Pratham Books Champion : Poonam Shenoy

Session conducted on : 16th September
Number of kids : 20
Number of sessions : 1
Language the session was conducted in : English

Poonam Shenoy writes...

It is a beautiful journey which you started and hopefully we are the messengers. For me, I could not get a lot of kids of a younger age group so I turned this story telling session into a case study. I was shocked at the way the kids listened and we had Q&A session at Baldwin Residential School. What made it interesting was a simple story turned into an even more beautiful idea. The kids called it a story of turning SETBACK into OPPORTUNITY. Of course every one wanted to hold the book and asked me where it would be available. Finally an Indian Book is giving a full on takkar to the international books.

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Thank you Poonam for spreading the joy of reading !

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than 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. In 2012, Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day . We will be sharing the stories of all our volunteer storytellers (Pratham Books Champions) through our blog.

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

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 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 champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.