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Meena is a little girl who lives in a village with her parents, her grandmother,
her brother Raju, and her baby sister, Rani. Mithu, the parrot, is her best friend'
' In manyw ays,M eenai s likea ny otherl ittleg irly ou know.S he is friendlyb ut is
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Sh"re in Meena'sa dventureas s she laughs,c limbst rees,a sksq uestionsa nd
solvesprob|ems,andshowsyouallthethingsthataIitt|egir|cando.
Script: Rachel Carnegie
Orginal concePt: Neill Mckee
Comicb ooka daptation: DeepaB alsavara nd
DeeP Hari
Artistic development
and charactedr esigns: Ram Mohan
Research: Dr Mira Aghi and research
teamsi n BangladeshIn, dia,
NePal and Pakistan
Layout and design: Harsha Mehta
Kelvin LoPez
Sachin Satankar
Milind Kadam
Creativeg uidancea nd NuzhatS hahzadi
projectm anagement: UNICEF- Rosa

4. On the way she saw the villages hopkeeperH. e was talkinga loudt o himselfa nd dancingw ith
joy for havingf ound a young bridef or his son. "A youngg irl will do all the houseworka nd I
won't have to pay for it!" he laughed.

5. [4eenaw as 'reryu psetw hen she discoveredth at it was Ritaw ho was to be the youngb ride.
Ri taw aso ni , /1 5 yearso ld,a nds hew antedt o cont inueh ers tudiesS" hed idn otw antt o mar ry
buts hed idr ot knowh owto tel lh enp arentsN. leenas i iggestedth at theya skG nandnnother for
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11. Suddenlyt,h t:y heard an L.infarnilivaori ce." What is the matter?"a sked a handsomey oung
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13. Meena and Raju u,lereo verjcyecia nd thanlltr:ctlji e ',roui1sjmaAnr"l n i:litrli ;lr.lr,;hi:lr
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14. Raju followed the stranger to find out who he was. He saw him being greeted joyously by the
shopkeeper".B abu!M y son, my son!"s houtedt he shopkeeper. "Welcome back! | have some

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18. Just then, Grandmother had a wonderful idea. lt was decided that Babu and Rita would get
engaged and wait three years for the marriage. In the meantime, both of them would complete
their studies.T he shopkeeperl oved his son too much so he agreedt o this as well.

19. Remembegr,i rlsb elow1 8 aret oo youngt o marry.
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20. Other titles in this series
1. Count Your Chickens
2. Dividingth e Mango
3. Will Meena Leave School?
4. Who's Afraid of the Bully?
5. Saving a Life
6. Meena's Three wishes
7. Say No to Dowry
B. Take Care of Girls
9. I Love School
10. lt's Got to Be a Bov!
11. A Girls' Story
12. Meena in the City
Also Available
* Meena Educational Package
* Video cassettes
* Radio Series
For details contact:
UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia
P.O. Box 5815, Lekhnath Marg
KathmanduN, epal.
Tel: 977-1-417082
Email: nshahzadi@unicef.org
rosa@unicef.org
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