Bookworm January 2024 Calendar
A Dialogue on Thinking, Reading and Reflecting for Children with Dr. Sundar Sarukkai | online professional development programs
A Dialogue on Thinking, Reading and Reflecting for Children with Dr. Sundar Sarukkai Tuesday, February 20th 2024 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration Fee: 1000 INR We request you to make the payment to confirm your registration. The details for the same are as below: Bank Name: HDFC Bank Address: T.R. Residency […]
Climate Proof Libraries in the Age of the Anthropocene with Bijal Vachharajani | online professional development programs
Climate Proof Libraries in the Age of the Anthropocene with Bijal Vachharajani Friday, March 22nd 2024 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration Fee: 1000 INR We request you to make the payment to confirm your registration. The details for the same are as below: Bank Name: HDFC Bank Address: T.R. Residency Building, Taleigao Market […]
Bookworm November 2023 Calendar
Connecting with The Owl House at the Library
By Harrison Amaral “You never really understand a person until You consider their point of view” ~Harper Lee On the 1st of September we had the Owl House Visit; they are a community service initiative that provides skill support to individuals and families with neurological differences. It was a warm evening, the sun was cheerful […]
Bookworm Trust Annual Report 2023
At Bookworm, we know that when you know better, you do better – but we also know that not everyone in this diverse economy has equal opportunity to know. This year we celebrate the ways in which we have come to know more children and their families through our mobile library programs in schools and […]
Bookworm’s Traveling Library in Schools
Bookworm’s Traveling Library, which began in 2022, has enabled us to encourage children to borrow books of their choice, across schools and communities. The Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) at Bookworm started with an idea that if a child cannot come to the library, the library should visit the community and reach children. The Travelling Library […]
Learning to Embody Stories – An LEC Journey
Written by Nayanika P, LEC 2022 When I first joined LEC, I had some experience of working with children as a storyteller. I was often at loggerheads with the role, knowing there were parts of it I enjoyed and parts of it, like the performance bit, that I was deeply anxious about. The sessions I […]
Becoming a Library Insider
Written by Ricardo Peres-da-Silva, Bookworm Intern I entered Bookworm Library on May 3, 2023, the first month of my two month Bookworm internship, as a complete outsider from library spaces. I really like to read books and work with children, but that’s about it. I didn’t know how to lead a session, or what a […]
Fireworks in the Brain…
Written by Dharmaraju Kakani, LEC 2022 A while back if you were to ask me, about my thoughts on library, I might have made a combination of these statements: A place for books, where readers can access them Experts who run libraries know best what to stock in a library The act of discovery (and […]