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Reading level: Level 2: Early reader
Language: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch (BE), English (AU), English (UK), English (IN), English (US), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Malay, Portuguese, Portuguese (BR), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Spanish (US), Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Type: Picturebook
Fiction/Non-fiction: Fiction
Author: Sinthanou Sidavone
Illustrator: Nivong Sengsakoun
Publisher: Room to Read
Theme: Home & Daily Life, Art, Music & Literature, Social & Emotional Skills, Animals, Birds & Insects
Country: Laos
Year of publication: 2022
Number of pages: 15
Licensing condition: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Blurb: Bounthy’s father captures a dove and puts it in a cage. Bounthy likes listening to the dove’s coo. His father catches more birds, but they are sad to be kept in cages. One day, Bounthy discovers the birds will not sing at all. Will Bounthy be able to make the birds happy so they will sing again?

The following changes were made from the original:
- Replaced original text with translated strings over coloured background
- Added voice-over in each page for translated strings
- Added assisted navigation in each page
- Moved print cover and attributions page to the end of the book
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