What I really want is one that introduces the concept of religious belief in a sensitive manner "Maria, Mohammed, Sanjit and Rachel talk to their Imaginary Friends" for example (and the fact that that is the title that leaps to mind gives you a rough idea of why I could do with a book that gives a slightly more PC spin).
There is a very good book called The Wibbly Wobbly Tooth about a little boy who learns from his friends about their various superstitions about what to do with teeth (particularly nice in that the protagonist is Chinese so his cultural whatsit is shown as the default, good for Chinese kids of course, but very good for WASP kids to give a real sense that other people's traditions are exactly as valid as one's own, and not just curios) which does it for me - but using it as the basis for my analogy does reduce all religious belief to the level of the tooth fairy.......
Left to my own devices the word "magic" does tend to creep into the discussion - which is not too bad a tactic actually as Small knows exactly what that means (Just A Story), but it's unlikely to get her into too much trouble in the playground (though it might get her marked down a tad in citizenship classes).
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Date: 2007-01-30 08:51 pm (UTC)There is a very good book called The Wibbly Wobbly Tooth about a little boy who learns from his friends about their various superstitions about what to do with teeth (particularly nice in that the protagonist is Chinese so his cultural whatsit is shown as the default, good for Chinese kids of course, but very good for WASP kids to give a real sense that other people's traditions are exactly as valid as one's own, and not just curios) which does it for me - but using it as the basis for my analogy does reduce all religious belief to the level of the tooth fairy.......
Left to my own devices the word "magic" does tend to creep into the discussion - which is not too bad a tactic actually as Small knows exactly what that means (Just A Story), but it's unlikely to get her into too much trouble in the playground (though it might get her marked down a tad in citizenship classes).