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A Flower Carpet for Onam

A read aloud picture book for kids ages 5 to 10 (Kindergarten to 5th Grade). Tap Read it to me and Buzzby the bee reads each page out loud, so early readers can follow along with the words.

A Buzzby StorybookA Flower Carpet for Onam

Ages 5 to 10 Kindergarten to 5th Grade 10 pages Read aloud

The first pages

In Kerala, a green state in the south of India, families celebrate a big harvest festival called Onam. It lasts ten days and is full of flowers.

Each morning, Anjali and her grandmother Ammamma made a pookalam, a flower carpet, on the ground by the front door.

What happens next? The rest of the story, every painted page and Buzzby's narration open with a free account.

Talk time questions

  • What did Anjali use to make the pookalam?
  • What was served on the banana leaf?
  • What could you make little by little each day?

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