Art Attack in Chimbel
Written by Velanky and Pranita The Bookworm van travels to the Chimbel community library thrice a week as part of the Mobile Outreach Program (MOP). Children usually have read aloud sessions during these three days. But this pattern was interrupted in August when Sujata had an innovative idea of having […]
Stepping into Library Work: My Immersion at LEC 2018
Written by Jennifer Thomas, Educator. Rolling my suitcase down the quiet corridors of the Spiritual Renewal Centre in Old Goa, the beautiful venue for the third contact of the Library Educators Course 2018, I felt a sense of trepidation. The only sound was the noise of my suitcase wheels. The stillness and calm of the […]
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 […]
Time for Reflection and Introspection
Written by Megha Dharnidharka, LEC 2017, Alumni The LEC course is truly unique and I feel incredibly privileged to have been part of such a thoughtful and reflective course. Each contact period was an immersive experience and I came away changed every single time. Imagine my delight when I learnt that I would have the […]
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, […]
A Month in the Life of a Library
Each month, we compile a monthly library report that encompasses all that happened in the Library during the preceding month. The following is a brief report of the happenings in the Library, during the month of September. These reports not only allow us to note and record, happenings, changes, events and plans, but also allow […]
Representation in Music for Joshua
Only one in every 100 children’s books features a main character from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic background, a study commissioned by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, UK in 2017 revealed. The study reviewed 9,115 books published for children in the year and found the collection wanting. In 2017, Lee and […]
DESIGN AND MEDIA INTERN
Event management, publicity, networking and social media management related work for Bookworm From Oct 15th – January 15th. Remuneration Rs 15,000/- monthly Email us at careers@bookwormgoa.in
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 […]