Great messages don’t need to be long stories with complex
characters, hard to follow storylines, etc.
They can actually be short and sweat!
They were in this beautifully told children’s story, Miss Tizzy by Libba Moore Gray. Miss Tizzy, an elderly woman, connects with
the neighborhood children by engaging them on their terms. Miss Tizzy wears a bright purple hat with a
flower in it and high-top green tennis shoes which brings a smile to the
kids. Each day of the week she offers a
new activity for the children, such as baking cookies in her kitchen, having a
puppet show using old socks, creating a musical band walking through the
streets, drawing pictures for other elderly adults, playing dress up, and
roller-skating at the park. The children
have a role model for “fun” who teaches them to enjoy life. But one day, Miss Tizzy gets sick and stays
in bed. What happens? The kids bake cookies for her, put on a
puppet show outside her window, play music outside her window, draw pictures
for her, and sing for her when under the moonlight. And of course she sits in her bed, loving
it! Ah, role modeling love and fun and
then receiving it back from the youth!
What a nice book sending the message to enjoy life and engage with
others. Great book to illustrate to kids
life is what we make it.
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