Who Can Fly without Wings?

Author: Drubha Esh

Illustrator: Sabyasachi Hazra

Translator: Stephanie Wei

Birds have wings. Birds fly.

Dragonflies have wings.

Dragonflies fly.

Butterflies have wings.

Butterflies fly.

Can anyone fly

without wings?

Of course!

Clouds do not have wings.

Clouds fly.

Kites do not have wings.

Kites fly.

Here are Tithi, Anu, and Kushum...

They do not have wings.

Can they fly?

They are not birds,

nor dragonflies,

nor butterflies.

They are not clouds.

They are not kites either.

Can they fly?

Yes! With their imagination !

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This story:Who Can Fly without Wings?is translated byStephanie Wei. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'ডানা ছাড়া ওড়ে কারা', byDrubha Esh. © Room to Read , 2018. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:Birds on a branch, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:A bird flying over six birds sitting on a branch, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:Three dragonflies, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:Two butterflies hovering over a flower, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:A butterfly, a dragonfly and a bird, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:A bush with flowers, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:Three clouds, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Three kites, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:Faces of three children, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:Three children, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. 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 11:Three children amid nature, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:Three children under a cloud, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:A kite flying over colourful pomegranates and three children, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:Three children flying with winged creatures, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 15:Collage of various natural and man made things, bySabyasachi Hazra© Room to Read, 2013. 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/

Who Can Fly without Wings? (English)

Tithi, Anu and Kushum don't need wings to fly like birds or dragonflies or butterflies. Through the power of play and imaginary wings, they soar as high as a kite or a cluster of clouds.

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

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