Cheep Cheep Drip Drip

Author: Lubaina Bandukwala

Illustrator: Zainab Tambawalla

It’s hard to be still,

it’s hard to be quiet.

It's hard to say no,

to toes that wiggle so.

It's hard to keep down

these merry feet,

When sounds all around tap a happy beat.

Cheep, cheep, cheep call the sparrows.

Drip, drip, drip goes the tap.

SHEE... SHEEEE...

SHEE... sings the cooker.

Crunch, crunch, crunch...

... uh oh, I know what that is!

“Why little one, have you wandered so far, away from your books, your toys and your cars? Why indeed? There’s nothing here to hear or to see.”

I look up at mamma. I look in surprise. Can she not see?

Can she not hear? The cheep , the drip , the sheee ...

... and the crunch? A world full of sounds, all waiting to be found?

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Illustration Attributions:

Cover page: Girl peeping out of a window , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Girl and butterfly , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Girl, butterfly and toys , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Girl leaning from a window , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Girl and bird , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Girl washing hands , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Girl and a bird drinking water , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Girl and pressure cooker , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Girl and feet on grass , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Girl and woman , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 11: Girl surprised , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This book was made possible by Pratham Books' StoryWeaver platform. Content under Creative Commons licenses can be downloaded, translated and can even be used to create new stories provided you give appropriate credit, and indicate if changes were made. To know more about this, and the full terms of use and attribution, please visit the following link .

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Page 12: Happy girl , by Zainab Tambawalla © Pratham Books, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Cheep Cheep Drip Drip (English)

The baby in this book hears so many interesting sounds around her. Can you hear them too?

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

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