The school students were told about Mahatma Gandhi and APJ Abdul Kalam during a session held at Swami Vivekananda library on Wednesday.
The students of Eastern Public School, grade 5 visited Swami Vivekananda library as a part of their field trip on Wednesday. As many as 120 students went to the library.
The children were very happy to come to the library. They were first introduced to the library and how it works. They learned to search titles in books in the library and search the author. After that, they visited different sections of the library, such as history, fiction, non-fiction and others.
The children most interested were shown in the DVD and children section as well. They were impressed by the atmosphere of the library and looked for their favourite books and authors in different reading sections of the library.
later, the children also gave their feedbacks. One f the students Ahmed liked books of Gerinimo Steelton as these books have a story about rat. Another student Ali liked the collection of The Secret Seven and Ruskin Bond. Imran liked Magazine Champak and Tintin.
Manager of Swami Vivekananda library Yatish Bhatle said that a lot of children read especially APJ Abdul Kalam and Mahatma Gandhi's biographies and were made aware about their life.
The school visit is highly valued at the Swami Vivekananda library, because the new generation is made to make friends with books at the library. Children's reading habits are improved when they read books other than their syllabus.