Kushti Kid is another lovely book by Vibha Batra, one that I know my book club will enjoy! For me, the challenge when it comes to introducing books published by Scholastic India is that there’s no ebook available, which often means that I have to restrict my book clubbers to children living in India, or at least children who have access to books in India.
Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to reading this with my book clubbers!
Sport
What is kushti? Looking at the cover image, do you feel the girl stands a chance? Why, or why not?
As Kushti Kid is the first book we will be reading next month, I would love for my book clubbers to tell me what sports they play and watch.
Also, since I like to link reading to other activities too, we’ll do a quick listening exercise on sport as well.
Sportspeople
A discussion on sport will also be the perfect prompt for the children to talk to us about sportspeople they love! I’d love to hear any sports trivia they may want to share, in addition to a little bit about why they admire a particular player.
Book Review
Writing is an important part of Read, Write, Explore. One class every two weeks is devoted to writing of some sort. With Kushti Kid, we will work with book reviews. Is a review a summary? A synopsis? Often, children say “yes”. Every so often, I like to work with book reviews to help balance fact and opinion in an engaging way.
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Other books by Vibha Batra we’ve read and enjoyed at my book club:
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