The Village of Five Poles

The Village of Five Poles

Reading level
1
Language
English
Type
Reading book
Picturebook 0-3
Fiction/Non-fiction
Fiction
Author
Mukesh Malviya
Illustrator
Proiti Roy
Publisher
Room to Read
Theme
Home & Daily Life
Adventure & Mystery
Country
India
Year of publication
2022
Number of pages
20
Licensing condition
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Blurb:

The villagers were excited to hear that the electricity department was coming to install poles to provide electricity to the village. Each day when the workers arrived, the village gathered around them, excitedly watching and helping install the poles. But after five poles had been installed, and before the electricity was connected, the workers disappeared. The villagers waited for them to return, but they did not, and the villagers began to lose hope for receiving electricity. What do you think the village will do with the five poles?

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