For the first time ever, we’re going to read one of my books at my book club! I am in equal parts nervous and excited.
Yes, Dragonflies, Jigsaws and Seashells was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award.
Yes, it’s been published both by Scholastic Asia and Scholastic India.
Yes, it was shortlisted for the Singapore Book Award.
That doesn’t make me any less nervous!
I chose this book of mine because reading Dungeon Tales II convinced me that short stories are perfect for Read, Write, Explore. We will read excerpts from three stories in class and do activities based on the stories, concluding the edition by writing something of our own.
Jigsaw Puzzles
A book club is all about having fun, so we’ll begin with an online jigsaw puzzle. I wrote the story “Jigsaw Puzzles” because I loved jigsaws as a child. Like Aniket in the story, I would make regularly a mat of jigsaw puzzle. (Also like Aniket, I won a jigsaw puzzle competition, but that’s another story.) At each author event I did for Scholastic, I shared a puzzle for the children to solve, and I can’t wait to do it again!
Music
I remember how much fun I had playing a jaltarang, and that will bring us to another activity – one where the children fill water in glasses and tap on the glasses to listen to the sound. Using glass will require parental supervision, so we may work with steel or plastic instead, which isn’t as rewarding, but is fun, nonetheless.
Sharing
The story “A Drawing Lesson” is all about sharing. Can two children create art together? We’ll brainstorm ideas and then attempt to create a rhyming poem (or several!), not on our own, but with a partner or two.
Sharing stories I’ve written with children who’ve been reading with me for two years is all kinds of special. This edition of Read, Write, Explore sure is going to be fun!
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