5 Min Stories Age 4-6 All Creativity Early Readers Early Readers Feelings and Emotions Gardens Picture Books Picture Books Siblings
Sam’s Treasures
Sam thinks he is collecting treasures in the garden. His sister says it is junk. Who is right?
Read along with the animated book
Listen to the audio book
LET’S DISCUSS THE STORIES ~ IDEAS FOR TALKING WITH KIDS
Empathy, Boundaries
1. There is a saying that “one person’s junk is another’s treasure”. What do you think this means?
2. Do you think it was fair for Dara to tell Sam that he was collecting junk? Why or why not?
3. When Dara criticises Sam for doing something he loves, Sam says it is “fine with him”. Why do you think Sam was not upset about what Dara said?
4. Was he right not to be upset? Why or why not?
Bedtime Story written by Jon Keevy
Illustrated by Princess Kabeya
Designed by Jessica Janutsch
Edited by Kelly Norwood-Young
Music Video by “Funin and Sunin” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Townie Loop” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/