The story that I chose was The Grasshopper and the Toad, it is an oral tradition folk tale from Nigeria, Africa. I chose this story because I had similar problem with one of my friends and I thought it would be cute to teach little kids that everyone is different and that you must accept your friends however they come. I wanted to have my story be like one friend is rich and the other one is poor and they realize that they should accept where each other comes from.
I chose to do this in the Jamaican culture because I want to visit Jamaica. Almost everyone in my family has been to Jamaica except for me and I am VERY JEALOUS!
I really want kids to get the message that everyone in the world is different and you should accept people no matter where they come from.
~ Taj Brimmer <3
I like your idea, and I think it is great that you want the kids to learn about the true meaning of friendship. Your story seems like it would have a great theme! I can't wait to see it :)
ReplyDeleteI like that you are already thinking about themes to teach children, as that is very important in a children's story. You need to let the reader know where your original story came from. Edit this post please.
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