Some books demand to be read at reading programmes. Lucky Girl, with its exploration of poetry. Chitti’s Travelling Book Box with its message of spreading the love for reading. Book Uncle and Me, with the need to save a lending library.
And Bookasura, with its book-eating asura. And that’s why we’re rereading this one at my book club!
Bala loves books. He devours them. Not literally, of course. The problem, however, is his baby sister Meera, who actually likes to eat books. When Bala meets Bookasura, a book-eating demon, he sees a strong resemblance between Meera and the asura. What can he do to defeat Bookasura? What weapon does he have to destroy this book-loving monster?
Bookasura is a fun, funny book about a boy fighting a villain who is bigger and stronger. He uses the skills he has – his stories and his wit. Imaginative and thrilling, I know this is the perfect book to read next with my book club!
Name the Asura!
Raghu Thatha tells Bala the story of Bakasura. Is that what makes Bookasura enter Bala’s life? Maybe. Maybe not.
But naming an asura can be fun! What other asuras can you come up with? What terrible things do they do?
Out in Nature
Being outdoors is precious. Bala spends time on a farm, throwing stones at mangoes, looking at jackfruits and lemons, and making a compost heap.
I would like the children to step out of the house, pick up something from nature and talk about it. How does it look? How does it smell? Does it make a sound?
This could be a leaf, a twig, a pebble – anything!
Books
We’ll play a little book game together, just like Bala from Bookasura. Book scavenger hunts are always fun!
Join a book club!
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