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		<title>Same Day Last Year</title>
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		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/05/17/same-day-last-year/</link>
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		<title>Skype Session With Sandhya Rao</title>
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My main motto behind the BUTTERFLIES book club for children 6 yrs &#8211; 9yrs of age is to expose them to many genres. Children often graduate from Amar Chitra Katha to Harry Potter steering clear of the other wonderful genres available for that age group. Humor, drama, biography, history all are cast aside in this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/05/14/skype-session-with-sandhya-rao/</link>
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		<title>Candid Conversations With Meija</title>
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Hermit crab
I was telling her how hermit crabs do not have a shell of their own, but pick an empty shell to live in.
Meija: Where does the hermit crab come from?
Me: From an egg.
Meija: Where does the egg come from?
Me: From another hermit crab.
Meija: Amma, (with hand action) I understand that this hermit crab came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/05/02/candid-conversations-with-meija/</link>
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		<title>Knee Deep In To Sessions</title>
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So its been a week.
I have finished my parent information sessions and started two of my book clubs.
So far the response has been good.
The parent information session &#8211; HOW TO RAISE A READER? spoke mostly about the early literacy skills that we are targeting by reading. I had a good mix of veteran parents and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/04/30/knee-deep-in-to-sessions/</link>
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		<title>Can You Quantify Friendship?</title>
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Yes. Great friendship = a bag of avacados.
Especially if
-bought all the way from San Jose
-to Chennai
-and carried to Hyderabad
-picking the rawest fruit, so that they ripen in the one week time it takes to reach Hyderabad
-all because I said that the one material thing I miss from San Jose are avocados and that I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/04/24/can-you-quantify-friendship/</link>
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		<title>Interview With Deepa Kiran, Storyteller</title>
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TreasureHouse opened its summer reading program with a story telling session by Deepa Kiran.
People who were present experienced the story of dasavatharam narrated in the harikatha tradition. I never knew that 40 children, under the age of 10, could sit still and be completely involved for an hour! Having picked MYTHOLOGY as a theme for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/04/17/interview-with-deepa-kiran-storyteller/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading Program Kickoff</title>
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We are having a kick off for TreasureHouse&#8217;s  summer reading program on April 15th, 11.00AM.
The kick off is open for all. You don&#8217;t need to have a membership. 
Deepa Kiran is doing a musical story telling for children. We will have enrollment information, brochures etc for parents to look, read, research and sign up. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/04/14/summer-reading-program-kickoff/</link>
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		<title>TreasureHouse</title>
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Treasure House can be called a children&#8217;s library, but the thing is, it is much more than just a library. When you are there you feel the 7000+ books being carefully cataloged and cared for, the bright and spacious rooms inviting you, the amazing art studio inspiring you. You will feel like bringing you child [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/04/12/treasurehouse/</link>
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		<title>The View From Saturday By E.L.Konigsburg</title>
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This post is dedicated to G and V, who lent me this wonderful book for me to read. When I asked these children about the books they like, they showered me with book choices that were well outside the fantasy&#60;-&#62;adventure loop. To diversely well read children and their parents&#8230;&#8230;




Title: The View From Saturday
Author: E.L.Konigsburg
Publisher:Aladdin Paperbacks
Honors: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/03/26/1918/</link>
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		<title>Of Apologies And Excuses</title>
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Sigh! Just realized that I announced the results of the book quiz on March 12, 2012, while the instructions clearly say March 19th. My sincere apologies if it had prevented people from participating. If it is of any consolation, family is not letting me book train tickets  for them any more, because I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://utbtkids.com/2012/03/13/of-apologies-and-excuses/</link>
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