| You can teach values through reading with your child. | | | | of an original wooden racecar project. A book with a |
| Illustrated picture books are a good way to start this | | | | toy like this can make the book even more fascinating |
| process. These books tell stories that a young child | | | | for a child. This series can help you teach values |
| can understand and through the plot and theme values | | | | through reading to your boy or girl as each picture |
| are represented. Young children ask many questions | | | | book relates a different value. In "The Greedy Race |
| and a character that thinks about situations and asks | | | | Car Driver" Abel learns about greed and this helps him |
| questions of a wiser character is someone your child | | | | understand the opposite-not being greedy or sharing. |
| can relate to. He can put himself in the place of the | | | | This book is written in the tradition of a value or moral |
| young character. It is a good way for him or her to | | | | being learned from a story. It is like the boy-crying wolf |
| learn about values like wisdom, right, and wrong. | | | | until no one believed him or Pinocchio lying and his nose |
| The book can help your child learn values easier as | | | | grows. Many fables have been written that deal with |
| they are demonstrated through the good and bad | | | | values. It is a good way to illustrate that kindness is |
| actions of a book's characters. Sometimes an older | | | | better than meanness or that sharing is better than |
| wiser character shows the young character the | | | | being stingy. The story is set in Colorado where that |
| answer, as well as explains the thing the younger | | | | author is from and the nice illustrations will help to keep |
| character is pondering. This is the case in a picture | | | | your child interested in what Abel learns from Wise |
| book entitled "The Greedy Race Car Driver" by Mike | | | | Wally. |
| Campana. It is part of his series Destination Station. In | | | | This picture book has the added value of making the |
| this book of the series Abel has heard the word greed | | | | unique wooden racecar with your child. You have the |
| and doesn't know what it means. His friend Wise | | | | chance to encourage your boy or girl to share this |
| Wally finds him pondering this question and tells Abel | | | | unusual toy with siblings or friends. This added feature |
| he will show him what greed is. | | | | of books with toys helps you to teach your child |
| Wise Wally takes Abel to a cave to let him see greed | | | | values. It also gives you a chance to do something fun |
| in action. The story is made more vivid by the inclusion | | | | and different with your child. |