Meet the characters in our NEW book Once Upon A Feast
A story written by Mia Marie Lourenço and illustrated by Fatema Barot. Book launches on Dec 1st in Goa, book your copy to read more about Brownie, Aquina and Caetan on a feast day.
The School Book Treasury Report for June- October 2012
Bookworm supports reading resources in the community and in schools. The School Book Treasury is a program that has been setting up classroom libraries and is now in its 5th year. The main focus is to provide age and reading-level appropriate material, in the form of fiction and non-fiction books to children and schools that […]
November 2012 Calendar
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A visitor’s experience at our Mobile Outreach Program at Chimbel
Thoughts of Janees Reghelini after visiting Mobile Outreach Program at Chimbel When my husband and I heard about Chimbel, we didn’t really have a picture in mind or know what to expect. But when Bookworm’s red van parked near the rented room where the sessions were held, a sea of happy, smiling and eager children greeted us […]
Booktalk in November – Adi Parva by Amruta Patil
Booktalkers!! It’s time to pick up your books and go through them the way good bookworms do! This month, we’re reading Adi Parva by Amruta Patil, a book which tells a tale drawn from the first chapter of the Mahabharat; from the Vishnu Puraan; and from the tradition of oral storytellers. The timeline is circular. […]
Chuppi
I am easily moved, I glorify everyday incidents, coincidences as signs to guide my life. At an important place in my life, I found Bookworm. At a time when a choice between good money and good feeling could change my life and my person. I have been facilitating the library sessions at Chimbel for close […]
At MOP Chimbel, we soon complete a year!
One year of showing up in our red van with books, art material, stories to read aloud and attention to children as they get drawn into the web of stories and reading! We are celebrating this month with a movie – Nina Sabnani the film maker and author of Mukund and Riaz gifted us a […]
Art Appreciation with Soumik Majumdar from Santiniketan
We appreciate Sanjiv Mirchandani of Indian Ateliers for embracing Bookworm’s work with children and art. Sanjiv first intimated us about Soumik Majumdar, an art historian who works with children to awaken the ability to appreciate art – as art for arts sake as well as, as a part of the human experience. We liked Soumik […]
Fund raising at Bookworm
For the past 5 of the 7 years of Bookworm, efforts to fund raise by way of a giant jumble sale have been organised. The purpose was to keep alive the core of Bookworms’ work – The Mobile Outreach Program and The School Book Treasury Program. These programs help over a thousand children across Goa […]
October 2012 Calendar
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