Young Nikolai is searching for the answers to his three questions:
When is the best time to do things?
Who is the most important one?
What is the right thing to do?
But it is his own response to a stranger’s cry for help that leads him directly to the answers he is looking for.
This profound and inspiring book, based on a story by Leo Tolstoy, raises the subject of compassion and being engaged in each moment.
Age Group: Second grade
Book-Related Family Activities
GeneralDear Parents,
Questions are the key to learning, whether learning about ourselves, about others, or about the world around us. Our children are usually curious about things they observe and phenomena which preoccupy them both mentally and emotionally. Here, we realize that without asking questions or enquiring, our child cannot attain true knowledge.
The boy in our story asks philosophical and ethical questions, hoping that the answers will help him be a “good” person. This story opens up exciting possibilities for dialogue with our child about their understanding of good and bad in people and in actions, about loving and helping others, and about what makes them good people with moral values. The story also stimulates thinking about the kind of information we seek: Why is it important to us? What are its sources? How can we get it?
Publishing:
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Year of Distribution:
2019-2020
