Pratham Books Champion : Anchal Sondhi

Anchal Sondhi shared the following pictures of the storytelling sessions she conducted. She also wrote :

1) Rajkiya primary govt school, Dhroan khas village, Dehradun approximately 20 kids. "Paplu rakhshas" in hindi was read by me to the kids. they simply loved it and are asking me when I am coming next with the more stories for them.

2) NGO Assara trust program "WINGS" 5 story telling sessions held for various groups of young children. approx. 120 kids participated. 

The elephant story was a big hit with kids making the trunk gesture often and playing with their trunks. The kites story for real young ones was the ebst one and we had paper kite making session and they loved flying the kites.

Thank you Anchal for spreading the joy of reading!

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This International Literacy Day, Pratham Books has taken a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'

What started as a small step by Pratham Books to spread the joy of reading has become a movement. Last year Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day and we conducted over 250 storytelling sessions. This year we are delighted that over a 1000 sessions are happening across the length and breadth of the country.We will be sharing the stories of all our champions through our blog.

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If any of you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at web(at)prathambooks(dot)org.