My Garden

Author: Renuka Thapa

Illustrator: Kishor Joshi

Translator: Shannon David

My garden has lots of beautiful flowers. It is always full of butterflies. They love the flowers.

Honey bees love the beautiful flowers, too. They buzz happily around my garden every day.

Even big bumblebees love to visit my garden, floating from flower to flower.

My garden has so many flowers that pipits visit it too. A pipit is a kind of small bird that has a medium to long tail.

Look! The jasmine has blossomed. Its little flowers smell sweet.

The velvet flower has blossomed too, pretty and purple. The scientific name of the velvet flower is Amaranthus caudatus .

The red leaves of the poinsettia are swirling and their fragrance fills my garden.

The scientific name of the poinsettia is Euphorbia pulcherrima .

This little butterfly visits my garden every day. She is shy, but I know she is my friend.

This little honey bee loves the most colorful flowers. She is shy, but I know she is my friend too.

This big bumblebee buzzes loudly all around. He is not shy at all!

The happy sun shines on my garden all day long, helping the flowers grow.

I like to give flowers to my friends when they go by.

I love my beautiful garden.

What should I grow next?

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This story:My Gardenis translated byShannon David. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'मेरो फूलबारी', byRenuka Thapa. © Room to Read , 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:Two children on a sunny day, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:Butterflies among flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:Bees among flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:Bees among pink flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:A yellow and red bird, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:Yellow and pink flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:Red poinsetta flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Butterfly among white flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:Bee among different flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:Bee among red flowers, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. 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:Two children walking to school, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:A girl among plants and saplings, byKishor Joshi© Room to Read, 2011. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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My Garden (English)

Join a young girl as she spends time in her beautiful garden, full of flowers, butterflies, and bumblebees.

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

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