Raising Money to Raise Readers by Recycling and Reusing – Bookworm Jumble Sale on 9th February
The Hindu listed Bookworm as "Reading Warrior"
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Jumble Sale 2014
Bookworm’s Jumble Sale supports our Libraries in Schools program which takes library experience and resources to 20+ schools in different parts of Goa where we do interventions in different models. We deliver over 3000+ books to the schools we work. More about Jumble sale of previous years are available at https://www.bookwormgoa.in/2013/02/13/thank-you-for-supporting-jumble-sale-2013-we-are-doing-chimbel-jumble-sale/ https://www.bookwormgoa.in/2012/12/28/jumble-sale-jumble-sale-jumble-sale/
Relationships in and with Books
Our Mobile Outreach Program has given me the best of opportunities, challenges and memories . This is mainly because of the exchanges and sharing with the children through stories and books . One of my favourites is “Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs” by Tomie dePaola who is one of my new favourite author and illustrator. He […]
Illustrators Inspire
This week across our MOP sites, we have been reading Basava and the Dots of Fire by Radhika Chaddha and illustrated by Bhakti Phatak. An old Bookworm favourite, published by Tulika. The story builds on a simple logic of the web of support. Children identify with that value seamlessly even though they might break the […]
The Seed at Tonca Mobile Outreach Program
Blog post by Deepali Correya I am a volunteer for the Tonca MOP since mid-November and given that I am a preschool teacher, I was supposed to take the little ones under my wing. The little ones would approximately be between ages 4 to 7/8 years. This particular experience is rather a touching one as […]
The w(heel)ill to learn
Blog post by Sebanti Chatterjee My association with Bookworm started not so long ago. It was during the last week of November that I actually got involved with the wide range of activities that are carried out here. The first site which introduced to me MOP activities was St. Inez. Children at St. Inez have […]
Stories in Graded Readers
The graded / levelled reader has long been criticized for its artificial chunking and arrangement of text. Readers of this nature have been cited as the texts that destroy the natural ability to make meaning whilst reading and often lead the ‘reader’ into a fine pattern of breaking up words and decoding them. Sing Mother […]
Shivaji’s Exposure visit to Bookworm
We have been waiting for Shivaji a long time. This is Shivaji Godhraj, a gentleman who works hard and quietly in the hilly terrain of Dhadgaon Nandurbar District , Maharashtra. I have been particularly wanting to bring Shivaji to Goa to share our library work with him as he works with an organisation Janarth that […]
Hair Scare
One of the primary qualities of good stories is the doorways they provide. A doorway to go in and reflect and connect with self and then to go out and connect with other people. These synapses come to all who read. However, being adult I tend to seek these entry points for the children I […]