Kaushik, The Kind Detective

 

SHORT STORY FOR KIDS WRITTEN & TRANSLATED BY N. CHOKKAN

ILLUSTRATED BY MEGHA VISHWANATH

OTHER CREDITS: This book was originally published on Storyweaver by Pratham Books. It was created as part of StoryWeaver’s ‘Weave-a-Story’ campaign which focussed on translating stories into as many languages as possible. This story was created by the author in collaboration with his daughters N. Nangai & N. Mangai.

* THE STORY ‘’KAUSHIK THE KIND DETECTIVE’ WAS CREATED BY PRATHAM BOOKS AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS -BY-4.0 LICENSE. MINOR FORMATTING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

Let’s Chat About The Stories ~ Ideas for Talking With Kids

Friendship

1. Kaushik says he will help his new friend learn to build a house. What other things can you think of that friends might help each other to do?

Empathy

1. The tiny girl Lalitha is very frightened of Kaushik at first. Why do you think she might have felt frightened?

2. What did Kaushik say and do in the story that might have helped to reassure her that he was friendly?