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Soori loves to draw and paint. But where he lives now with his mother is a rundown neighbourhood, unclean, unsafe and completely colourless! He wants to move away, but knows they can’t. He wishes that colours would rain down and brighten the buildings. A few days later, Soori finds himself amidst painters, paint cans and brushes! What’s going on?
Painterly pictures echo real textures in a story about trying to bring colour and hope into a community.
ISBN: 978-81-8146-416-3
Pages: 24
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age : 0-11
Country of Origin: India
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
Radhika Chadha
- Book Type:
- Description: When Paytu the pig goes on a sugarcane walk with Amma the elephant and Hutoxi the horse, she asks Anna and Akka to look after her babies. But the two elephant teenagers get busy in a game of coconut-football... and the piglets disappear! The muddy-buddy fourth story in the ever popular series about Bahadur the baby elephant!
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- Author Name:
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- Author Name:
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