A few weeks back, I received a Whatsapp text. My Muscovite friend Katya, of whom I talk all the time in my Prochnost updates, was up to something awesome again. She had switched jobs recently and the ‘Kniga Worm‘ that she is (no literally!), she decided to get the kids in her new school excited about books by, get this, blogging about books!
As great as this sounded, I was confused as to how she would make this happen. When she sent me the final blog link, I asked her the same question and here’s her secret: She reads books to the kids and takes their opinions on it and frames a book review for each kid, both in English and Russian.
Even as I clicked on the link, I had no idea the excitement I was in for when I read the adorable book reviews there. Here’s a favorite excerpt fromย ‘Diary of a Monster’ by Luka of grade 1A, Luka being the name of one of her students:
I learned something new about monsters. It turns out they can also be afraid of other monsters.
When she told me that she is receiving calls from the kids’ parents because they can’t wait to read these reviews alongside their morning coffees, I really wasn’t surprised. Teachers like her are the unsung heroes of our world and I am so happy to have a friend like her.
Her passion is evident on this blog,ย which is a delight to people who want to look at books from the perspective of kids. Here’s the link:
P.S. The home page displays both English and Russian posts in a scroll. You can click on ‘Reviews’ for reading only the English translations. Also, she has recently joined the WordPress community and has a blog for her personal work too. It’s titled ‘Kniga Worm’, where Knigaย is the Russian word for books. This title suits her so well, right? ๐
Teachers are born not manufactured your friend is obviously a natural!
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She sure is, Malcolm! So glad to know this post resonated with you ๐
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Reblogged this on Katya the Doofus, Kniga the Worm and commented:
My dear friend Neha, who encouraged me to start a WordPress blog, wrote a lovely piece about our Book House blog. Thank you, Neha!
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Always a pleasure โค
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Wow this is such a wonderful idea …. I am sure going to read these reviews
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Thanks for reading it, Sakshi! I am sure you will love reading the reviews much more โค
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Read the one you have linked ….it’s damn cute ……in my eyes these are honest reviews as you can never manuplate children …..
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Haha! I agree with you on that. Kids are so innocent โค
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Yes ๐
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That’s an amazing initiative taken by your friend, wish we had something like that here ๐
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I agree so much, Pia! The world would be a better place if more teachers too such initiatives ๐
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Not only teachers, wish I could have started something like this ๐
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I can purely relate to her as my mother has been a teacher for the last 20 years with a streak like that. Kudos to your friend and thanks for introducing us to the wonderful blog.
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Thanks for reading this post. It is so good to know about your Mom who shares a similar passion. I hope you enjoy her blog ๐
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Digging through !
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Thank you ๐
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Nurturing the young to be excited about reading. How awesome!
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Indeed, how awesome right! I had the same reaction to this blog. Thanks for reading my post โค
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My pleasure! Iโve also followed both her blogs. ๐
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That’s awesome! ๐
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This is awesome! Indeed teachers like Katya make learning fun ๐
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It is! I need to ask her to check out all these lovely comments you all are leaving for her โค
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Wonderful fresh ideas from your friend, KnigaWorm. ๐
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True ๐
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Wow just wow. You and your friend both so adorable. Stay blessed
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Thank you for your wishes, Shantanu! You are so kind ๐
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My pleasure
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What a fantastic idea!
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Thanks for reading it, Sarah! Glad to know you think so ๐
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Wow! Thank you, everyone, for your kind and supportive words! And thank you, Neha, for the lovely post and your support especially, since you’re the one who introduced me to WordPress.
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You’re welcome, Katya โค
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The idea is itself wonderful..
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So glad to know you think so, Moushmi ๐
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Good Initiative by your friend……..really inspired
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