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Varsha Seshan

Top 7 Picture Books and Chapter Books – 2024

January 8, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s time for my yearly roundups! I have no idea how many books I read last year (I never count), but I know I read a significant number. I read […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books for ages seven and eight, Chapter Books, Dear Sister, I Won't Wash My Hair, Ottoline at Sea, Peanut Has a Plan, picture books, Puppy Trouble, reading, review, What Happened to Grandpa, Where Does It Hurt

Where Does It Hurt?

October 29, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Where does it hurt? It’s such a simple question. If I read it aloud, I find my voice getting softer, kinder, more patient. And that’s what this Hook Book by […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Allen Shaw, books for ages five and six, Chapter Books, Hook Books, picture books, reading, review, Samina Mishra, Where Does It Hurt

My Year in Writing: 2023

January 15, 2024 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

The year 2023 was remarkably kind to me as an author. It was a year full of lit fests, school visits, and, most importantly, new stories! Uncontrollable What can I […]

Filed Under: Books, Writing Tagged With: Chapter Book, Dance Nani Dance, Dharas Revolution, fantasy, Making a Clone, Middle Grade, Nail Tree, novel in verse, picture books, short story, Uncontrollable

My Favourite Picture Books from 2021

January 6, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Each January, when I look through my blog posts and my shelf on Goodreads, I realise how much I’ve read! As always, many of these books weren’t published in 2021; […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: A Cello on the Wall, A Giant Leap, Bear Snores On, book review, Goplu's Train Ride, My No No No Day, My Street, Nanammal and Kamalathal, On Mondays I Want to Hide, Once Upon an Alphabet, One Ted Falls Out of Bed, picture books, The Birthday Menu, The Girl Who Loved to Sing, The Night Monster, Tiger's Delicious Treats, White Socks Only, You Won't Believe Me

Five Picture Books I Recently Loved

June 12, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Once more, I’ve been so busy with so many things that I haven’t had the time to read much or write. Each day, I spend such a large chunk of […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bear Snores On, My No No No Day, One Ted Falls Out of Bed, picture books, reading, review, Sadiq Wants to Stitch, The Night Monster

What I’ve Been Reading on StoryWeaver

June 6, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Every so often, I write about books I’ve read on StoryWeaver that have left an impression on me in one way or another. Free books are precious! And over 30,000 […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: A Dog Called Shoo, Goplu's Train Ride, I Want to Ride a Motorbike, On Mondays I Want to Hide, picture books, Pratham Books, reading, review, Storyweaver, Sweet Memories of Gutar Goo, The Birthday Cake, You Won't Believe Me

Top 14 Picture Books I Read in 2020

January 7, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read so many picture books each year that I’m sure I’ve missed out at least a few that I read and loved in 2020. Also, I find it difficult […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: picture books, reading, reviews

Giggi and Daddy and Four Others

October 23, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Yes, this post is about five picture books I read last week, but Giggi and Daddy is special, so special that I think it’s probably one of my favourite picture books of […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Dance of the Wild, Gautam Benegal, Giggi and Daddy, Love Like That, Mithila Ananth, Nayantara Surendranath, Pickle Yolk Books, picture books, reading, reviews, Richa Jha, Ruchi Mhasane, Srividhya Venkat, The Tree Boy, The Unboy Boy

The Ammuchi Puchi

June 20, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve been looking at books from Lantana Publishing for a while, and I want to read so many of them! The books look gorgeous and for the most part, receive […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Nerina Canzi, picture books, reading, review, Sharanya Manivannan, The Ammuchi Puchi

What to Read on StoryWeaver

June 17, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

At this moment, StoryWeaver has 22,487 stories. 22,487. Let’s do some maths. If I read a story a day every day of my life, I will need over 61 years […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: picture books, reading, review, Storyweaver