This collection of five short stories for children was written to teach the following principles to children through storytelling:
Honesty (The Magic Flowers)
Persistence (The Bike Racer)
Enthusiasm (The Trolley Race)
Friendship (Less Candy, More Friends)
Attractiveness (He’s Attractive Because….)
“The Magic Flowers” is a story where a child must eventually be honest because what he has done has placed the life of his father in danger.
“The Bike Racer” shows children that to be successful they must persist to achieve what it is what they want. Once they achieved what it is they wanted, they must continue to strive to be good at what it is they do.
“The Trolley Race” shows children that while we are not enthusiastic about everything in life, it is up to us to make something as enjoyable as possible.
“Less Candy, More Friends” shows children that friendship is more important than physical possessions and food.
“He’s Attractive Because…” uses two girls assessments of their fathers as to what is attractive to them – and it’s not only appearances!
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Values & VirtuesThis book is new and has not been published as yet. There are thus no sales rankings as yet.
Once there was a boy called Kenneth. His parents bought a new house on a hill outside the city. It was very dark at night. Kenneth was afraid of the dar and often could not sleep.
A narrow road which led to the city passed by their house. On one side of the road was a cliff with a sharp bend at one point. On the other side, the mountain rose higher all the way up to Kenneth’s parent’s house.
People had accidents at the sharp bend in the dark. The city council had tried everything to warn travellers of the sharp bend but nothing worked.
Then, one day, they found magic flowers that lit up in the dark. The magic flowers were planted along the bend so people could see where the bend started and ended. Seven flowers were planted and travellers knew that when they had counted seven flowers they were safe.
Kenneth’s father’s job was to look after the flowers.
Although Kenneth was afraid of the dark, his parents would not let him sleep with a candle or a lantern because they were afraid it would catch fire while he slept.
Then one day Kenneth had an idea.
Just before sunset he went down to the road. When he was sure no-one was watching, he dug up the first magic flower and put it in a bowl. Then he hurried home with the flower under his jacket. He hid the flower in his cupboard.
He waited until after his parents went to bed and then took the flower out of the cupboard. He climbed into his bed and placed the basket with the flower under his bed sheets. It glowed brightly and Kenneth was not afraid anymore. Soon he was fast asleep.
The next morning he put the flower back in his cupboard before leaving his room for breakfast.
“Where’s Dad?” he asked his mother.
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