Two friends learn about repairing broken items, a shirt, an iron, a bicycle tyre. This story is about inspiring repair and not throwing away broken items to reduce our carbon footprint.
Attribution Text: A Stitch in Time (English), written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad, illustrated by Ankitha Kini, supported by CISCO, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2018) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in.
Written by Himadri Das, Veena Prasad . © Pratham Books , 2018.
Sample text from A Stitch in Time – repairing broken items
Khrrrrrrr…
“Oh no,” wails Shyam.
The seams of his favourite shirt have come apart.
“I can’t wear this shirt anymore, Thatha!
“Of course you can, silly,” his grandfather says.
“We can repair it!”
Thatha takes a needle and a spool of blue thread.
He shows Shyam how to stitch
the seams together.
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this book tells me how to recycle things
this is a good book it is very intresting and helpfull
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i realy liked it
yes I enjoyed the book
Nice message conveyed in a very simple way for young and adults to understand and implement.
Good recycling messages.
best book ever!
this is one of the best books anyone could read.
We love it! It gives young generation a message.
I loved this book.It was so fun.