Khalfan folktales · Ages 5 to 7
Folktales to read out loud, in English and in Urdu.
One small job for the child on every page, two pages of true things behind the story, and a game at the end.
First book, out now
خلفان کے معنی ہیں: وہ جو بعد میں آتا ہے۔ یہ وہ کہانیاں ہیں جو ہمیں سونپی گئیں۔
Khalfan means the one who comes after. These are the stories that were handed to us.
خلفان: مَن يأتي بعدُ. هذه حكاياتٌ سُلِّمت إلينا.
Every page has a small job for your child.
The picture is on the left, the words on the right, and under the words, one job. The job is what makes these books different, so try not to skip it.
A line they say with you, or instead of you.
Something with their body: a roar, a thump, a clap, going still.
A real question with no right answer, so there is nothing to correct.
Something to find in the picture on the left. Let them find it.
Stop reading. Count to three. Then turn the page.
The first folktales
See all the books
The Jackal Who Turned Blue
نیلا گیدڑ
Coming
The Goat That Everybody Called a Dog
وہ بکری جسے سب کتا کہتے رہے
Coming
The Cap Seller and the Monkeys
ٹوپی والا اور بندر
Coming
The Crow and the Pitcher
کوّا اور گھڑا
Coming
The Mice That Ate the Iron
چوہے لوہا کھا گئے
Coming
Two ways to get a book
Everywhere else
Buy on Amazon
In the UK, the US, Canada, the Gulf and beyond. Each book's page links to it on Amazon.
Find a bookCannot read the Urdu?
Hear every page read aloud, in English and in Urdu.
Scan the code on page 2 of the book. It opens that book's own listening page: read the English, play the Urdu, then turn the page.
Hear when a new book is out
Leave your email and we will write when a book comes out.