https://www.pitara.com/authors/tripta-batra/Recent content in Tripta Batra on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usWed, 24 Jun 2026 16:22:24 +0530https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/summer/Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:57:05 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/summer/<figure class="image-medium"> <a class="lightbox-link" href="https://www.pitara.com/media/summer_hu_16d94d305d4b52e6.webp" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/summer_hu_bf8cbca8e867ea0d.webp" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/summer_hu_981acfaabf79844a.webp 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/summer_hu_bf8cbca8e867ea0d.webp 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="Summer" height="672" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <p>What a time the summer brings<br> Heat and sweat and iced up drinks<br> Some fruit sour and some so sweet<br> Things made up to meet the heat</p> <p>Mangoes from the north and south<br> A mango to fill each waiting mouth<br> Apricots, cherries and juicy litchees<br> Melons, berries and lovely peaches</p> <p>Out of the heat, away from the sun<br> Play, swim, splash – oh water&rsquo;s fun<br> Short dark nights and bright long days<br> Such are some of summer&rsquo;s ways</p>https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/little-black-dashes/Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:17:36 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/little-black-dashes/<figure class="image-medium"> <a class="lightbox-link" href="https://www.pitara.com/media/little-black-dashes_hu_87e4b905de047775.webp" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/little-black-dashes_hu_1f48a8977c0141b7.webp" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/little-black-dashes_hu_424c32b8aaa1dc54.webp 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/little-black-dashes_hu_1f48a8977c0141b7.webp 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="Little Black Dashes" height="672" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <p>Little black dashes<br> On six legs each<br> Walking very fast<br> Where do they reach?</p> <p>One saved a friend<br> Many ate a peach<br> We&rsquo;re clever sing the ants<br> We wish and we can reach.</p>