Mela and the Elephant

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Dow Phumiruk

Mela sets out to explore the river outside her village but quickly ends up in trouble when her little boat is swept downstream and into the dense jungle She encounters a crocodile, a leopard, and some monkeys, offering each a prize return for helping her find her way home but the animals snatch up their rewards without helping Mela back to her village Just when she s about to give up, an elephant shows Mela that kindness is its own reward This new fable is told with authentic Thai customs and includes an author s note with Thai traditions and language.Recognized in The 50 Best Multicultural Picture Books of 2018 Read Mela and the Elephant – kino-fada.fr Mela doesn t want to take her brother along on her explorations until she gets lost and is helped by an elephant who teaches her that kindness needs no reward for it brings happiness and warmth to the heart Lovely cumulative story.this book was one that I used for one of my window books Mela is a young girl from Thailand who goes out one day to explore the banks of a river and ends up getting lost and can t find her way back to her villa...I love the lesson at the end.Super sweet story on kindness for warm fuzzies and not rewards.Phumiruk, Dow Mela and the Elephant, illustrated by ZiyueChen PICTURE BOOK Sleeping Bear, 2018 17 9781585369980.Overall this book has something to offer to the young readers The take home message is that one should not help others only because wanting something as a reward Through a repeating pattern this message is reinforced On the other hand, the way this story was written reminds me of Aesop s fables Not all the conflictions in the story gets solved, for example, the monkeys, they Phumiruk, Dow Mela and the Elephant, illustrated by ZiyueChen PICT...Everything doesn t have to have a price, and some actions don t require payment but can simply be taken out of kindness toward others In this story, Mela is excited about exploring the nearby river, but she refuses to let her little brother accompany her since he has nothing to give her She enjoys her outing until she suffers a mishap and needs help When she asks various animals for assistance, each one agrees to aid her for a price, but then they trick her, causing her to lose the fish she m Everything doesn t have to have a price, and some actions don t require payment but can simply be taken out of kindness toward others In this story, Mela is excited about exploring the nearby river, but she refuses to let her little brother accompany her since he has nothing to give her She enjoys her outing until she suffers a mishap and needs help When she asks various animals for ...Mela was a young girl who lived by the Ping River in Thailand She left to do some exploring for the day Her brother wanted to tag along but had nothing to offer her if she were to take him with her As a result, he had to stay home On her adventure, Mela captured a large fish in her uncle s boat, then was caught in rushing waters and then stuck in roots of a tree Mela was lost in the deep jungle.Mela asked for help when she was approached by a crocodile, leopard and three monkeys She offere Mela was a young girl who lived by the Ping River in Thailand She left to do some exploring for the day Her brother wanted to tag ...Mela sets out to explore the river, ignoring her brother s pleas to take him with her because he has nothing to give her in exchange But when Mela gets swept downriver and attempts to barter with various animals for kindness, she finds kindness can t be bought.I love that this picture book is set in rural Thailand and that the author is Thai American I m always looking for great Thai books for our international school since we re in Bangkok This is a fable about kindness being free The cast Mela sets out to explore the river, ignoring her brother s pleas to take him with her because he has nothing to give her in exchange But when Mela gets swept downriver and attempts to barter with various animals for kindness, she finds kin...Phumiruk, Dow Mela and the Elephant, illustrated by ZiyueChen PICTURE BOOK Sleeping Bear, 2018 17 9781585369980.When Mela leaves on an adventure, she leaves behind her little brother because he has nothing to offer her While her adventure starts out great, she eventually gets lost and needs help The jungle animals take advantage of her, though and she has nothing to offer when kindness finally arrives Mela learns a valuable lesson about being kind because kindness brings its own reward.P Phumiruk, Dow Mela and the Elephant, illustrated by ZiyueChen PICTU...Written as a modern fable with animal characters and a moral at the end Kindness needs no reward, for it brings happiness and warmth to the heart On a little adventure Mela meets Thai animals that only take from her and do not help her, until a kind elephant comes and helps her out for free Mela learns through experience that this is how she should behave toward her younger brother I like all the little Thai touches in the book Mela...

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18 June 2018

Dow Phumiruk