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Imagination, Creativity

1. When Thembsie can’t have a dog, she uses her imagination. Can you use your imagination and think of some other things she could have imagined was her own pet dog?

2. What kind of games do you think Thembsie could have played with her balloon dog?

3. What games couldn’t she play with her balloon dog?

Bedtime Story written by Brenda Daniels

Illustrated by Cristy Zinn

Designed by Salma Haffejee

Edited by Zanri Kritzinger

* THE STORY ‘THE SAUSAGE DOG’ WAS CREATED BY BOOK DASH AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 LICENSE. MINOR FORMATTING CHANGES MAY HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

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Creativity, Imagination

1. What would you do with that box?

2. Can you think of another three things you could do with that box?

Bedtime Story written by Tania Kliphuis

Illustrated by Nicola Anne Smith

Designed by Mari Retief

Edited by Angela Briggs

Music Video from zapsplat.com

* THE STORY ‘THE BOX’ WAS CREATED BY BOOK DASH AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 LICENSE. MINOR FORMATTING CHANGES MAY HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

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Conversation

1. What is your favourite game to play with your hands?

Imagination

1. What do you think it might feel like to be a helicopter?

2. If you woke up tomorrow as a helicopter, what would you do?

Bedtime Story written by Jade Maitre

Illustrations purchased under license

Music Video from zapsplat.com

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Imagination, Creativity

1. How could Jaydee’s other toys have experienced going to the hairdressers? What might Buzzy Bee have done? What about Jaydee’s Butterfly Brooch?

2. Jaydee and her Daddy pretend to be a duck. How would you have had fun under the umbrella, on a rainy day like this one?

Bedtime Story for Kids written by Glehnmarc

Illustrated by Tanja Tomusilovic

Book design by Jade Maitre

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Healthy Eating, Imagination, Conversation

1. Why do you think Angelina is imagining a broccoli ice-cream when she has to eat broccoli for dinner?

2. Would YOU like to eat a broccoli ice cream? Why or why not?

3. What is your favourite ice-cream flavour?

Bedtime Story for Kids written by Jade Maitre

Illustrated by Svetlana Sintcova

Book design by Jade Maitre & Svetlana Sintcova

Music Video by Shaving Mirror Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Boogie Party Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Celebration Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Читайте українською – Read in Ukrainian

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Читайте українською – Read in Ukrainian

Ukrainian Space Hotel will be available for international readers to purchase through the Noosphere Store – check back in at this page for more details in the coming days.

Bedtime Story for Kids written by Jade Maitre

Illustrated by the children of Ukraine in the Noosphere Space Art Challenges 2019-2022

Book design by Jade Maitre

Music Video by “Swimmey Texture” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Transition One” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Adding the Sun” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) , “Enchanted Valley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) , “Frost Waltz (Alternate)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Imagination, Creativity

1. If you could choose any kind of friend, imaginary or real, what kind of friend would you choose?
2. What would be the best thing about having this kind of friend?
3. Do you think unicorns are real? Why or why not?

Bedtime Story for Kids written by Glehnmarc

Illustrated by Tanja Tomušilović

Book design by Jade Maitre

Music Video by “Fox Tale Waltz Part 1 Instrumental” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Monster Promenade” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Netherworld Shanty” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Petulant March” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Miri’s Magic Dance” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Music to Delight” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Takeover of the 8-bit Synths” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Imagination, Creativity

1. Why do you think the children like the way Veronica Peach tells stories?

2. How many other ways can you think of, that Veronica Peach might have gotten more children to visit her in the library?

Short Story for Kids written by Andrea Kaczmarek

Illustrations by Tanja Tomušilović

Book design by Jade Maitre  

Music Video by “Vivacity” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Scheming Weasel (faster version)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Super Circus” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Hamster March” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com, “Riptide” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Let’s Chat About The Stories ~ Ideas for Talking With Kids

Imagination, Friendship, Conversation

1. Do you have a special toy, like the girl in this story? What do you like to do with your special toy?

2. Azizi never says ‘thank you’ when the girl gives him a flower. Why doesn’t he say ‘thank you’? How could the girl get Azizi to say ‘thank you’?

3. What makes the girl and Azizi good friends? What is a good friend, to you?

Bedtime Story written by Lawrence A. Konjuro

Bedtime Story illustrated by Natalie Propa

Credits

Music Video from zapsplat.com

This story: Azizi, the Doll is written by Lawrence A. Konjuro. © African Storybook Initiative , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

This book has been published on StoryWeaver by African Storybook Initiative.

* THE STORY ‘AZIZI THE DOLL’ WAS CREATED BY AFRICAN STORYBOOK INITIATIVE AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS -BY-4.0 LICENSE. FORMATTING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

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