Spot and Spike

Author: Natasha Sharma

Illustrator: Archana Sreenivasan

"You are such a boring, ordinary circle," said Spike to Spot, as he bit into the cake. "Look at me. I’m strong, sharp and poky. I can make you cry!"

"Eeeeeee! Spikes!" shrieked Spot.

"Yes, aren’t I scary?" said Spike.

"Not you! Look there. S… S… Spikier… stronger… sharper… pokier… teeth… shark swimming this way!"

"Shark?" yelped Spike, looking out into the sea.

Spot quickly pulled out her red gel tube. "Hee hee. Boring spots coming up," sniggered Spot.

"Huh? Where’s the shark?" said Spike.

Spike picked up his cake to take another bite. "Eeeeeee! Spots!" he shrieked.

"Yes, aren’t they boring? Probably just harmless chicken pox spots," said Spot.

"Boring! Harmless! What’s harmless about spots? Blech!" screamed Spike. "Spots are scary!"

#6FrameStoryChallenge: A Carnival of Art

The illustrations in this book were created as part of the #6FrameStoryChallenge, an online campaign run by Pratham Books to build a rich bank of illustrations for StoryWeaver. The essence of the #6FrameStoryChallenge was to tell a good story using just 6 illustrations.

The campaign inspired nearly 70 illustrators to donate their time and skills to India’s first open-source story-publishing platform for children.

What started out as an experimental campaign soon blossomed into a carnival of art, birthing nearly 500 new illustrations.

These wordless narratives cut across language barriers, opening up a world of possibilities, encouraging StoryWeaver’s growing community to dream up multiple stories around these images.

The #6FrameStoryChallenge is a powerful reminder of the need for collaboration, to get closer to our mission: “A Book in Every Child’s Hand.”

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 .

Story Attribution:

This story: Spot and Spike is written by Natasha Sharma . © Pratham Books , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

Other Credits:

This story has been inspired by an entry to the #6FrameStoryChallenge, an illustration campaign conducted by Pratham Books. The illustrations in this book were selected as the one of the winning entries of the #6FrameStoryChallenge.

Illustration Attributions:

Cover page: Idli and Cactus at a party , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Idli greedily staring at the cake Cactus is eating , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Startled Idli pointing something out to Cactus , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Spot drawing on Spike's cake , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: White, rounded object whistling, prickly cactus eating a cake , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Spot grinning, Cactus looking worriedly at red dots on the cake , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Idli grabbing a piece of cake while Cactus is running away , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: the 6frame collage , by Archana Sreenivasan © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Spot and Spike (English)

Meet Spot and Spike. Spike thinks Spot is boring and ordinary. Little does he know about Spot's clever little plan.

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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