Samira Goes Shopping

Name: Samira Goes Shopping
Author: Bharati Jagannathan

by Bharati Jagannathan

Ages 4–77 min readCuriosity & WonderFree to read

Join Samira and Mouchak on their unusual shopping trip!

A gently distracting neighborhood ramble where a simple errand keeps tempting Samira off-track, opening warm talks about remembering what we've been asked to do.

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Credits & license

Written by Bharati Jagannathan

Illustrated by Preeti Krishnamurthy

License: CC BY 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

Amma asked Samira to buy sooji — what kept pulling her attention away on the walk?
Why do you think Samira decided not to catch the pretty butterfly after all?
What jobs has someone given YOU to do, and was it hard to stay on the path?