Stories of Hope
Stories of Hope
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 Hope . Many creative short stories to teach values. Resources for parents and teachers
Educational Value
- Decision and dissent
Basic elements
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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
- Optimism and enthusiasm
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| If we’re forever thinking about the past we can miss the fact that the future can always be better than what went before. | The countryside | A lizard and his tail |
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Johnny the Lizard lived between some rocks out in the country. Like all lizards he loved to quietly sunbathe, laid out on some flat stone. He felt so relaxed doing so...
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Educational Value
- Teamwork and solidarity
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| An allegory about how doing good and helping others is an attitude that spreads. | A village and a forest by the sea | Village inhabitants, their enemies and a forest |
Story intro
There was once a little village separated from the sea and its great cliffs by a forest. That forest was the village’s best defence against the storms and furies of the sea, that were so ferocious throughout the region that it was only possible to live...
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Educational Value
- Hope, enthusiasm, goodness
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| The goal of doing good right to the end improves one's attitude to life and is a source of health and hope for those suffering serious illness, whatever the outcome. | A hospital | A boy and a clown |
Story intro
There once was a sick child named John. He had a rare and serious illness, and all the doctors confirmed that he would not live long, though they couldn't say exactly how long it would be...
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Educational Value
- Self confidence
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| There is always something nice we can do; we just have to look to find it | Monster Prison | Four monsters |
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Pogo the Ogre, Big Giant, and The Abominable One had spent hundreds of years locked up in Monster Prison. They had entered voluntarily, when they realised that frightening children wasn't a good way to make a living. Since then, the three of them had been sad and lonely figures. Frightening children was...
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Educational Value
- Hope when facing the death of loved ones
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| A tender, happy story with a positive approach to the deaths of loved ones | A grandfather’s house | A grandfather and his grandson |
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Charlie could not remember how many times he had heard his grandpa tell this story:
"Everyone's soul," said Grandpa, "is like a fidgety bug. It is always looking about, trying to be happier; more content. Have you noticed that? All this wanting
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Educational Value
- Dealing with the loss of a mother
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| An emotional and positive story to help in dealing with the loss of a mother during childhood | An ordinary family and heaven | A mother, her children, and angels |
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There was a bit of a stir in heaven when Tatiana turned up. No one expected her; she was still young and, what's more, she was the mother of two small children. Saint Peter looked at her, very ...
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