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Top Ten: Chapter Books

January 9, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Calling all the books that I’ve listed here ‘chapter books’ is perhaps unfair. Some are quite a bit longer than others. I’m uncomfortable defining books on the basis of age too, as reading levels differ widely even within one school, let alone across schools, areas and countries. I think, broadly, this list comprises books that […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: A Tigress Called Machhli, Amra and the Witch, Chapter Books, Making Millions, Me and Mister P, Moin and the Monster, Radhika Takes the Plunge, The 13-Storey Treehouse, The Little Rainmaker, The Mumbelievable Challenge, Top Ten, Wildwitch Wildfire

The Little Rainmaker

February 12, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It is the year 2028, and it hasn’t rained for ten years. The last time it rained, Anoushqa was in her mother’s womb. She kicked when it rained. That’s her only experience of rain, an experience that she does not even remember. Sometimes, she wonders if rain is even real, or just part of one […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: reading, review, Roopal Kewalya, The Little Rainmaker