Weekend at Books nMore

The following are the workshops planned for this weekend:

1. Gond Painting - Learn to make a handmade card with Gond Painting work on it . This is meant for 5-16 year olds . "Gond" is a tribal art form of Madhya Pradesh somewhat similar to the Maori style of painting. It makes use of contrasting "dots and dashes " pattern to lend colour and beauty to objects from nature. This is a part of our "Indian Art Series ". The workshop is being conducted by Ranjani Chandran

Date and Time: 29/11/2013 . 5-6:30 P.M

Fee : Rs 150 /-

2. Amar Chitra Katha Series- Anuradha Vinod continues to educate and entertain our kids in this series , with " Stories of Shiva " for 4-10 year olds. This will be accompanied by a diorama making exercise where kids will be building a 3-D "MT KAILASH " and using stick puppet manipulatives( which they will be making in class ) to enact these stories .

Children are expected to bring an empty shoebox to build the diorama
Date and Time: 30/11/2013 . 5-6:30 P.M
Fee : Rs 150 /-
Registration on first come first served basis.

3.Sock Puppet Making workshop with Ms Rajashri as a part of our Puppetry workshop for ages 6-adult.
Date and Time2/12/2013 . 5-6:30 P.M
Fee : Rs 200 /-
Registration on first come first served basis.

The latest additions to the library include:

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid- Hard Luck

2.Geronimo Stilton - Volcano of Fir

3.5 all new Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels.

4.25 Nora Roberts titles

5.Tinkle Super Stars series of 17 Books

Now our library has over 12500 books !

We are also keeping Parent Circle and Parent Edge- two excellent parenting magazines from Bengaluru and Chennai.

Weekend Activities at Books n More

The following activities are lined up for this weekend:

Workshop: Gift envelope Making with Handmade paper with decorative embellishments like handmade flowers etc
Age:5-16 years.
Date and Time: 22/11/2013 from 5-6:30 P.M
This workshop is being conducted by Ms Ranjani Chandran.
Fee : Rs 150 per person(inclusive of all materials)

Workshop :Amar Chitra Katha series - "Stories of Wit and Wisdom- stories of Birbal, Tenali Rama and Gopal the Jester. This will be accompanied by make your own "Chitra Katha " or Comic Book - a draw and write your own comic book session .
Age:4-10 years.
Date and Time: 23/11/2013 from 5-6:30 P.M
This workshop is being conducted by Ms Anuradha Vinod.
Fee : Rs 150 per person(inclusive of all materials)
Workshop : Make and paint your own wind chime .Learn to create your own designer Terracotta Windchime in this two hour workshop.
Age:7-Adult.
Date and Time: 24/11/2013 from 10:30 A.M-12:30 P.M
This workshop is being conducted by Ms Ranjani Chandran
Fee : Rs 200 per person(inclusive of all materials)

Workshop : Learn to make Finger Puppets in the Puppetry workshop on Mondays
Age:6-Adult.
Date and Time: 25/11/2013 from 5 P.M-6:30 P.M
This workshop is being conducted by Ms Rajashri
Fee : Rs 200 per person(inclusive of all materials)

Workshop : Rangoli Workshop- Learn Basic, Carpet style, Nava Dhanya, Line style and advanced shading rangoli in this six day workshop
Age:8-Adult.
Date and Time: 25/11/2013 to 30/11/2013 from 5:30 P.M onwards
This workshop is being conducted by Ms Divya
Fee: Rs. 800 per person(inclusive of all materials)

Puppetry Workshop for November 18'th

A puppetry workshop will be held from November 18'th to December 9'th on 4 consecutive Mondays from 5-6:30 P.M with Ms Rajashri. The workshop will cover 4 different styles of puppet making  like finger puppets, sock puppets, stick puppets , cup puppets etc.The workshop is meant for children above age 6 and for adults also. The fee is Rs 600 per child or Rs 800 per adult.

This weekend at Books n More

1. "Smart Speaker"- a workshop to build confidence , overcome shyness, for voice training and good diction for 9-16 year olds to enable teens to speak and make presentations smartly.Workshop conducted by Ms Gurpreet Ghosh

Date and Time: From November 16'th at 6:30 P.M to December 14'th - 5 weekend program

2. A fun filled session of "Stories of Indian Kings and Queens " for children in the age group of 4-14 years. Children may come dressed as any historical ruler of their choices. Prizes for the most creative dress up-role play !Workshop by Ms Anuradha Vinod.

Date and Time: 5-6:30 P.M on  November 16'th

3. Finger Rangoli session- Make colourful FInger Rangolis in Craft Time for ages 4-8 years .Workshop by Ms Divya Linga

Date and Time: 5-6:00 P.M on  November 15'th

4.French Classes at Books n More  by Ms Sheetal for ages 5-16 years.Classes will be held on both Saturdays and Sundays.

Date and Time:3:30 P.M on  November 16'th.

This weekend at Books n More-Madhubani Painting;Amar Chitra Katha Series and more!

This weekend the following programs are happening at Books n More:

1. Amar Chitra Katha series :
This six weekend series workshop is beginning on November 9'th and will finish on December 14'th . Every Saturday a session will be held on the stories from Amar Chitra Katha :
On Nov 9'th- Stories from the Panchatantra. This will be accompanies by a mask making activity and there will also be masked theatrical play for 5-14 year olds.
Session facilitator: Anuradha VInod
TIMING: 5-6:30 p.m

2. Madhubani Painting  -

This six weekend series workshop is beginning on November 9'th and will finish on December 14'th . Every Saturday a session will be held by Ranjani Chandran.The workshop is open to people in the age group of 7+ to adult. The participants will be creating a complete painting project on handmade paper.
Timing: 5:30-7:30 P.M

3. 3-D Pop up Dinosaur Craft will be held on November 8'th at 5 P.M
The children will be building a colourful dinosaur out of card stock.
Session facilitator: Mr Rajashri Ramesh