PARAG announces Library Educator’s Course 2016!
PARAG announces the Library Educator’s Course 2016. Please see the message below or go to their website www.libraryeducators.in for more details.
Bookworm Summer Workshops
April 11 – May 14th 2016 from 10.00 to 12.30 pm. Monday to Friday Out and About – 11th April to 15th April Beach – 18th April to 22nd April Lights Action Camera – 25th April to 29th April Craft Crazy – 2nd May to 6th May Kids Cook – 9th May to 13th May
Celebrate Easter with Bookworm
Easter Egg Hunt, Bunny Hopping Fun, Easter Crafts, Read Alouds, Parents Easter Activities, Face Paintings Sunday 27th March, 4:30 PM at Garcia de Orta – Panjim Garden Fee : Rs. 400/- including snacks and refreshments Call 09823222665 / 0832 2451233 for details and registration
Happy World Poetry Day!
The Bookworm Library, Goa is thrilled to invite you to The Poetry Mob, in celebration of World Poetry Day, on the 21st of March, at 9:30 a.m., at the Panjim Bus Stand, and 4:30 p.m., at the Bookworm Library, Taleigao. Join us as we roam all over the city of Panjim, displaying, performing and distributing […]
Picture Books: Who are they for ? – A talk by Sujata Noronha
When: Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:30 PM Where : Design Centre, 1 Design Valley, Alto-Porvorim, Bardez, Goa – 403521, Goa Velha (map) Much art in any medium is produced without a primary concern for how it will be received, or by whom. It often doesn’t set out to appeal to a predefined audience but rather […]
Awesome Owl
Interview with Sujata by Aarav Poonawala. Click on the images to view bigger…
A reader is born
I remember so vividly a day in the Chimbel library room where I was reading with a child whilst the whole room was busy and bustling with raised voices, quiet chatter, intoned hum of independent reading, a slim frame crowded the door. I looked up into the eyes of a distinctly curious boy who immediately […]
The biggest Jumble sale ever!
Thousands of books, ten thousands of clothing, household , jewellery, electricals, shoes,bags & accessory items and all to raise lakhs of rupees to have millions of pages read by Bookworm children in schools and communities in Goa. Sunday 14 th Feb. indoor stadium Campal, 9.30 am onwards. Come love books !
Mae de Deus School, Corjuem
The Alban Couto Library Program crosses the cable suspended bridge over the Mandovi tributary every Wednesday to take books, readers and the joy that comes from stories to the Mae de Deus Primary School. This is a rather non descript school when viewed from the road, approached through a tiny lane that just about fits […]
Iqbal
Written by Deepali I had the opportunity to read a story called Iqbal – A brave boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter and I was touched by the little boy who had no regular life as a toddler as he was sold into bonded labor by his parents for a mere Rs. 600. I was […]