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Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild

January 12, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We read our first Amelia Bedelia (Amelia Bedelia Means Business) at the second edition of my reading programme, and what fun we had with it! Even though there were children who didn’t understand much of the word play, the humour came through, and we enjoyed the book thoroughly. Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild promises to be just as […]

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Amelia Bedelia Means Business

January 23, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Amelia Bedelia. The name just asks you to read it aloud. And what a character Amelia is! As with the very best fictional characters (I’m thinking of Anne Shirley, Pippi Longstocking and the like), Amelia’s personality leaps out of the pages. She makes you chuckle at her sheer optimism, at her zest and her drive. […]

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Online Reading Programme – Second Edition!

January 13, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Registrations are now closed for this reading programme. I was just about halfway through my first reading programme when parents started reaching out to me to check if there will be other batches. Even when I launched the first one, I knew I would continue the programme if enough people expressed interest. And so, here […]

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