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The Broken Toy: A Yama Story About Friendship, Forgiveness, and the Spirit of Ubuntu
Paperback
Series: Storytime with Pawa
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ISBN13: 9781069628893
Publisher: Pawa Publishing
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Yama and Max are best friends. They share everything - especially the bright little wooden car with painted stripes that they push through the courtyard from morning until dusk. Then one sunny morning, a tiny wheel cracks off, and something bigger breaks between them: they blame each other, turn their backs, and walk away.
While Yama and Max sit alone in separate places, a smaller friend named Zuri steps forward with a pot of glue, a piece of string, and a hopeful smile. The other children gather. They glue, they string, they paint new stripes. They turn a broken toy into something richer than it was before - a shared creation, made with many hands.
Through warm watercolor illustrations of a West African village and a rhyming read-aloud text, The Broken Toy gently teaches the Ubuntu truth that a person is a person through other people. Broken things can be made new. Broken friendships can too.
Perfect for: Children ages 3-8 learning about conflict, apology, forgiveness, and community. Includes a caregiver's Ubuntu note with discussion questions.
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