Takloo the Little Salt Seller – Takloo solves his parents problem with some entrepreneurial spirit. A beautifully illustrated story with a lesson and some insight into Indian culture. This book is published and licensed by Pratham books under the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution (CC-BY-SA) License.
By: Radhika Bapat and Poonam Athalye
Text and Images from Takloo the Little Salt Seller
Takloo was a little boy from Anjarle, a small village in the farm far west if India.
If you went further west, you would be a fish in the ocean.
Anjarle was beautiful it has many trees.
It also had many squirrels. Squirrels love nuts and Anjarle had many nuts, even betel nuts.
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I liked this book because Takloo is very smart and is family is very nice. I would like to be smart like Takloo.
Kanika G writes:
Very cute. The writing style is lovable and the illustrations are expressive.
Monica writes:
Really an awesome book. Doesn’t force values on to the children rather does it in a beautiful way!
ajeetekbote writes:
A very simple story told in a very simple way Liked it very much
Kanimozhi Saravanan writes:
Very nice Book. The story is simple and good. Illustrations are awesome.My little one loved it.