Stories about perseverance follow heroes who fail at first and keep going. On Kitapz a wrong choice does not end the story; the child can read again and try another path, which makes perseverance part of the reading experience itself.
Each story page includes discussion questions, 5W1H comprehension questions and a word list for parents and teachers.
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 9-10 15 min Adventure Free
In this story, children follow a forty-year-old letter's trail with River: comparing drawings, studying old postcards and listening to the island's oldest residents. It shows a girl, bored on an island with no phone signal, drawn in by curiosity, and why a…
Values: curiosity, perseverance, teamwork
Ages 7-9 15 min Fantasy Free
In this story, children join Smokey, a cat who loves new streets, as he tries to turn a faint line to the clock tower into a real path by walking it again and again. Despite its title, it is not a retelling of Perrault's tale but a story about patience…
Values: patience, perseverance, teamwork
