Parenting counselor Rupal Patel and Children’s author Meher Marfatia take your kids through interesting Book Club sessions with the idea to expose children to different genres of reading they don’t always easily access in local libraries or bookstores. The kids will read the book of the month and meet in the Sunken Garden of NCPA to discuss a book. Besides every kid gets to share his/her take on the book its characters & how they would have wanted the story to end differently. What’s interesting is that they even get to enact their favourite part of the narrative, design individual book jackets, create new eye catching back-of-the-book blurb and games to bring the title more to life book. Whenever possible, a film version of the story, exciting field trips hinging around a book’s theme, guest speakers and Meet-the-Author sessions are also arranged.
Place: The National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point, Churchgate, 400020.
Turns: The third Wednesday of every month
Timings: 5 pm – 6.30 pm
Registration has opened for a new term of their Creative Reading sessions.
Age: 11-13 year (open to all kids in this age group, not just for NCPA member families.)
To register,
Email: [email protected], [email protected], or mehermarfatia@ gmail.com
Call Bhagirathi on: 022 – 66223749
Fees: Rs. 1600/- per child payable in advance for four months
(@ Rs 400/- per 1-and-a-half-hour session)
The Schedule & Titles for January-April:
Wednesday, 16th January, 2013
(“Sahyadri Adventures – Anirudh’s Dreamâ€_x009d_ by Deepak Dalal)
This will be a Meet-The-Author session
Wednesday, 20th February, 2013
(“My Family and Other Animalsâ€_x009d_ by Gerald Durrell)
Wednesday, 20th March, 2013
(“James and the Giant Peachâ€_x009d_ by Roald Dahl)
With a workshop on comic verse writing
Wednesday, 17th April, 2013
(“How I Taught my Grandmother to Read and Other Storiesâ€_x009d_ by Sudha Murthy)
Mansi Zaveri
Mansi Zaveri
Parul Gupta
Neha Savla
KSP Team
Rati Ramadas Girish
