Out in the Garden

Author: Storyweaver, Pratham Books

Illustrator: Sonal Gupta

Wondering what to do with wordless stories?

Wordless stories are wonderful because they contain infinite possibilities. Here are a few ideas for engaging with children using visual stories:

- Explore the story in a leisurely manner. Draw attention to the details - the expressions of the characters, setting, colours, etc. The idea is for each child to build her own story. If the story is being shown to a group of children, you could ask each of them to contribute a sentence or two for each illustration. Take joy in exploring each illustration and build the story as you go along.

- Use themes explored in the story to start a discussion. For instance, in this story, you could talk to them about gardening or even about different kinds of weather (sunny, stormy, rainy, etc).

- Encourage children to create 2-3 different stories using the same set of visuals. This will help push their imagination, especially in a story such as this, with elements of fantasy.

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Story Attribution:

This story: Out in the Garden is written by Storyweaver, Pratham Books . © Pratham Books , 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

Illustration Attributions:

Cover page: A man gardening , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Man with a spade walking through a valley of flowers , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: A man gardening , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: A man watching lightning in the sky , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: A man running as fish fall from above , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Flowers in the sun , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: A manta ray in a valley of flowers , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: A man running as fish fall from above , by Sonal Gupta © Sonal Gupta, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Out in the Garden (English)

A man is out in his garden, digging and sowing, when it starts to rain and strange things happen... like fish falling from the sky!

This is a Level 1 book for children who are eager to begin reading.

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