Once Union a Feast: Children's Writing from Goa, India (December 1, 2012) 26:511 minutes
A children's book (ISBN 978-81-923042-3-6) by Mia Maria Lourenco, written when she was 12 years old, and published by Bookworm Publishing of Goa, India. THE STORY: Aquina is all excited about the next day's feast at the village church. She joins her friends in cleaning the church and its statutes. Little does she know that her excitement will soon turn into anxiety and that the morning of the feast will turn into a thrilling adventure. To her rescue come Caetan the sacristian and Brownie, her pet dog with a most unusual talent. Feasts are celebrated with great solemnity and gaiety in Goa and are memorable events for every child. THE WRITER: Mia Marie Lourenco wrote this story based on her mother's tales of her childhood days. Mia loves singing, strumming the guitar, writing poetry and playing with her school friends at Fatima Convent in Margao, Goa. THE ILLUSTRATOR: Fatema Barot Mota is an alumni of Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art and IDC, IIT Bombay who moved to Goa in 2007. She works as a Graphic Designer and enjoys working on projects like these in her wee hours. THE PUBLISHERS: Bookworm Publishing is a division of Bookworm, a Goa-based organisation devoted to making reading a joyful and necessary experience for children. Story books are at the heart of Bookworm's efforts to build literacy and creative thinking skills in children in and out of school. Other projects include a library, the Book Treasury that lends books to institutions serving children and the Mobile Outreach Programme that takes books to children who have no opportunity to access books. http://www.bookwormgoa.in Sale proceeds from Bookworm Publishing support library work in schools and community. This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio Recorded by FN/Frederick Noronha Date: 2012-12-01 Keywords: goa, india, writing for children, books that reflect goa, mia marie lourenco, fatema barot mota, bookworm publishing, velim, stories set in velim, stories set in goa http://archive.org/details/MiaMarieLourenco Email m...@bookwormgoa.in bookworm_...@yahoo.com -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings