The mystery of the disappearing lamps

Name: The mystery of the disappearing lamps
Author: Mervat Al-Beltagi

by Mervat Al-Beltagi

Ages 5–88 min readFear of the DarkFree to read

A spooky-but-safe mystery where a curious boy chases down the secret of the vanishing lightbulbs and brings the comforting light back to his whole village.

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Written by Mervat Al-Beltagi

Illustrated by Maya Abboud

License: CC BY NC SA 4 0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

How did the village feel when all the lightbulbs disappeared?
What do you think happened to make the lights vanish?
If your house went dark, how would you be brave like Zed?

The mystery of the disappearing lamps

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