A Book For Puchku – A Story About the Love of Reading

A Book For Puchku – Puchku just loves books. She reads and reads all day long. Until one day she has read all the books, all that is except the ones on the very high shelf. How ever will she get to the books on the very high shelf? Read this beautifully illustrated picture book, A Book for Puchku, to find out.

This book is another great creative commons children’s story book brought to us by Pratham and the Storyweaver platform.

Author: Deepanjana Pal
Illustrator: Rajiv Eipe

Text and Images from A Book For Puchku

“Puchku! Have a bath!”

“Puchku! Eat your food!” 

“Puchku! Go to class!” 
“Puchku! Get on the bus!”
“Puchku! Do your homework!”

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