Bookworm Events Calendar – October 2017
A Non Reader Amongst Readers – HELP !
Before joining Bookworm, I always thought that food, clothing and shelter are the basic needs of people. But I realise I was quite wrong. Before my time here, I have been in the company of people who spoke about T.V and its contents, Face Book and the posts on FB and all sorts of entertainment […]
Make Way for Ducklings Written and Illustrated by Robert McCloskey
As I was going through the selection of “Award Winning Books” I saw this book and started reading it. I liked the book very much because it was about two Ducks looking for a place to settle down in a city. Ducks are adorable creatures and I liked them as characters in the story. The […]
Elena’s Serenade By Campbell Geeslin Illustrated by Ana Juan
The book was recommended to me by Anandita as she felt that it was a very nice book. The cover page of this book was what tempted me to finally start reading it. The theme of this book is “Gender”. I went online to find out more about the author, illustrator and the book itself. […]
Mister God, this is Anna By Fynn
Image courtesy: Flipkart.com There are books that one can gently devour, whose words settle satisfyingly into habitual plots and slots in the mind; there are books that once finished leave one with a sense of dissatisfaction or even annoyance; there are books that raise questions with a thoroughness that they sometimes fail to answer. And […]
September 2017 Events Calendar
Aldona has a BookStop!
It all started last year (late 2016) when Sujata asked me to find out how much it would cost to make a small shelf for books, which could be placed or hung in a noticeable, accessible spot. The shelf would have a metal frame and a couple of wooden shelves with some material to cover […]
Book Recommendation for AECED ENGAGE ISSUE 1: 2017-18
Bookworm Events Calendar– July 2017
Call for Contributions to Torchlight Issue 3, September 2017: Children and Libraries
Books are a way of opening the world up for children. As they grow, books allow children to find resonance of their own experiences as well as discover new ones. If readers are a community, then a library is their home, the physical space they can inhabit. For children, the library can be a way […]