RAINY FLIES TO THE INDIAN OCEAN

By A ANNAPURNA SHARMA

'Rainy flies to the Indian Ocean' is the story of an ugly caterpillar, Rainy that turns into a beautiful butterfly. She wishes to visit new lands and longs for thrilling adventures. She decides to fly to the vast Indian Ocean. On her way she meets the proud owl, Barny and the helpful hen, Henny. Read on to find out more about the exciting places Rainy visits and the new friends she makes and the new things she learns.

• Language: English
• Publisher: A ANNAPURNA SHARMA
• Release date: Dec 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781502267399

A ANNAPURNA SHARMA

Annapurna Sharma currently volunteers as one of the editors of literary e-journal Muse India. Her works are forthcoming or appeared on International Writers Journal, Westward Quarterly, Mad Swirl, Spark, Destine Literare, Reader’s Digest, Women’s Era, Assam Tribune, Active Muse amongst others. She also contributes book reviews to Muse India and Triveni Journal. A nutritionist by profession but she’s a writer at heart. Her maiden book of poems Melodic Melange was awarded for excellence, 2019 (Pulitzer Books). Her poem was shortlisted for All India Poetry Competition, 2017 conducted by The Poetry Society of India.  Annapurna Sharma currently volunteers as one of the editors of literary e-journal Muse India. Her works are forthcoming or appeared on International Writers Journal, Westward Quarterly, Mad Swirl, Spark, Destine Literare, Reader’s Digest, Women’s Era, Assam Tribune, Active Muse amongst others. She also contributes book reviews to Muse India and Triveni Journal. A nutritionist by profession but she’s a writer at heart. Her maiden book of poems Melodic Melange was awarded for excellence, 2019 (Pulitzer Books). Her poem was shortlisted for All India Poetry Competition, 2017 conducted by The Poetry Society of India.  

Book preview

To

My family

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All the little ones I know

Sruti, Lasya, Suryanshu, Krishna & Srihari.

I dedicate this book to all the brave ‘kids’ of Peshawar who lost their lives to cowardly acts.

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I wish to thank Jane Finch, Mary Vela, Amanda Miles and Heather Reily, whose valuable opinions and advice helped me quite a lot in optimizing the book.

Prologue

Dear kids,

It is the story of Rainy, an ugly caterpillar that turns into a beautiful butterfly. Rainy flutters, flaps and flies to the Indian Ocean. On her way, she explores new places, makes new friends and learns new things. I want all the tiny ones to be like her – bold & beautiful, free & happy, friendly & helpful.

Come, let’s find out more about Rainy and her exciting adventures.

RAINY, THE UGLY CATERPILLAR

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The sun shone brightly over the flower fields. Birds chattered happily, sparrows chirped loudly and squirrels darted collecting nuts. Frogs croaked while ducks splashed in the cool waters of the little pond. After the bitter winter, it was spring time. All animals and birds scuttled busily in search of food.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Bees carried sweet nectar from the flowers to the huge beehive on the guava tree. Winnie, a

Reviews for RAINY FLIES TO THE INDIAN OCEAN

[Ramesh Kumar · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Though the free trail was too small, but i am sure kids are going to love this books. The colourful pictures are an add treat to the little ones.

[ChoppalliShankarRao · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Really Fantastic. Firstly I would like to congratulate the author for a nice presentation. Also the the narration of the story is as such it is really in front of us and the pictures and colors are bright and very nice. The book is worth buying so that our children can easily scroll and they really enjoy it.

[kuppamadhav · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

very nice & interesting. The author tried to inculcate the basic mannerisms to the little ones in a beautiful way. The pictures are artistic and natural.