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Up World, down world

by Padmaparna Ghosh

Ages 3–710 min readMaking FriendsFree to read

In a canopy forest in India, the Up World and Down World have always been suspicious of each other. But it all changes when Gopa the dormouse drops her book by accident on Fatima’s head. A story about the biodiversity of the canopy forests and friendship.

A charming tale of an unlikely friendship between a girl below and a tiny dormouse above that turns a child's fear of the unknown into wonder.

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Written by Padmaparna Ghosh

Illustrated by Sunaina Coelho

License: CC BY 4.0

Published by Pratham Books / StoryWeaver · via Global Digital Library

Up World, down world (English), written by Padmaparna Ghosh, illustrated by Sunaina Coelho, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in

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