Age Group: 6 - 9 Years

Description:

Gilli-Danda is a Level 1 reader from NCERT's Barkha Series, part of the "Musical Instruments, Games and Toys" theme featuring Jeet and Babli as its central characters. While playing gilli-danda by a pond, Jeet tosses the gilli up, and everyone runs to catch it — but it flies across the water and lands beside Babli. Trying to throw it back, she accidentally sends it splashing into the pond. Since Babli knows how to swim, she wades in and retrieves it, delighting all the children. She then joins the game herself — and swings the danda so hard that the gilli lands across the pond again! A playful, energetic story about a traditional Indian game, friendship, and quick thinking.