The Special Painter

Author: Dương Ngọc Tú Quỳnh Illustrators: Nguyễn Minh Hải, Nguyễn Minh Hải Translator: Gouri Srindhi

Teo loves to draw! Teo's mom is a painter. Teo's dad is an art teacher. Teo's right hand is missing fingers, but he dreams of being a painter and wants to draw beautiful pictures. 2/25

Teo's mom enrols him in a class at the children's centre.

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The teacher asks the class to draw a zoo. The students are excited.

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Na wants to paint peacocks. Ti loves drawing cats. Bin wants to draw a polar bear. 5/25

Hoa is curious. “Which one do you want to draw?” she asks Teo. “I want to draw all of them!” says Teo.

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Ti is sharpening pencils. “Will you use the paint brushes or the pencils?” he asks. “I will use both,” says Teo.

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Bin takes out the colour box and asks, “will you draw with your left hand?” Teo is confused. “I will try to draw with both hands.”

8/25

Na blends the colours. “Which colours will you use?” she asks. “I will use all of them!” says Teo happily.

9/25

But Teo cannot hold a brush in his right hand because he does not have fingers. It keeps slipping off.

10/25

Teo tries to draw a chicken first. But soon, his hand is splattered with colours.

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Teo feels like giving up. Suddenly, he spots a funny shape on his palm. The spot on his hand looks like a chick!

12/25

Teo has an idea!

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Teo paints his hand brown. He giggles. “Now I will draw with my hand,” he says.

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Teo places his hand on the corner of the paper.

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He smiles and adds a few brown spots. Look, it’s a cute puppy!

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Teo makes two more yellow marks with his hand and his arm.

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Then he adds orange dots to them. Look, a giraffe!

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Next, Teo paints his foot brown and steps on the paper.

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He draws a few lines. How cool! An adorable bear appears.

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Teo continues to paint his heels blue and pink, and stamps them on the page.

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A few lines more, and colourful birds appear on the paper.

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“The train that takes us around the zoo is missing,” says Teo. “Does anyone want to draw it with me?”

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This is the coolest class ever! Together the kids paint a wonderful picture. 24/25

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Story Attribution: This story: The Special Painter is translated by Gouri Srindhi . The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Based on Original story: 'HỌA SĨ TÈO NHÍ', by Dương Ngọc Tú Quỳnh . © Room to Read , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Images Attributions: Cover page: The Special Painter cover, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Man woman and boy painting , by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Boy and his mother in front of a house , by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Group of children looking at something, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Animals and Children looking at something, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Boy and girl playing with paint , by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Boys with coloured pencils, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: A girl and a boy with a box of colours, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: A colour palette, a sheaf of sheets, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Boy sketching on a sheet, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Images Attributions: Page 11: A sketch of a chicken, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 12: child drawing chicken , by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 13: Boy sticking pages together, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 14: Hand of a child dipped in paint, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 15: A girl looking at a hand, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 16: Animal in a crouched position, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 17: A boy looking at a sheet with two arms painted on it, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 18: Giraffe munching on leaves, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 19: Foot prints leading towards us, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 20: A bear sitting on the ground, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 21: Spots of colour on a page, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 22: Four birds flying to the left, and one to the right, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Images Attributions: Page 23: Hands surrounding a bear with birds flying over him, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 24: Children standing on a huge canvas with many birds and animals painted on it, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 25: Happy children with paint everywhere, by Nguyễn Minh Hải © Room to Read, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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The Special Painter (English)

Teo is missing the fingers on his right hand, but he loves painting and hopes to become a painter. Do you think Teo will be able to live out his dream in art class?

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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