HELLO!
HELLO! text and pictures
Deepa Balsavar
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ISBN 978-81-8146-585-6 © Tulika Publishers © Series concept and design Radhika Menon First published in India 2009 Reprinted in 2011
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Hello! (English)
“Hello!” says the sun.
“Hello!” says the rain.
“Hello!” say the butterflies.
“Hello!” say the bees.
“Hello!” say the birds.
“Hello!” say the trees.
“Hello!” says Thambi.
“Hello!” says the flower.
The story is over. Let’s draw.
These are Thumb Thumb Thambi’s favourite f lowers.
Put your thumbprint on this page and draw a picture.
These are my favourite flowers.
I CAN READ THIS BOOK!
THUMB THUMB BOOKS is a unique reading series created around the commonplace thumbprint. Words and pictures tell simple stories, sometimes with unexpected twists, featuring Thumb Thumb Thambi and Thumb Thumb Thangi and their world of thumbprints. The books use words from a child’s rich and spontaneous spoken vocabulary rather than from the formal, graded one. Short sentences, bold type and vibrant pictures make reading effortless and enchanting. At the end of the story, children are encouraged to make drawings using their own thumbprints and feel at home in the pages of the book. Every book carries on the last page the line, ‘I can read this book.’ Each time a child reads this out aloud, it affirms the young reader’s place in the world of books. Thumb Thumb Books offer a dynamic creative space in which to learn to read.
This is a Thumb Thumb Thambi Book Av ailable in En glish, Hin di, Tam il, Kan n ada, Telugu, Malayalam , Marathi, Gujarati, Ban gla
ENGLISH Age 4+ / ` 45