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Varsha Seshan

Dear Mr. Henshaw

May 5, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve said this dozens of times: I love epistolary novels. I made a video about a few favourites for World Post Day 2021, I love doing letter-writing activities at workshops, and I’ve written an epistolary novel of my own. When we read Dear Mr. Henshaw for the first time at my book club, I knew […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: Beverly Cleary, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Dear Mr Henshaw, epistolary, Middle Grade Book, online reading programme, reading, review

Smash It, Butterfingers!

August 6, 2021 by Varsha Seshan 1 Comment

I love it when you can begin a series with absolutely any book! I have been eyeing the Butterfingers series for a long time, but I somehow never got around to any of them. And so, when I was asked if I would read and review the seventh one, Smash It, Butterfingers!, I agreed right […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: book series, Khyrunnisa A, Middle Grade Book, reading, review, Smash It Butterfingers

The Tigers in the Tower

June 5, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve written about Julia Golding’s books – the Cat Royal series, the Peril trilogy, the Dragonfly trilogy, the Darcie Lock series … And now, The Tigers in the Tower. I would not say it is my favourite work by Julia Golding – not even close – but […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: historical fiction, Julia Golding, Middle Grade Book, reading, review, The Tigers in the Tower

The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop

April 9, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

A fully trained ten-year-old witch chooses to live with regular human beings. The premise itself is delightful. Sure, you want to be a witch or a wizard. You want to do magic. But have you ever thought about the other side of the story? The magical creatures who want to be part of a regular […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Middle Grade Book, reading, review, Stuti Agarwal, The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop

Ahimsa

January 18, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Ahimsa has been on my TBR list for a long time and finally, it was my first read of 2021. What a lovely, lovely book. When I started reading it, I was a little puzzled. We’ve studied about the independence struggle several times in school. We know about Gandhi, his fasts, the swadeshi and boycott […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Ahimsa, Middle Grade Book, reading, review, Supriya Kelkar

Today I Am … A Writer!

August 28, 2018 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

The worst thing about being a writer is not writer’s block. Not by a long stretch. The worst thing is all the waiting. Waiting for people to respond. Waiting for a book to be ready. Waiting for a book to hit the market. Every time I get an email – even a rejection – there […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Mango Books, Middle Grade Book, Picture Book, Pratham Books, Scholastic Asian Book Award, Storyweaver, The Prophecy of Rasphora, Today I Am