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Varsha Seshan

The Manic Panic

December 8, 2022 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

I love Richa Jha’s books. I don’t know how many I’ve read, but each one has been special – Love Like That, Boo! When My Sister Died, Machher Jhol … I didn’t know Richa would be at Neev Literature Festival, or I would have carried my copy of Giggi and Daddy for her to sign […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Mithila Ananth, Picture Book, reading, review, Richa Jha, The Manic Panic

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 all time! I bought a bunch of books at Pickle Yolk Books’ birthday sale and ah! I could read all of them over and over […]

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

Books I Read in January 2020

January 31, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote already about the three hOle books I read, as well as about The Lilliputians. But there’s so much more, as always, especially as I was travelling! Instead of doing one post per book, here’s a list of books I read and loved. Neel on Wheels Neel on Wheels is a lovely picture book written by Lavanya […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Boo! When My Sister Died, Eva Ibbotson, Gautam Benegal, Habib Ali, Jane de Suza, Lavanya Karthik, Neel on Wheels, Ninja Nani and the Bumbling Burglars, reading, review, Richa Jha, Star Struck, Subhadra Sengupta, Sumanta Dey, Super Zero and the Grumpy Ghosts, The Star of Kazan