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Book reading session -Kittu's study table

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Book reading session The white crayon (from the book series Kittu's study table) Dragged myself to the Just Books Library, Nerul, Navi Mumbai wondering how many would turn up on a rainy Sunday morning for a book reading.  Surprise! Surprise ! A total of  22   kids, freshly scrubbed and clean. All in the age group of 4-6 years. It was heartening to see parents take the effort to leave the house on a rainy morning. Barely had I started to read the story, a girl started to cry. She didn't have a white crayon in her crayon box. After assuring her I would give her a white crayon later, she kept quiet, only to start crying again. The library owner saved the day. She had brought extra boxes of crayons for challenges like this. After a noisy book reading the kids created a piece of art with their white crayon on a piece of black chart paper. With a story book, a piece of self made art the kids went out, content and happy. Each one of them  was given a chocolate bar wit