Unity & Cooperation
Stories in which shared effort, coordinated action or the failure to cooperate affects the outcome. Notice the distinct jobs and abilities each participant contributes, and who decides the plan. A successful group still leaves useful questions about trust, credit, consent and how fairly the risks are shared.
Chinese Folk Tales
All Ages
The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea
The Eight Immortals ride across the ocean on a crutch, a fan, a paper mule and more, until a greedy dragon prince steals a musical instrument and starts a war.
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods
Wars and a winter without summers precede Ragnarok; the gods face their last battle, and afterward a green earth rises with survivors and memories of the old world.
Norse Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
The Creation of the World from Ymir’s Body
In the beginning there was only fire, ice and a great yawning gap, until a giant grew out of the melting frost and the gods shaped the world from his body.
Hitopadesha
All Ages
The Doves and the Hunter’s Net
Caught together in a hunter’s net, a flock of doves follows their wise king’s plan to fly off with the net and seek help from a friendly mouse.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Ages 6-8
The Bremen Town Musicians
An old donkey, dog, cat, and rooster set out to be town musicians; their midnight “concert” scares robbers from a cottage for good.