre https://www.facebook.com/themagickeycentre/ https://readingcaterpillar.wordpress.com/tag/magic-key-center/ Brainpickings https://www.brainpickings.org/ Literary Hub: https://lithub.com/ Thoda Reading Corona reading initiative: https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/childrens-authors-come-together-to-keep-kids-engaged-through-their-initiative-thoda-reading-corona-6327537/ Listen to the other episodes at https://www.bookwormgoa.in/category/library/live-from-lockdown-library/ Podcast introduction and artwork by Alia Sinha Intro music courtesy: My Day by KhalafNasirs (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under […]
Live from Lockdown Library by Bookworm Trust – Episode 001 with guest Arvind Gupta
Hosted by Nayan Mehrotra and Anandita Rao Links mentioned in the podcast Archive. org Arvind Gupta’s Website Pratham Books Storyweaver Amar Chitra Katha NBT India Digital Library Of India Listen to the other episodes at https://www.bookwormgoa.in/category/library/live-from-lockdown-library/ Podcast introduction and artwork by Alia Sinha Intro music courtesy: My Day by KhalafNasirs (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under […]
What we have been doing during the lockdown:
In this time of social isolation, we have been engaged in a number of long distance activities and discussions. Sharing some of these below. About Stories Like the fish that is not aware of the water, in our day to day work, we rarely pause to think about stories. The lockdown enabled us to offer […]
Recommended Books for 10 – 13 year olds, told humorously
Moin and the Monsters – Anushka Ravishankar Moin the Monster Songster – Anushka Ravishankar Mayil will Not be Quiet – Niveditha Subramaniam Mostly Madly Mayil – Niveditha Subramaniam and Sowmya Rajendran Ha Ha Ha Hasya – Ashok Rajagopalan Dungeon Tales – Venita Coelho My Nana is a nutcase – Ranjit Lal Book Uncle and Me […]
Literacy Playground
Amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, schools and others, through parents are enabling learning using digital media. How does this work? Does it work for everyone? In the last few weeks, we have been reflecting on the inequity of the digital divide and sharing an infographic to help us all think together for a way forward. 1) […]