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Dear Reader, Greetings from Bookworm! 2025 has begun~ a fresh year brimming with possibilities, excitement and many new books to read and take to our children. This year is also special for Bookworm as we turn 20. We take this opportunity to take you through *our values* <https://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536&id=a5930563ef&e=30fd6b9fd9> which have guided our work and library stakeholders including our team members, trustees, and volunteers so far. Read along to find all that’s happening on ground and the new trainings that are being offered in the coming months. Library Insights and Throwbacks *Story Stickering* Children at Aldona Institute Library and Alban and Aurora Couto Community Library discussed the book *The Barber‘s Dilemma and Other Stories from Manmaru Street* by Koki Oguma with Sanika. Post the discussion they wrote stories from their own experiences and created stickers out of these stories. It was a fun experience for them to later paste these stickers on the walls of the library which sparked the curiosity of parents and visitors. *Textile Collage with Sujata* Our young and enthusiastic participants took part in a collage stitching session with Sujata at the Vinay and Jean Kalgutkar Community Centre, Saligao. After a round of needle warmup, all the participants stitched a collage on pouches which they took home as memorabilia. What’s exciting is that this session led to a discussion to begin a ‘Stitching Club’. To know more about the club and become a member please call at 8830230489. *Pop-up near Western Club & Sethu* Two Pop-up Libraries were organized this month near Vinay and Jean Kalgutkar Community Centre, Saligao. Children at both the sites were excited to engage in the library activities planned by participants from the Library Educators Certificate Course 2024. It was an insightful on ground learning experience for the participants. *Story Exploration: **The Lost Thing* Our team member, Priya Naik, recently conducted a session with children centered around the book *The Lost Thing *by Shaun Tan. *Read the blog* <https://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536&id=6759afff1f&e=30fd6b9fd9> to know the preparations and the children's responses towards it. *Podcast featuring Sujata Noronha* Our founder, Sujata Noronha featured in a children's literature podcast, *Critical Conversations Across Children’s Literature* which brought together unique perspectives from leading voices in children’s literature in India and the United States, offering both culturally specific and universally relevant insights. *Tune in* <https://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536&id=2356381196&e=30fd6b9fd9> for thought-provoking dialogues that illuminate the power of storytelling in nurturing young minds and promoting meaningful connections across continents and cultures. Professional Development Updates *Online Professional Development Library Module* Applications are opening for the next quarter of Filling the Gap module. It is a year-long online professional development module, which is open to library educators / organisations that are comfortable with the idea of radical library practice. We invite you to *apply* <https://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536&id=ecb7a0f226&e=30fd6b9fd9> and join us on this journey. *Library Educator’s Certificate Course Updates* Participants from the LEC 2024 batch joined us in Goa to pursue the second part of the curriculum which are the Specialisations. They deep dived into the various aspects of running a school/community/independent library through theoretical and practical experiences. On the last day everyone dressed up as their favourite characters. *Cultural Connections: Art in the Library * Online professional development experiential session on *Cultural Connections: Art in the Library *by Artist Liz Kemp is being organized on 28th of February, 5:00 - 7:00 PM. The online session will explore two enjoyable ways of combining text and image to make a drawing and short written composition respectively and is designed to highlight the possibility of libraries as creative places for everyone. *Click here* <https://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536&id=0e1dfedb83&e=30fd6b9fd9> if you would like to register. *Mentoring Experience* In April 2024, Bookworm began a mentoring program for Parivartan Library in Siwan, Bihar (a part of Takshila Education Society) and for Bookworm Libraries in Mala and Saligao. Pooja from the Parivartan library shares her learning journey in this blog <https://bookwormgoa.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e24e8250913f33ffabd5d536&id=b66cf266bd&e=30fd6b9fd9> . Libraries in School Program Highlights *Return to Schools* With the arrival of the new year, the Bookworm team was thrilled to return to schools with a variety of engaging library activities. It was equally heartwarming to see the excitement and joy on the children’s faces as they welcomed the Bookworm team back for another term. The team conducted Read Aloud and Visual Arts sessions in the different Lead schools and mentored teachers of Independent schools to plan and hold sessions themselves. Stay tuned as we bring you some exciting updates from our LiS program. Mobile Outreach Program Highlights *Making Fireflies* Children from our Traveling Library sites participated in a Read Aloud session based on the book *The Gijjigadus and the Fireflies*. Children were fascinated by the illustrations—especially the cobra—and were curious about fireflies, a word new to many of them. As part of the extension activity they crafted their own fireflies and delighted in playing with their glowing creations. *Fireless Cooking* Children at Cacra enjoyed listening to *Khichdi* and marveling at the beautiful Gond art illustrations while discovering similar paintings on nearby walls. The session concluded with a fun and interactive fireless cooking activity where children along with the facilitators prepared and relished bhel leaving with happy hearts and stomachs. What’s happening in February? *Conference On Innovative practices with children organised by Kilkari Bal Bhavan, Bihar *Our team members - Diksha and Milika will be travelling to Bihar from the 19th - 22nd of February, and will be presenting about Bookworm's work as part of this conference. *Session with award-winning Children’s Author Nandita Da Cunha* Nandita da Cunha will join the children at the Vinay and Jean Kalgutkar Community Centre, Saligao on 27th February for a session on her book *The Miracle on Kachhua Beach*. Prior to this, the children will take part in an author study on her books. To register call at 8830230489 More events to look out for! *Film Screening of While We Watched* On Saturday, 8th March, Bookworm Library, Mala will host a screening of Vinay Shukla’s gripping newsroom documentary *While We Watched *profiling the working life of Magsaysay award-winning journalist, Ravish Kumar. To register, call 9823222665. The screening will start at 4 pm. 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