A session of fantasy

An afternoon full of fantasies and tales from the land of fairies and animals — that is what the children of Jeevodaya School experienced on Teachers’ Day.

Children’s author Roopa Pai held a story-telling session, along with others, so as to celebrate the occasion.Organised by the team members of Target India, the session was held to promote literacy and education.

 “We are trying to make books accessible to children who cannot afford them. This session has been organised especially for children, so as to inculcate the habit of reading in them. We are going to celebrate International Literacy Day this whole month and more than 6000 books will be donated to the children.

Story-telling sessions as well as library makeovers will be done in various schools across the City,” says Navneet Kapoor, the president and managing director of Target India.

In the session, Roopa Pai — who is known for her ‘Sister Sister’ series — read out a story from one of her own books. The children were each given a copy of the book, to their delight.

As Roopa narrated the story, she encouraged the children to imagine what she was reading out.

 The children were in store for another surprise, as a puppet show had also been arranged for them.

 “I loved the ‘Sister Sister’ story. I read a little at home and we have a library in the school, so I go there as well. This is the first time that I have attended a story-telling session and it was great. I have a younger brother and I will definitely tell him this story,” says eight-year-old Pooja, who is a student of class four.

The second half of the story-telling session was conducted by Neha, who
kept things interactive and acted out many parts of the stories she was
narrating.

 The children could be seen laughing and giggling as they listened. “My favourite was the
story about the rooster and the nightingale. I like listening to stories rather
than reading them. I will share the stories with all my friends once I go back to school,” says Joseph, another student of class four.

The children also got a chance to interact with author Roopa Pai.
In the end, the children were asked to sign a five-foot-long book written by her and leave a note on it.

This book will be circulated among more children in the next three months.