As part of the Reading Challenge organised by the British Library, I will be conducting four workshops!Age-group 5-7 Read Aloud and Colour your Thoughts!                               12th January, 2014 Stories are always more fun when they have pictures. When they have more pictures, they are more interesting! So read a story, or listen to a story and imagine... Whatever you imagine, put down on paper. Draw and colour images from what you read – fill your ideas with colour! The best illustration will receive a prize. Show and Tell                                                                             9th February, 2014 Bring something from home and talk about it to the other children. Build your confidence as you talk about something you love. After that, let your imagination go wild. Look at the toys around you in the Junior Section of the library and try to talk about what you … [Read more...]

Yesterday was the second exciting session with eager young children, waiting to be entertained.I began with a presentation on the process of the making of the book - from the mind of the writer to the hands of the reader. It was a long (yet brief) detailed explanation of different aspects of the process. Reading, getting an idea, writing, sending the manuscript, rejections, sending it again, an acceptance, contract, editing ...It was an engaging discussion, with the children enthusiastic about participating."Any questions?" I asked, before moving on to the next activity I had planned for them.Several hands went up. I asked one of them.His question was, "If the process is so long, why does anyone want to become a writer?"All the other hands went down. I think everyone had the same question. … [Read more...]