Stories of Bravery
Stories of Bravery
List of educational resources for parents and teachers to read online, to download in PDF format, or to listen to as audio stories
Our stories are a great tool to improve the education of your children and enhance your family atmosphere. Whether in family or in the classroom, as audio or as reading, using pictures or simple text, parents and teachers will discover with them a new way to successfully teach values to children, while enjoying each and every learning minute.
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List including all our stories about Bravery. Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
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Educational Value
- Overcoming fear of storms
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| A magical story to help overcome fear of thunder storms
| A forest | A Spark Wizard and the animals of a forest |
Story intro
Whenever there was a storm, the animals of the Enchanted Forest ran, frightened, to hide, fearful of the bolts of lightning and the terrifying thunder. However, one day the storm came on so quickly that almost no one had the time to reach their hideout...
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Educational Value
- Decision and dissent
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| We should always try to improve, not giving in to the kind of fear shown in people who have never attempted what they want to do in life. Specially designed for those thinking of starting something new. | An island | A couple in a tribe |
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The Mokoko tribe lived on the wrong side of the island of two faces. The two sides, separated by a great cliff, were like night and day. The good side was watered by rivers and was filled with trees...
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Educational Value
- Courage, address the abuse and harassment
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| A brave attitude is one of the best remedies for abuse and harassment. | A village | A boy, a wizard and some bullies |
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In a small village there lived a boy called Leo. He was a small, slim kid, and he lived forever in fear because some boys from a neighboring village would harass poor Leo and try to have fun...
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Educational Value
- Patience and wisdom
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| Patience helps to solve problems at the right time, although this sometimes obliges us to endure great pressure.
| A volcanic island | A tribe, a chief and a beast |
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When young Nerino was made chief of the tribe, everyone expected that – as was the custom on the island – he would direct his attention to fighting the great fiery-eyed beast; a horrible creature that had terrorised...
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Educational Value
- Obedience and prudence
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| A tender story that will help us to remember how a child should behave when they are lost. | A forest and a cave | A hummingbird |
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The little blue hummingbird felt sad and tired. He had become lost while traveling with his family, who were looking for a warmer place to spend the winter. When night came, after much time spent looking for them...
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Educational Value
- Courage, wit, guts, bravery, intelligence
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| Even when we’re much weaker, we can defend ourselves from bullies by using what they themselves fear. | A school | A boy and several school bullies |
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Tony set off for home again without having eaten. As usual, one of the older boys had taken his packed lunch, threatening to give him a good hiding. On his way, Tony stopped at the park and sat on a bench, trying to control his anger. As he was a sensitive and intelligent boy, before long he had managed to forget it, and was busy enjoying...
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Educational Value
- Courage, value things for what they are and not what they seem
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| Often rumours and idle gossip are based on nothing but speculation, and spread without being questioned. | A mysterious cave | A young man and a monster |
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There was once a town where the thing everyone feared the most was getting lost at night in the "Cave of Fear". No one had ever returned from there, and whenever anyone got lost...
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