Thambu's Kite
Author: Mythily Thevaraja
Illustrator: R. C. Pradeep Kumar
Translator: Alisha Berger
This is Thambu and his family.
2/14
Oh no!
Thambu's string breaks.
His kite flies away!
3/14
Thambu runs after the kite.
4/14
Appa runs after
Thambu.
5/14
Amma runs after
Appa.
6/14
Akka runs after
Amma.
7/14
Chinamma runs
after Akka.
8/14
Mama runs after
Chinamma.
9/14
Look who is running
after Mama!
10/14
Everyone is running.
Oh no, oh no! Watch out!
11/14
Everyone stops.
Thambu doesn't!
12/14
Pruushhhhh!
Praashhhhh!
Thambu catches his
kite.
13/14
14/14
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BY 4.0 license. Page 2: A boy plays with a kite as his family looks on, by R. C. Pradeep Kumar © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under
CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: A kite's thread breaks and it flies away, by R. C. Pradeep Kumar © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC
BY 4.0 license. Page 4: A child runs after a kite, by R. C. Pradeep Kumar © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page
5: A man runs after a boy, by R. C. Pradeep Kumar © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: A woman runs
after a man, by R. C. Pradeep Kumar © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: A girl runs after a woman, by
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Thambu's Kite
Thambu loves flying his kite. One day, the string breaks while
(English) Thambu is flying it. What will Thambu do?
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