That was the summer of 2016 !

 

This world is but a canvas to our imagination. - Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader’s imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book." ~Anthony Browne, UK Children's Laureate, 2009-2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the author @ The Mango Tree Reading Club'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I write to find strength.
I write to become the person that hides inside me.
I write to light the way through the darkness for others.
I write to be seen and heard."

― Shannon L. Alder

 

 

 

 

 

Mango Tree Reading Club Summer Workshop 2016

Mango Tree Reading Club Recommends

 

 

Written from the eyes of a ten old girl Ha who witnesses the Vietnam war and escapes Vietnam and becomes an American refuge. The book is written in the form of memoirs. The language is simple yet very deep. Inspite of the time it is set in - the book is not sad but inspiring. the book covers one whole year from Tet -  (Vietnamese new year) to Tet and Ha's life changing experiences in between.

 

For kids aged 9 years +, I recommend reading to understand what 'war' does to people without really going into the dirty details of war.

My children's achievments . Well done child .So proud of you!

Samaira's report card , Sanskriti School, Delhi

My little readers - @ The Mango Tree Reading Club

 

Congratulations Kyra on winning the first prize in read aloud competition in your school.  Your voice with all your expressions takes me to another world!

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I realize, of course, that I wasn’t born knowing how to read. I just can’t imagine a time when I didn’t know how.” - Katherine Paterson

Mango Tree reading Club recommends: The Reading Mother

The Reading Mother
by
Strickland Gillilan

I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,
"Blackbirds" stowed in the hold beneath.

I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.

I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent with his final breath.

I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings--
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!

You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be--
I had a Mother who read to me.

Children's book awards 2016 . And the award goes to

 

The John Newbery Medal, which rewards the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature, went to Matt de la Peña’s Last Stop on Market Street, about a little boy’s weekly bus ride home from church with his grandmother.  

 

 

The Randolph Caldecott Medal, which rewards picture books, went to Sophie Blackall’s Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, about the author’s great-grandfather, who brought a bear named Winnie along with him to fight in World War I; Winnie later inspired the character of A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh.

The Coretta Scott King award for a work by an African-American writer went to Rita Williams-Garcia’s Gone Crazy in Alabama, about Brooklyn sisters who spend a summer in the South. The corresponding award for an illustrator went to Bryan Collier for Trombone Shorty, about the New Orleans jazz  prodigy.

The Michael L. Printz Award, which rewards young adult literature, went to Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap, about an abducted girl and the boy who wants to find her.

 

 

 

 

My young Poets @The Mango Tree Reading Club

Congratulations Sana, on winning the first prize in poetry writing @ Vasant valley school. Love your poem. Makes me happy!

                      Happiness

Happiness is everywhere,

And it is also something we can share.

Happiness brings a smile to your face,

And it is something you should carry to every place.

 

You have happiness in school,

And even when you visit the pool,

You have it when you are running a race,

And even while tying a shoe lace.

 

But sometimes happiness is carried away,

By thoughts and moments that are gray.

But happiness is not taken away so easy,

Because in two minutes flat you are back to being breezy.

 

So now you’ll remember to keep happiness in your mind,

With thoughts and memories of the joyful kind!!

                                                                                                           - Sana Mehra

Poetry is when emotion has found its thought and thought has found its words - Robert Frost.

It's drama time

“Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserable