Parenting,
amongst other things, is also about
trying to experience the good things in life vicariously through our kids,
especially the kind of experiences that we didn’t have while growing up! Take for instance, a Book club for second and
third graders…..we didn’t have anything like that in our childhood, despite
growing up in an urban environment. We
did have summer camps for sure…revolving around creative arts and crafts and
music, dance and sports of course….but nothing like a curated platform showcasing
age appropriate books for all the young participants to read and share their
thoughts about…. that too in a place surrounded by books! No………. I’m not
talking about fancy places like the New York or Boston children’s public
library, but the summer book club at “Kahaani Box”, for second and third grade readers! So when
book lover and entrepreneur Neha Jain put up a whatsapp post on the upcoming
summer programs at Kahaani box, including “The Book club”, I so wished that I could become a second
grader again!
As we approach the fag end of school summer vacations (in fact many schools have already reopened!), we did look back at the summer of ’24, and one of the most memorable of Aadya’s summer activities was attending the book club at Kahaani box!
It was indeed a memorable week of reading, sharing and exchanging views, involving themselves in vocabulary exercises and mystery-solving activities, designing alternative book covers, going on a book scavenger hunt around the library, and creating a TIME-VELOPE of all their favourite things they would open twenty years later!
As part
of the book club activity, each of the eight kids read Shabnam Minwala’s “The
Shy Super Girl”, a Duckbill publication’s
HOLE book -and Louis Sachar’s “Marvin Redpost- Why pick on me”, and Aadya
enjoyed reading about the nine year old Nina who though shy was endowed with
super powers! With the help of her almost clairvoyant abilities, Nina manages to
solve the mystery of the missing artefact at Mrs. Khanna’s house. All the girls were fascniated by the adventures and misadventures of Nina and gang so much
that they reviewed the book and even wrote to the author. This early chapter book aided by Tanvi Bhat's apt and stimulating illustrations, encapsulates so many relatable elements of a young girl’s world
that had all the book club members hooked and booked for the summer of ’24! Here’s
to unboxing many such activities from Kahaani Box this year!
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