Why Every Library Should Stock Shabnam Minwalla's When Jiya Met Urmila

Shabnam Minwalla's early chapter book, When Jiya Met Urmila, is one of the best books released from Duckbill's stable this year. The entertaining book is centred around friendship cutting across classes.   This book is also a great tool for parents and teachers to highlight and address many other neglected issues children need to be aware of. There are three reasons why every library needs to stock this book:

                                                          

 1)This well written book is an ideal resource book for all the kids who spout their creative 
writing lessons about  "inciting action" and "climax" but don't know how to execute it. 
Minwalla's book follows all the elements of storytelling in the right measures. 

2)It is a wonderful tool to discuss invasion of privacy and digital laws.  In a world obsessed 

with viral videos and images, the lines are getting blurred.  Can children be 

photographed/video graphed without parental/school's consent? Is trespassing private 

property punishable by law?

3)This book also creates  awareness about elderly abuse. Often children end up playing 

pranks on the elderly for fun and peer pressure.  They are simply not sensitised about the 

challenges faced by the elderly. There are not many books in middle grade fiction which 

have put the spotlight on this issue.  When Jiya Met Urmila is a fun read for kids.

 Check out When Jiya Met Urmila(Hole Books)

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