Lara the Yellow Ladybird

Authors: Catherine Holtzhausen, Martha Evans, Nadene Kriel

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Unlike all her
friends, she had
bright yellow wings.

3/20
Everyone loved her yellow wings.

4/20
Each morning, Bibi Butterfly said hello.
And Manto Mantis always waved.

5/20
Even Sesa, the sulky spider,
was happy to see her.

6/20
At school, she
played with lots of
friends.

7/20
But Lara wanted
to be like the
other ladybirds.

“I wish I had
red wings like you,
Mama,” she cried.

8/20
So one day, to cheer
her up, Lara’s
mother painted her
wings bright red.

9/20
The next morning, nobody greeted Lara on her way to school.

10/20
And when she got there, none of her friends said hello.

11/20
 Lara sat all alone.
No one noticed
her new red wings.

12/20
Until Miss Miya
spotted her and
said: “You’ve
painted your lovely
yellow wings!”

13/20
Lara’s classmates were shocked.
“Your wings are special!”
“So unique!”
“So rare!”

14/20
“Lara,” Miss Miya
said, “your yellow
wings are what
make you you.
Like Sipho’s spot…
and Sally’s legs.”

15/20
Back home, Lara
took a long bath
and scrubbed until
her golden wings
gleamed.

16/20
 “I’ll never paint my wings again!”
she thought. Except, maybe once or twice …

17/20
To try a bit of purple
… or something
nice.

But not for ever and

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Cover page: A yellow ladybird standing happily in a garden, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released
under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: A ladybird sitting on a stalk, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released
under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: A yellow ladybird in the middle of lots of red ladybirds, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some
rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: A mother ladybird with her child, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some
rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Insects greeting each other happily, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016.
Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: A spider hanging from a web, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016.
Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: A yellow ladybird in the midst of red ladybirds waving at each other, by Catherine
Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: A ladybird crying in front of another, by
Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: A ladybird painting a yellow
ladybird red, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: A ladybird waving
at a spider and a butterfly, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 11: Five
ladybirds in a row in a garden, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Page 13: A little ladybird crying in front of an elder ladybird, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released
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reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 15: An old ladybird talking about different kinds of ladybirds, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine
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Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 17: A yellow ladybird standing happily, by Catherine
Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 18: A ladybird standing with a paintbrush in a
garden, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 19: A yellow ladybird
thinking of purple and green ladybirds, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.
Page 20: A yellow ladybird stands out amid countless red ladybirds, by Catherine Holtzhausen © Catherine Holtzhausen, 2016. Some rights reserved.
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Lara the Yellow Ladybird
(English) A yellow bug in a world of red, Lara the Ladybird just wants to fit in.

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