Bon and Butter

Author: Phạm Thị Thu Trang

Illustrator: Phạm Thị Thu Trang

Translator: Alisha Berger

Bon is on a summer break! He asks Ma toplay.

But she is busy. She tells Bon to ask his Pa.

Bon finds his Pa. “Pa! Want to play ball?”

Pa says no. He is going to work.

But Pa has an idea.

He gives Bon a bag of balloons.

Then Pa goes out the door.

Bon finds his sister.

Su is busy cutting paper for a class party.

She gives Bon some paper. She tells him to make aeroplanes!

Bon is very upset.

Everyone is too busy to play with him!

So Bon goes into the garden.

He will play withButter the parrot.

Butter looks at Bon.

Bon looks at Butter.

Bon has an idea.

He has balloons. He has paper.

Bon gets to work. He cuts and pastes. He pastes and cuts.

Bon works for days!

Finally, it’s Saturday. Everybody is home.

Bon invites his family to a party.

They are surprised.

It is not Bon's birthday. So whose party is it?

Bon just smiles. He asks his family to follow him.

Bon jumps up and down. He laughs. He tells his family that it is Butter's birthday!

Pa gives Butter a puzzle.

Su gives him candy.

Ma bakes a cake.

The family gathers around.

Everybody plays together.

Happy Birthday, Butter!

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Cover page:Boy at a birthday party with a parrot, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:Woman drying clothes on a line, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:Boy holding a ball, a man walking by, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:Man and a boy talking to each other, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:Boy sad to see a man leave, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:Boy and a girl playing on the floor, and making paper fans, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:Boy screaming, and holding pieces of paper in his hand, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Boy on a tree branch with a parrot, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:A child looking up at a parrot sitting on a tree branch, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:A child writing numbers on colourful pieces of paper, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Page 11:Family sitting together, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:Family members walking together, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:Boy and a parrot surrounded by balloons, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:Photograph of a fish, candies in a packet, and a smiley on a cake, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 15:A party scene, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 16:A boy with a clothes hanger, paper pieces strewn around, byPhạm Thị Thu Trang© Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Bon and Butter (English)

It’s summer break, and Bon is bored. Nobody will play with him! Bon decides to throw a party. But whose party is it?

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

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