
The Twelve Animals
by Sancha Kumari Lama Tamang
Ages 4–89 min readFamily & HomeFree to read
A boy doesn't like it when his grandfather calls him Ratty. Does the boy change his mind after his grandfather explains the meaning of this nickname?
A gentle grandfather-and-grandson journey through the twelve Tamang animal years that quietly tells a child every kind of personality — brave, quiet, hardworking, sharing — has its own value.
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