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[[File:Title page of Cherupaithangal.jpg|thumb|Title page of ''Cherupaithangal'' the first Malayalam book ever to be printed in Kerala]]<br />
'''Cherupaithangal''' ([[Malayalam]]: '''ചെറുപൈതങ്ങൾ'''. Full title: '''ചെറുപൈതങ്ങൾക്ക ഉപകാരാർത്ഥം ഇംക്ലീശിൽനിന്ന പരിഭാഷപ്പെടുത്തിയ കഥകൾ''') is the first [[Malayalam]] book ever to be printed in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Correspondent |title=When Kerala got its first printing press 200-years ago |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/news/2021/10/17/when-kerala-got-its-first-printing-press-200-years-ago.html |website=www.onmanorama.com |publisher=OnManorama |access-date=13 July 2024}} (Published on 17 October 2021.)</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Babu Cherian |title=Book Publishing in Malayalam: The Beginnings |url=https://cmscollege.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MRP-Report-BABU-CHERIAN.pdf |website=cmscollege.ac.in/ |publisher=CMS College, Kottayam |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Benjamin Bailey |url=http://keralamediaacademy.org/archives/?q=content/benjamin-bailey |website=keralamediaacademy.org |publisher=Kerala media Academy |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref> It is not the Malayalam book ever to be printed. The first Malayalam book ever to be printed is ''Samkṣepavedārththham'' authored by [[Clemente Peani]] and printed in Rome in 1772.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&dq=samkshepa+vedartham&pg=PA345|title= A Dictionary of Indian Literature | isbn=978-81-250-1453-9 |accessdate = 13 July 2014 | last1=Mukherjee | first1=Sujit | date=1998 |publisher= Orient Blackswan }}</ref> ''Cherupaithangal'' is a collection of seven stories for children translated from [[English language|English]] by the British [[missionary]] [[Benjamin Bailey (missionary)|Benjamin Bailey]] and printed in C. M. S. Press, [[Kottayam]] in 1824. It is also the first book in Malayalam that could be categorized as [[children's literature]]. The existence of this book was long forgotten and, in modern times, it was brought to public awareness by [[George Irumbayam]], an Indian literary critic and literature researcher, in June 2024.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Srijith E. |title=മലയാളപാഠാവലികളുടെ ആദ്യകാലചരിത്രം |journal=Mathrubhumi Weekly |date=14–20 July 2024 |volume=102 |issue=17 |pages=74–85}}</ref> The digital version of the book was made publicly available by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] on 8 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jisha Surya |title=Now, read the first Malayalam book printed in country on Net |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/now-read-the-first-malayalam-book-printed-in-country-on-net/articleshow/32951426.cms |access-date=13 July 2024 |agency=TNN |work=The Times of India |date=30 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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==The seven stories==<br />
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The following are rough English translations of the titles of the seven stories in the book.<br />
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# The story of a four year old girl named Marjari from England (എംഗലാന്തിൽമാൎജ്ജരിഎന്നപെരായിനാല വയസ്സചെന്ന ഒരു പെൺപൈതലിന്റെ കഥാ)<br />
# The story of a knowledgeable child (ജ്ഞാനിപൈതലിന്റെ കഥാ)<br />
# The story of lamps (ആട്ടിൻകുട്ടികളുടെ കഥാ)<br />
# The story of fortitude in adversity (വിപദി ധൈൎയ്യം ഒരു കഥാ)<br />
# The story of George and his wheel (ജൊൎജ്ജിന്റെയുംഅവന്റെചക്രത്തിന്റെയും കഥാ)<br />
# History of King Edward VI (എഡ്വാൎഡ എന്ന പെർഉളവായരാജാക്കന്മാരിൽ ആറാമവന്റെ ചരിതം)<br />
# The meaning of mental strength (മനസ്സുറപ്പിന്റെ സംഗതി)<br />
# The story of Theophilus and Savio (തെയൊഫിലുസിന്റെയും സൊവ്യായുടെയും കഥാ)<br />
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==Full text==<br />
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The full text of the book is available for free download in [[Internet Archive]] at the link [https://archive.org/details/Cherupaithangal/mode/2up?view=theater ''Cherupaithangal''].<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Samkshepa Vedartham]] (the first Malayalam book ever to be printed)<br />
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