Inspired by the requests of teaching friends, this collection offers a variety of engaging stories designed to enhance storytelling skills. It serves as a resource for educators seeking to captivate their students with narrative techniques. The book emphasizes the importance of storytelling in education, providing practical examples and insights to help teachers effectively convey lessons through tales.
The Epaminondas character is a young black boy, and the stories are based on folk tales from the Southern states of the U.S., similar to Helen Bannerman's The Story of Little Black Sambo, which was originally written about a boy from Southern India but was later illustrated in many printings with characterizations of African Americans. The stories' texts focus on and derive their humor from the problem of miscommunication between adults and children. This same concept of ridiculous/comical scenarios due to simple misunderstandings is also the basis for the famous Amelia Bedelia book series.
Issu de la 4e de couv. : "Il était une fois 17 histoires pour les enfants qui ne veulent pas dormir. Celle de la souris des villes et de la souris des champs, de la poule rousse, de la princesse ratonne, de Piccola, de picorette et d'autres... Des textes courts qui frappent l'imagination et qui donnent envie d'apprendre à lire."