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What Would You Like to Drink? — illustrated by Ayesha Punjabi

Level A2 (estimated) · 8 pages · English

What Would You Like to Drink?

Written by Anand Janardhan
Illustrated by Ayesha Punjabi

It is Priya Bua’s baby’s first birthday and Tara watches as each person asks Dada for coffee, tea and other things. Tara finds a smart way to help him.

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What’s Ameena Up To? — illustrated by Preetam Dhar

Level A1 (estimated) · 8 pages · English

What’s Ameena Up To?

Written by Roopa Banerjee
Illustrated by Preetam Dhar

Everyone’s wondering what Ameena is up to on a sleepy Sunday afternoon. After all, where did the coconut shell, the paint, the buttons, and newspaper go?

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What’s Cooking? — illustrated by Kruttika Susarla

Level B1 (estimated) · 17 pages · English

What’s Cooking?

Written by Anjali Nayar
Illustrated by Kruttika Susarla

While Mira’s father goes to the market to buy raisins, the kheer he was cooking disappears. Who ate up the kheer while he was away?

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What’s My Mother Tongue? — illustrated by Canato Jimo

Level B1 (estimated) · 11 pages · English

What’s My Mother Tongue?

Written by Abokali Jimomi
Illustrated by Canato Jimo

It is Language Day at Zhevili’s school in Nagaland. She has to introduce herself in her mother tongue. But what is her mother tongue? Zhevili isn’t sure. This endearing book tells the story of identity and disappearing languages.

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What’s That Noise? — illustrated by Sushant Ahire

Level A1 (estimated) · 10 pages · English

What’s That Noise?

Written by Naima Ramakrishnan, Nisha Ramakrishnan
Illustrated by Sushant Ahire

On a sleepy Sunday afternoon, the residents of Band Baajaa Colony hear strange sounds outside. Is it a cat or a bird? A kettle or a whistle? Read to find out what they discover.

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What’s That Smell? — illustrated by Tarique Aziz

Level B1 (estimated) · 16 pages · English

What’s That Smell?

Written by Ashwitha Jayakumar
Illustrated by Tarique Aziz

Someone’s been eating all of Madhav and Tara’s food. Strange creatures, fuzzy monsters, or something invisible? Who could it be?

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What’s That Sound? — illustrated by Mitrarun Halder

Level A1 (estimated) · 9 pages · English

What’s That Sound?

Written by Zubin Miller
Illustrated by Mitrarun Halder

It’s late at night and Reena is lying in bed. Suddenly, she starts to hear a strange noise coming from somewhere in the house…

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