BOOK 18#

Title- 'Mithai'

Publisher, Year, Place- NCERT, 2008, New Delhi

Grade- 1st and 2nd

Genre- Picture Book

Theme - Food

Name of the Series- 'Barkha Series'

Brief Biography

'Barkha Series' has been published by NCERT with a special focus on Early Grades . It is understood that children enter school with an existing vocabulary that has several words. So they already have a rich language resource of their own , even before they start learning reading and writing. The aim of 'Barkha Series' is to utilize this existing knowledge source of children.

The stories in the series are usually around day to day events of children's lives. The illustrations have been designed by keeping a young audience mind. And the text is easy to read and comprehend.

Synopsis

This story is about a donkey , who wishes to eat something sweet. But he couldn't think of a sweet he shall eat. He asks his friends to help him in making a choice.

 

Would you like to see what he finally does?

Reading - Writing Strategies

Pre- reading

• Show the cover of the book to the students and ask them to predict the story.
• Ask them where does a donkey live?

During reading

• Have you ever seen an animal eat sweets?
  
• Point to the picture and ask them about the animal in the picture; what animal it is? what does it eat? where does it live?
• Why is the donkey saying no? Do you also say no to eating certain things?

Post reading

• You can ask the students to write about any sweet dish that is cooked in their homes.
  

Reflection

Stories in Barkha Series have very relatable themes. They have great visuals and are not loaded with text, which allows us as practitioners to keep young children engaged. Stories like 'Mithai' quite cleverly depict human like features in animal characters. As the way the character of the donkey is fussing over what to eat, is quite similar to the way young children and sometimes adults as well, act when it comes to eating.