Read ‘n’ Rejoice library in Medavakkam celebrated its 7th Annual Day on 19th Feb in the library. The library was started by Sasikala. Sasikala worked in IT for approx 10 years. After that, she had to take a break of 3 years and went with her family to England. When she came back to Chennai, Sasikala was unable to get a new IT job as she had a break. She did not want to sit idle at home. So, she started the Read ‘n’ Rejoice library. The library has 3 compact rooms, but it houses 10,000 books for both kids and adults in English and Tamil on a wide range of subjects.
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| Books ranging from Vedic Maths to Picture Books |
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| Song |
The Annual Day started with a song by Sasikala’s daughter Sahana and her friend. Then Chief Guest Anitha (myself) spoke about the benefits of reading and libraries. She spoke about how reading stories and fiction improves our empathy and emotional intelligence. And that the same neurons that fire when you do an action fire when you read about that action.
Here is the video of the Speech:
Then Anitha conducted a storytelling session ‘Everyone is Unique’ with songs and actions. The kids danced. Then prizes were given to enthusiastic library members. Sasikala spoke about the library. Few parents shared their experience of shaping the reading habits of their kids and themselves.
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| Sasikala Speaks |
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| Parents Speech |
Read ‘n’ Rejoice also sends books online to kids in nearby areas. They also plan to open a franchise within 10 kilometers soon.
Visit Read ‘n’ Rejoice website here: https://readnrejoice.in/
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| Sasikala and Anitha |
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| Kid-Friendly Walls |
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| Gift from Read 'n' Rejoice |
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