The Birthday Picture

‘I’m shy,’ said Mandeep.

‘I want to make friends, but I can’t.’

Her only friend was her mother.

So on her mother’s birthday,

she painted a beautiful picture as a present.

She kept it very carefully.

Then—she lost it…



Ajanta Apartments is a series of stories for three to eight year olds. Younger children will enjoy listening to them being read aloud, and older children can read the stories for themselves. By the time you have read all the books, you will know everyone who lives in the block of flats and they will seem like old friends!