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 Meenais a littlegirlwho livesin a villagewith her parents,her grandmother,
her brotherRaju,and her babysister,Rani.Mithu,the parrot,is her bestfriend.
o In manyways,Meenais likeany otherlittlegirlyou know.She is friendlybut is
not afraidto ask questions.
Sharein Meena'sadventures as she laughs,climbstrees,asksquestionsand
solvesproblems,and showsyou all the thingsthat a littlegirl can do.
Script: Deepa Balsavar
with
NuzhatShahzadi
RachelCarnegie
Orginalconcept: Neill Mckee
Creativeteam: Mira Mitra
ri'l S u l e m a nM a l i k
Renu Ghosh
DinitaChapagain
SuranganiBasnayake
AishathDidi
TrinhAnh Tuan
Limia Dewan
SusanAitkin
Artisticdevelopment& RamMohan
characterdesign:
Research: Dr MiraAghi
with research teams from
B a n g l a d e s hI ,n d i a ,N e p a l ,
Sri Lanka, Pakistan,Maldives,
Vietnam
Comic book adaptationl Deepa Balsavarand
HarshaMehta
Creativeguidanceand NuzhatShahzadi
projectmanagement: U N I C E F- R o s a
Producedwith supportfrom The Governmentof Norway
No, Raju. lt's for
Aunt Bijli'sbaby.
 Be gentle.
She needs care
and good food.

Good food?!
How tiredyou look.
Are you eatingwell?
 Hmm!
Good food!
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T h e h e a l t hw o r k e rc a m ei n . S h e l i k e dt o c h e c ku p o n a l l t h e b a b i e si n t h e v i l l a g e .
 We'll make sure
she rests and eats

And l'll make sure

everythingis all right
with her and the baby.
Come,tell me
y o u rn a m e .
See, when they grow bigger,
she will play with them
and teach them
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Let'shug our babies
reallytight!

O o h ,M e e n a !
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h a n d s .W h a ta s p e c i a dl a y !
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Other titles in this series Nations
United Children's
Fund Telephone:
977-1-4417082
1. Count your Chickens Regional forSouth
Office Asia Facsimile:
977-1-4418461
PO'Box5815 www.unicef.org
2. Dividingthe Mango
Lekhnath
Marg
3. will Meena Leave school? Kathmandu'
Nepal
4. Take Care of Girls
5. Who'sAfraidof the Bully?
6. Savinga Life
7. Meena'sThreeWishes
B. Say No to Dowry
L Too Young to Marry
10. I Love School
11. lt's Got to Be a Boy!
12. A Girls'Story
13. Meenain the City
14. Strangersin the Village
15. ReachingOut

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