The Moon and The CapAuthor: Rohini NilekaniIllustrator: Angie & Upesh

All of us went to the Dasara fair.

2/12

Papa bought Chintu fancy glasses. Mother bought me a bright blue cap. Thebaby got sugar candy.

3/12

On the way home, a very strong wind came.It blew my cap away.

4/12

My cap got stuck on a branch of the old Pipal tree.

5/12

I cried a lot. And I did not eat my dinner.

6/12

Later that night, the moon came up.It looked at my cap on the old Pipal tree.

7/12

It tried on my cap. The moon smiled happily. I had to smile too.

8/12

After school the next day, my mother gave me a shiny new red cap. “Themoon sent it,” she said.

9/12

That night, both the moon and I wore our caps and smiled. We were happy.

10/12

Do you think the sun needs a hat?

11/12

Guess which cap I am wearing today!

12/12

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Images Attributions:Cover page: Boy holding a cap against a full moon sky, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2: Family at a market, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Children wearingfancy glasses and eating candy, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Boy losing hiscap in the wind, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Boys looking at cap caught on atree, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Boys sitting during meal and one boycrying, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Boy looking at cap caught on a tree froma window, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Boy looking at moon wearing a cap,by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Boy holding a red cap, by Angie & Upesh ©Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Boy wearing a red cap and smiling moon wearing a blue cap , byAngie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 11: Boys looking at the sun, by Angie & Upesh ©Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Images Attributions:Page 12: Boy and different caps, by Angie & Upesh © Pratham Books, 2007. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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

(English)The Moon and The Cap

Do you like to wear a cap on a sunny day? Find out who else likes towear a cap in this charming book.

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