Stories about family are about bonds between generations: a grandfather's memory, a grandmother's handiwork, a problem a family solves together. In Kitapz stories what older relatives know is often the key to the solution.
Each story page includes discussion questions, 5W1H comprehension questions and a word list for parents and teachers.
Ages 9-10 8 min Nature Free
In this story, children gather evidence with Clara about the stork nest on her grandpa's cracked barn chimney, checking a teacher's stork records and listening to the village builder. As well as showing how storks recognize their nests, it takes seriously…
Values: curiosity, family, caring for nature
Ages 7-8 8 min Fantasy Free
In this story, children join Daisy in tracing Granny Zara's missing brooch on the day of a henna night, while the grown-ups blame a stray cat. Her scarf lets her understand animals but turns her own words into animal noises, so the story also explores how to…
Values: fairness, empathy, family
Ages 9-10 8 min Educational Free
In this story, children help Owen work out, step by step, why the reed kite he made himself spins and crashes every time he launches it. His sister and the shopkeeper offer advice, but each idea gets tested in the meadow. Readers' choices decide how Owen…
Values: perseverance, curiosity, family
Ages 7-8 8 min Nature Free
In this story, children join Archie in looking for the reason behind what Grandpa calls stubbornness: when does Peanut stop, when doesn't she, and what is stopping her at that bend? Set during the olive harvest, it shows how watching closely and seeing things…
Values: curiosity, empathy, family
Ages 9-10 8 min Educational Free
In this story, children join Ben in Halfeti as he chases the secret of the black rose, comparing rosebushes, asking questions and holding on to small clues. Alongside the plant puzzle, it takes seriously the hurt between a grandmother and a granddaughter who…
Values: curiosity, family, empathy
Ages 5-8 10 min Educational Free
In this story, children explore static electricity with Finn, whose fleece sweater crackles: they see a balloon rubbed on hair stick to the wall and hear more crackles as he shuffles across the carpet. Finn's excitement as the self-declared Captain Spark…
Values: curiosity, family
