vever I PMH late a stored ‘Written by Anupa Lal Illustrated by Suvidha Mistry(Original Story in English “My Blest Friend! by Anupa Lal Mustrations by: Suvidha Mistry “Meri Sahel? — Hindi Translation by Anupa Lal © Pratham Books, 2015, Some rights reserved, CC-BY 40 First Englsh-Hindi Edition: 2015 ISBN: 978-93-5022-296-6 “Typesetting and ayout:Pravham Books, New Delhi Printed by: Rave India, New Delhi Published by: Pratham Books | wwwprathambooks.org Registered office: PRATHAM BOOKS 1¥621, 2nd Floor, Sth Main, OMBR Layout Banaswadl, Bengaluru 560 043 “Te+91 80 42052574 1 41159009 Regional Office: Now Delhi | 1:91 11 41042483, The development of this book has been supported by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited ‘join Venture with Standard Life lertments Some righ reserved The tory text and the ilustrasons are CC-BY 40 ® Teens which means you can download this bok, remix Thstratons and even make anew sory ll for feel To know more about th andthe ull keorglee terms of use and attribution vit httpliprathamtMy Best Friend Written by: Anupa Lal Illustrated by: Suvidha Mistry At Beet ‘Chat Ue feet sigara: STefTT ele Raion: Bfeen Pret [~~| have a friend. She lives in my house. VY VU Av VV EN? Ad we Teoh 2 ae a oe 4 eect 21When | am happy, so is she. ae oft wer att 2 3When I cry, she cries too. wa F Act g ae ft Act 21But | cannot hear her voice. My friend lives inside the mirror. FR SAG saws ae sitet! AD aot A efit H seg 21“Come out/’| tell her, “we will play” She does not come out.lam not happy. Igo to sleep.She comes out of the mirror in my sleep! And we have fun. 2 — aa ag oft & stax are 2, AR ase FI Ue aed wed ZIWe play, we run, we shout and scream together.When | talk to her, she also talks to me.In the morning, : So my friend will go back’ into the mirror. eftst 4 ga sresttBut | don’t mind at all. We will ara Fadl Boch! A rat FA play again in my dreams! Gilet flee wae A Ast Hest!Read India Pratham Books was set up in 2004, as part of the Read India movement, a nation-wide campaign to promote reading among children. Pratham Books is a not-for-profit organization that publishes quality books for children in multiple Indian languages. Our mission is to see "a book in every child's hand" and democratize the joy of reading. If you would like to contribute to our mission, please email us at info@prathambooks.org. 4 ‘Anupa Lal has written more than twenty books for children. She has also translated many stories written by Munshi Premchand, from Hindi co English including his last novel Godaan. ‘Anupa Lal enjoys interacting with children and has conducted many storytelling sessions. 4 a Suvidha Mistry isa freelance illustrator and a graphic artist. Along with ilustrating books for children, she also cconduets workshops for them.‘Would you like to have a very special friend? Look into this book and you may find that you already have a very special friend! ‘Ta TTS stro US Ta Shea TARY? ag, Fa Seve BY afeyl at aoa 2 araet oft vo fareren dha area aaa Ofte sre Learning to read level by le This ie Level | book. Beginning to Read Read Aloud For very young cilren whe ar eager wo bagn Feading an ening to 1 Reading Independently For children who are ready to read on thelr own A Bilingual Book Bilingual books allow children to read the same story in two. Tanguages ~ English and another Indian language. It works ‘wonderfully ifthe story is read frst n the language that te child Is more familar with and then read again n the second language. fonda ger a aed es G eect A a at we weg, ao 3 ae fe arate a 31 a at oe eae Hoel sar Fr we wy hae at arg A Re a Hw oT a geet age owe fr i KA My Best Friend (Englsh-Hind) PRATHAM BOOKS MRP: 30.00 Pratham Books is a not-for-profit, as ‘organization that publishes books in utile Indian languages to promote reading among children www prathambooks.org phrepssdtezerse