Too Big! Too Small!: Learn English (US) with subtitles - Story for Children & Adults "BookBox.com"

Shanu is too big for Ammi to carry. And too small to go to school alone. Are you too small to read this story on your own? Or are you too big to have someone read it aloud with you? Watch it and find out!

Too big! Too small!
By Lavanya Karthik
“I can’t lift you up, Shanu!”
says Ammi.
“You are too big!”
“You can’t walk to school alone, Shanu!”
says Abbu.
“You are too small!”
“You can’t sleep in the baby’s cot, Shanu!”
says Dadu.
“You are too big!”
“You can’t carry the baby to the park, Shanu!”
says Dadi.
“You are too small!”
Shanu is puzzled.
Too big! Too small!
How can she be too big and
too small all at once?"
Too big to wear her old pink dress.
Too small to make dosas at the stove.
Too big to climb up on Dadu’s back?
Too small to carry the baby on hers?
“What am I the right size for?”
Shanu wonders.
Ammi smiles and says,
“Why, you are just big enough
to go to big school.”
“And you are just small enough
for me to carry you on my shoulders,”
says Abbu.
“You are just big enough
to take me for my morning walks,”
says Dadu.
“And you are just small enough
for me to tell stories to,”
says Dadi.
“And you will always, always
be the perfect size… for this!"
all say,
and give her a warm,
wonderful hug.

Story: Lavanya Karthik
Illustrations: Lavanya Karthik
Narration: Tara Kothari & Bernadette Joseph
Music: Rajesh Gilbert
Animation: BookBox

This story has been provided for free under the CC-BY license by Pratham Books, which is a not-for-profit children's books publisher with a mission to see "A book in every child's hand". Visit http://www.prathambooks.org/ and http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/cc-tra... to know more. Artwork has been adapted from the original book while the animation, music and narration have all been done by BookBox. This story artwork is originally illustrated by Lavanya Karthik.

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