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A New Visitor — illustrated by Ranga Mahaarachchi

Level A2 (estimated) · 10 pages · English

A New Visitor

Written by Brian Kavanagh
Illustrated by Ranga Mahaarachchi

All the animals are excited that someone new has arrived in the forest. Who do you think it is?

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A Noble Return Gift — illustrated by Google India

Level B1 (estimated) · 9 pages · English

A Noble Return Gift

Written by Avani Darshan Kawar
Illustrated by Google India

Lily is very excited! It is her birthday in two weeks and all her friends are going to come celebrate it with her. Lily has a 'colourful' idea about what to give them as a return gift! What is it? Read the story to find out.

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A Pebble in My Shoe — illustrated by Jaikar Marur

Level A2 (estimated) · 13 pages · English

A Pebble in My Shoe

Written by Annie Besant
Illustrated by Jaikar Marur

Where did the pebble in Ronu’s shoe come from? Did a giant throw it from the sky above? Or did a sea monster bring the pebble in its jaw? If only Ronu knew!

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A rainbow tale — illustrated by Edwin Irabor, Jesse Breytenbach, Offei Tettey Eugene

Level B1 (estimated) · 15 pages · English

A rainbow tale

Written by Mimi Werna
Illustrated by Edwin Irabor, Jesse Breytenbach, Offei Tettey Eugene

Yana looks around, picks colours to reach the end of rainbow. Find out more about her quest in this book.

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A Rock, A Dog — illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta

Level A2 (estimated) · 13 pages · English

A Rock, A Dog

Written by Sanjana Kapur
Illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta

Avi loves pretend-play. Join in as Avi turns into a rock, a koel and many other things in this book about noticing and recognising patterns.

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A Shade of GREEN — illustrated by Sourav Sarkar

Level B2 (estimated) · 14 pages · English

A Shade of GREEN

Written by Rya Jetha
Illustrated by Sourav Sarkar

The air in the city is grey and polluted. Nayantara and Aliza feel suffocated. They dream of leaves that work day and night to produce oxygen and clean energy. Can they invent a leaf that does all that?

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A Song in Space: Kesarbai Kerkar — illustrated by Shubhshree Mathur

Level B2 (estimated) · 16 pages · English

A Song in Space: Kesarbai Kerkar

Written by Neha Singh
Illustrated by Shubhshree Mathur

Little Kesar loved to sing. She never imagined that when she grew up her voice would travel to distant galaxies. Read this book to find out about legendary singer Kesarbai Kerkar’s fascinating musical journey.

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A Stitch in Time — illustrated by Ankitha Kini

Level B2 (estimated) · 23 pages · English

A Stitch in Time

Written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad
Illustrated by Ankitha Kini

First, a ripped shirt and then, a faulty iron box. The day has just begun for Shyam. With everything going wrong one after the other, Shrisha takes him to a Repair Mela where you can fix almost anything.

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A Suitable Shell — illustrated by Rohan Dahotre

Level A2 (estimated) · 16 pages · English

A Suitable Shell

Written by Radha Rangarajan
Illustrated by Rohan Dahotre

Mili the hermit crab has lost her shell. She combs the beach for a suitable shell, but all she meets is litter, people, and angry snails. Will Mili find a shell before it gets too hot?

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A Tale of Two Oxen — illustrated by Swathi Sambasivam

Level B2 (estimated) · 46 pages · English

A Tale of Two Oxen

Written by Madhu B. Joshi
Illustrated by Swathi Sambasivam

Meet Hira and Moti, two handsome oxen, happy and content with their loving owner, Jhuri. Hira and Moti work hard everyday, are clever, kind and best friends to each other. They stay together during times of woe and harmony. Their days are filled with work, love and juicy oilseed cakes. Until one day, when they are forcibly dragged away from home and put to work under harsh and inhuman conditions. Will Hira and Moti surmount all the troubles that come along their way and finally go back home?

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