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The Paper Plane Flew

June 29, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Don’t you love stories that come full circle? As an adult reader, I was waiting to see how the paper plane that flew would come all the way back to Mithi because it had to, didn’t it? Even so, the last line of the story delighted me. Yes, I expected the last line to be […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Bharti Singh, books for ages five and six, Chapter Book, Hook Books, reading, review, The Paper Plane Flew

Four Hook Books

March 21, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

At a workshop recently, I showed participants a few hOle books and Hook Books. I had Malhar in the Middle (one of my favourites), The Clockwala’s Clues (because how could I not?), Cyrus the Whyrus (a delightful new Hook Book) and Passepartout, Is That You? (because I love how readers are active participants in the hunt for Passepartout). And not one of […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Aaryama Somayaji, Adithi Rao, Asha Nehemiah, books for ages five and six, Boy Bear, Chetan Sharma, Cyrus the Whyrus, Hook Books, Lavanya Karthik, Priya Kuriyan, reading, review, Wet Paint

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