Reading Keeda

Reading Keeda Library brings to you a 6-day offline "Drama Workshop for Children" facilitated by Mrs. Shipra Banode.
Shipra Banode is a Kathak Visharad who has been teaching drama for the last 20 years. She enjoys working with children and loves to share her passion for drama with them.

The workshop is open for all children in the age group 6 to 12 years from
26th to 31st Dec.

Location :Reading Keeda Library, Plot no 201, Shankar Nagar, Nagpur 10.

Fees: Rs.750 only
Early bird discount of Rs.600 if registered before 23rd December 2023

For details and registration, contact 9096452663, 8446163002.

Reading Keeda's "Pitara" :

Wish you all a very happy Eid!

To celebrate this merry occasion with you, Reading Keeda Pitara brings forth to you "Ismat's Eid." An adaptation of a delightful Turkish tale, this is a story by Fawzia Gilani-Williams, vividly illustrated by Proiti Roy and is published by Tulika Books.

The story starts with Ismat, a shoemaker, who goes to buy gifts for his family on the occasion of Eid. While doing that, he is persuaded by the shopkeeper to buy a gift for himself, too.

The story follows Ismat and his family and the love and care a family holds for each other. All this comes with a dose of laughter and, most importantly, with an example of being able to laugh at oneself.

A read recommended for read aloud, story-telling, for children as well as adults for all ages by us 🌼
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Reading Keeda "Pitara" is an attempt to put the spotlight on picture books that are a portal to myriad worlds of diversity, inclusion, racism, sexuality, gender identity, and gender equality.

We celebrated Hindi Diwas with an online Hindi story-telling session by for the children of .nl , Amsterdam.

Rajeshwari Deo from narrated a beautiful story "सपनों के पंख - छोटी सी आशा" by . This was followed by a finger puppet making activity at the .nl centre.

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"The One and Only Ivan" is a story of friendship between Ivan, a silverback gorilla, and Stella, an adult elephant and Ruby, a baby elephant. It is also the story of the unique bond that Ivan shares with a stray dog, Bob, and Julia, a young girl.

Ivan lives at Exit 8 Big Top Mall by the Video Arcade. He has stayed there in captivity for 9855 days. Ivan is also an artist who likes to draw and paint. His artworks are sold at the mall's gift shop.

Because of an incident, Ivan now needs to fulfill a promise he made a friend, even though he didn't know how he would when he made that promise.

This is a story told by Ivan about his life, how he spends his days and what he sees and thinks about the events, people, and animals that surround him. A 2012 novel written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao, "The One and Only Ivan" was named the winner of the Newbery Medal in 2013.

This is a beautiful book on friendship - a friendship that spans age, language, and species, a friendship that sustains captivity, thrives in it, and overcomes it.

Suitable for age 10+ or middle grade readers and above.

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We started with our Swap It 2.0 program, a book exchange initiative, in this May with 14 participants. Today was the first time some of us met online to discuss how the program is going for them. We ended the session with an interesting game of "21 Questions," where the participants had to guess book names off each other's minds.

Members participating in our July "Readers' Circle" had a great time exploring non-fiction tools like atlas, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. As the session progressed, we went on with our discussions around the books that the members had read in the last one month, telling stories that they could remember and making figurines out of clay.

Today (July 29) is celebrated world over as the International Tiger Day in a bid to raise awareness on various issues surrounding tiger conservation.

The tiger enjoys the reputation of being the largest of the world's big cats. Despite known for his ferociousness, the tiger finds its place in a lot of children's books as a beloved, gentle and protective character.

Drop by Reading Keeda Library this week to read through such titles and more!

Glimpses from when the team from visited Reading Keeda Library. Our library coordinators, and Bhagyashri, explained to them the working of our library and gave them a walk-through of the finer nuances and components that keeps a library running and thriving.

Thank you for supporting Reading Keeda Library. Sameer Bendre, Chief of Operations at Persistent Systems and Trustee, Persistent Foundation, handing over 2 laptops to us.

We had an amazing time hosting the fellows from for a session on why and how Reading Keeda Library functions. The enthusiasm, questions, and willingness to learn of all these people not just made the whole experience fun and enriching but also made us take a step back, and look at and retrospect about our work from different perspectives.

Tara Books, an independent publishing house, is known for pushing the boundaries of the book form. Hence, it's always a delight to lay hands on a new haul from Tara Books.

Hence, the "Theme of the Week" are the newly added books from Tara Books to our collection. Be it the beautifully, vividly illustrated "Tail Tale" or the fold-out activity book in the Bengal Patua style of scroll painting "A Village is a Busy Place", all these books enhance the experience of reading text and pictures.

Do drop by our library to go through these amazing titles!

India celebrates its 28th National Reading Day today. This day is observed on PN Panicker's death anniversary and serves as a tribute to this "Father of Library Movement", his vision, passion, and unwavering commitment to promoting reading as a means of personal and societal growth.

To celebrate today, we go back to our most important stakeholders, with and for whom we work, and because of whom, the work is always fun - our readers!

Drop by our library and experience the joy of reading!

आपल्या सर्वांना- एकशे सदतिसावा पाय, सख्खे शेजारी, चित्रवाचन, काका, कंटाळा, बाबाच्या मिशा, पाचवी गल्ली, आणि राधाचं घर यांसारखी लहान मुलांना आवडणारी पुस्तके नक्कीच माहिती आहेत.

ही पुस्तके माधुरी पुरंदरे यांनी लिहिलेली आहेत, आणि चित्रसुद्धा त्यांचीच आहेत.🌻

फक्त लहानांना नव्हे तर मोठ्यांनाही देखील ही पुस्तके चांगलीच भुरळ पाडतात.🌻

या महिन्याच्या आपल्या ‘Author of the month’ आहेत माधुरी पुरंदरे!!

माधुरी पुरंदरे यांनी लहान मुलांसाठी भरपूर पुस्तके लिहिली आहेत. त्याचबरोबर या पुस्तकांचे भाषांतर देखील केले आहे. त्यातीलच एक महत्त्वाचे पुस्तक म्हणजे पिकासो यांचे जीवनचरित्र. 2014 मध्ये त्यांना साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार देखील मिळाला आहे!

तर त्यांनी लिहिलेली अशी सुंदर पुस्तके वाचण्यासाठी आमच्या Reading Keeda Library ला नक्की भेट द्या.🌻

"Be the Change, Make the World Green."🌿🌿

One of our biggest themes of the week is brimming with the best books about the environment, nature, and humans.

These books are available in Marathi, Hindi, and English language.🌿

Do drop by the library to browse through our interesting books collection!!

This month’s Reader’s Circle activity was based on a special theme- Mother’s Day!!

Starting the conversation was the idea of how children feel about their mothers.🌻

We asked the children to think of any instance involving their mother in which she did something wonderful for them, but they failed to express their gratitude. 🌻

Children were taken down memory lane and brought back fond memories of numerous activities they had done together.🌻

They each selected one occurrence from the book that best exemplified the mother's distinctive role in the story. Children made beautiful greeting cards for their mothers.🌻

Sharing all of these activities with the group had a really positive impact on the children.🌿🌿



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Happy Birthday Ruskin Bond 🎂🎂

India’s most loved author and children's all-time favorite Ruskin Bond is celebrating his 90th birthday today. 💛🎊

Bond’s writing is simple and easy to read. His writing is still relevant as ever. He often writes about common people and their lives. 🙂

Hence, our Author of the Month is Ruskin Bond!!!
Do drop by the library to browse through our, interesting books collection of Ruskin Bonds!!📍😇

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The beautiful and unparalleled bond of love shared between kids and mothers is honoured and celebrated on Mother’s Day.😃

One of our biggest themes of the week is brimming with the best books about a mother-child bond. These books are available in Hindi and English language.📚

Do drop by the library to browse through our interesting books collection!!😇

In collaboration with Bookworm Goa, Reading Keeda organized the ‘Visual Art Library workshop”’ Here kids made their own story book. They draw pictures, described the story through abstract text, and also decorate it with the cover page essentials. In the end, each kid presented their story. Everyone enjoyed this session a lot and is determined to join upcoming sessions too!

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World Book and Copyright Day is observed on April 23 every year to promote reading books. ✨

The purpose of this day is to encourage people worldwide to cultivate a habit of reading books. 🌿

At Reading Keeda Library, our focus is on promoting reading for pleasure and making books accessible to all children.😀

It is food for thought, so Reading Keeda is also celebrating World Book Day!

Do drop by the library to browse through our interesting collection of books!!💚
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Reader's Circle!!🌟
We would love to share that on 23rd April we conducted our monthly activity Reader's Circle!!

In Reader’s Circle, we combine the skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in a natural way. This helps to motivate children to read comprehensively and build their perspective on the subject.🤗

On the occasion of World Book Day, we told children to pick a book from our library that they loved most and wish, their friends could read. They had to choose two books in English and another one from either Marathi or Hindi. After this, they expressed their thoughts on why others must have to read these books. 👥

We also did a drawing-painting activity on the theme of World Book Day, where children brought very beautiful pictures of books using their imagination. 😇🥳

Let's Hear a Story with Rajeshwari ! 😇

On the 16th of April, Reading Keeda organized a storytelling session in collaboration with . 15 children participated in this program. Kids were enthralled not just by a fantastic story telling but also with some fun activities!
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In the first activity, children identified and counted the animals in the image.
In the second activity, kids made their favorite animal using the paper. They sang songs, recited poems, and presented their story enthusiastically. Everyone gave their best while doing the activities 💙

Mrs. Rajeshwari Deo Deshpande is the founder of Katha Kingdom Org. Through her work, she aims to spread the magic of stories amongst all. 🤗

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'Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability' is a graphic biography on the experiences of caste discrimination and resistance that Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar recorded in his autobiographical illustrations. The Bhimayana provides critical insight into the negligence and caste-ridden mind of the Indian society towards the architect of the Indian constitution.
Navayana Press has a fine reputation in India for publishing books about gritty subjects with a particular focus on social injustice. Artists Durgabai and Subhash Vyam are highly accomplished Gond painters. They are tribal peoples from villages deep in central India. They worked closely with authors Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand to convey the biography of untouchability's most important spokesperson, Bhimarao Ramji Ambedkar. The story itself compelling interweaves profound anecdotes from Ambedkar's entire life with potent reports of contemporary abuses reported throughout India.
The highly imaginative drawings combine successfully with frequently shocking messages to create a masterpiece that enchants the reader and succeeds in conveying valuable information that is often lost elsewhere in rhetoric and hyperbole. This book is a must for any socially conscious Indian.

Book club helps us to discover new worlds. There's nothing better than reading a great book and then calling up a friend to discuss it. Book clubs are just like that, but with more friends. Teens also have their own book clubs, too. Starting them early will set them up for a lifetime of reading, self-discovery, and connection. The Reading Keeda organized Teens Book Club on 26’th March. We were pleased to punch by seeing participants from Nagpur, Amravati, Thane, Kalyan, and also from Panaji!
Book discussions were followed by an activity of Blackout Poetry where participants created poetry out of their favorite prose excerpts.

Art and library special connection!!
Art and creativity have often been thought of as Wonderland, a subject to find a collection of ideas and a vault for the imagination. Art is a space for communication, connection, and creation. This leads us to explore the infinitely obvious topic of art, and creativity in the Reading Keeda library through a series of workshops with Bookworm Trust, Goa.
So as an initial kickstart, our library coordinators Mugdha Pathradkar and Sh*tal Raut facilitated the ' Visual Arts Series' session. Children made art on comic strip making. It was so a fascinating experience to see children making their own stories around spaceships, food, and waste disposal also! Children were thrilled to put their imagination on paper. Children of age 7 to 11 Participated and enjoyed the process. We were glad to share their stories in comic form and even appreciated each other's ideas and representation.

The Theme of the Week is Books by Tulika Publications..! 😊

Do drop by the library to browse through our collection of Tulika Books!💙

Tulika’s imaginatively created children’s books pioneered a fresh
wave in Indian publishing in 1996. An independent publishing house
based in Chennai, their focus is on picture books for children in
English and other Indian languages - Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali for the most part and sometimes others too - so that more children can access books in a language familiar to them.🌻
They offer a range of experiences that are inclusive and representative: of different childhoods, of different social milieus, and of different cultural contexts.
The visual language too is diverse, with the traditional alongside the contemporary. Tulika’s books are for all children, anywhere, and speak in many voices. ☀️

"Readers' Circle" is a monthly initiative by Reading Keeda Library, open for all children between ages 9 to 12. an activity we are introducing every month 💙

We conducted our 1st Readers' Circle in the month of Jan. We saw our participants enthusiastically discussing books they last read and what they liked the most in them. Alongwith this, we saw some brilliant ice-breakers and team-building games to build rapport among our participants.

Thanks to for helping us plan and execute this lovely initiative 🌼

If you would like to be part of these meets, please drop us a DM!

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It’s time to meet our new team members. As our operations continue to grow, new initiatives have been started and we have gained new partners. We are introducing our new team members’ roles and what makes them who they are. 💙

1. Mugdha Pathradkar is our library coordinator. She manages the evening operation at our Shankar Nagar library. Mugdha is great at organizing things, also good when it comes to connecting with the parents and recommending books to the childrens.
2. Santosh Khandre has joined our team as program coordinator. He is handling our free library project in an urban slum. Santosh dedicates his full time to managing our free library center and working with the children and community of Kachipura Nagar.
3. Sh*tal Raut works as a library coordinator at our Shankar Nagar library. She manages the morning operation of our library. Sheetal brings with her own unique way of perceiving things- be it children's behavior, or stories or study articles. Additionally, our theme of the week displays have become more decorative since Sheetal has joined us. 💙

The Theme of the Week is Books by Karadi Tales.

Karadi Tales is an independent children’s publishing house based in Chennai, India focusing primarily on picture books and audiobooks. It was started in 1996 with an intent to create a space for Indian culture in the world of children’s publishing, by a group of writers, educators and musicians.

Do drop by the library to browse through our collection of Karadi Tales!

In the last crowdfunding campaign which we did with Give towards the end of 2022, we were able to raise a brilliant amount of Rs. 2,03,728!

Thank you for supporting our cause and resonating with our passion of making books and stories available to children 💙

Reading Keeda's free library and community outreach program in Kachipura featured in Hitavada. Do go through the article to understand what we do and why we do it 💙

There's so much more we need to learn and unlearn about children. Every interaction with them teaches us so much about the fascinating way a child's mind works. Every time we are amazed by both the innocence and profoundness of their words and actions.

Reminding ourselves who are at the core of everything that we do and wishing everyone a very Happy Children's Day!

We, Reading Keeda Library, are an intitiative of Pathimba Foundation, a Section 8 registered company. Our mission is to make books accessible via libraries to children, irrespective of their caste, religion, gender and socio-economic conditions.

From the last 8 years, we have worked with 350+ kids, started two library centres in Nagpur including one free library centre in Kachipura which is an urban slum in Nagpur. Across both these centres, we host around 5000+ books in English, Marathi and Hindi across various genres. We also run a free online Teens' Book Club, open for all teenagers.

Donate to us using the link :
https://give.do/projects/reading-keeda-library

and become a part of our ecosystem that helps us build safe reading spaces for kids irrespective of their gender, caste, religion and socio-economic system.

Note that all your donation are eligible for 80G tax exemption.

Also note that when you are donating to Reading Keeda, you will be asked on the Give.do site whether you want to donate something to the crowd-funding platform itself. This is an optional thing and you can select "Others" and choose an amount as "zero".

Mental health is health. That's it. Nothing more, and definitely nothing less.

And it requires as intimate and regular a care like which comes to our physical health by brushing our teeth daily, bathing daily, wearing fresh, clean clothes etc.

How do you talk to children about mental health? By talking about inclusion, acceptance, diversity and tolerance.Children should not only understand to be kind to others but also to themselves.

And hence, on this World Mental Health Day, the Theme of the Week in the library is books which directly or indirectly talk and touch upon the nuances of mental health.

Chhutka Makda came from a family of famous spiders. And so he too wanted to be famous. He wanted songs to be written about him and people to sing those songs.

But there was a catch. What could he do to become this famous?

This is what Shubhada Patwardhan explored with our eager participants in the storytelling session "Let's Hear A Story 2.0" conducted on 28th September. The story we picked was Chhutku Makda by .books We spun webs using thread, plastered legs on plastic insects and created insects out of clay.

Presenting to you glimpses from the session.

"LET'S HEAR A STORY" is a series of 6 offline, weekly story-telling sessions in Hindi. This time we have with us another amazing storyteller
Mrs. Shubhada Patwardhan. We are all excited to see our young enthusiastic participants for these sessions.

To register, click on the form link in our bio.

Reach out on 9096452663, 8446163002 for any queries.

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At Reading Keeda Library, we strongly believe that libraries play a very important role in propelling literacy forward.

They provide a platform and also resources for individuals to read and learn about varied aspects of our world, ranging from literature to science and many other topics. Several provide books to those who may not be able to receive a formal education or cannot afford to buy and read books.

Thus, libraries help on a pivotal point - accessibility. People from all walks of life can benefit from this.

All that we work on at Reading Keeda is aimed towards this - making our library and books easily accessible to those who wish to grow their "literacy", in all senses. Wish you all a very happy International Literacy Day!