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My Favourite Middle-Grade Books from 2023

January 11, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s only when I began writing this post that I noticed that most (six out of seven) of my favourite middle-grade reads from 2023 have blue covers! How odd! I made a conscious effort to read more middle-grade books this year, also because I want to write more middle grade. It’s an age-group I enjoy […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: An Alien in the Jam Factory, Because of Winn-Dixie, books for ages nine and ten, books for tweens, Dungeon Tales, Hour of the Bees, Kolam Kanna, Middle Grade, Munni Monster, reading, review, The Giver

Dungeon Tales

March 6, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We read Dungeon Tales II in September last year and loved it. In fact, it was everyone’s favourite read from the August-September selection, even though it competed with Paati Vs UNCLE and Frindle. So how can we not read Dungeon Tales, or, as the children at my book club call it, ungeon ales? A brilliantly crafted collection of stories, this book takes us […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Dungeon Tales, online reading programme, Short Stories, Venita Coelho