Author: Bekezela Broscius.

Genre: Children & Young Adult

Publisher: Gum Tree Publishing

Book Buy Link: @amazon

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader, from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction.

Children's fiction is one of the most important forms of writing – teaching children (and parents!) about the world around them, cementing morals, and introducing them to new people and ideas.

Here steps in the fables,

The fable definition in literature is a brief, simplistic tale told to convey a moral, or lesson to the reader about how to behave in the world. The characters in fables are often animals, but sometimes they are also inanimate objects. Typically, the main characters in fables are non-human.

With fables, we all remember AESOP’S FABLES the one that sparks our minds with the thought of stories for children.

With concern to Indians, Panchatantra is the definite pick and mostly the first taste of fable to children.

Alongside fables, stands folktales.

Folktales are a kind of story that gets passed on from generation to generation. True folktales do not have a single author. They develop as different people tell them over time. As such, they are creations of “the folk,” or the people.

 Folktales are stories in the oral tradition, or tales that people tell each other out loud, rather than stories in written form. They're closely related to many storytelling traditions, including fables, myths, and fairy tales.

One such is An African folktale. It is an anonymous, timeless story circulated orally among African people and meant to hand down knowledge and wisdom from parent to child, typically through tales by moonlight.

In many African folktales, Animals have a significant role in nearly every story. The animals' habitats are also important for teaching children about the environment, such as the rainy and the dry season.

One such is the CLEVER HARE AND THE WELL- an African folktale retold by Bekezela Broscius. Bekezela Broscius writes picture books and middle grade novels. She was born and raised in Zimbabwe. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and son. When she is not writing, she enjoys reading and listening to music.

To learn more about Bekezela, you can visit her website at https://bekezelabroscius.com/

The book CLEVER HARE AND THE WELL is a short and easy-to-read story for children. They will enjoy reading it till the end. The illustration with apt colors will keep them hooked until the end. The style of the font and the size are child-friendly and highly immersive.

The story revolves around a hare and other four animals in an African forest. There exists a problem in their vicinity and the way they deal with it with their efforts is the overall story.

This is told in a nice narrative holding onto the subject with simple words and at the same time with a special touch to each animal to highlight its personality.

 Resourcefulness is the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. Meaning, you are using what you have — rather than what you'd like to have — to succeed and scale. The author has pinned this message in the story in a precise way.

The story encourages teamwork. By working in a team, children can learn how to collaborate, share ideas, and support one another, which are all valuable skills that they will need throughout their lives. Collaboration has an importance in teamwork for kids, and it involves working together to achieve a common goal.

Teaching kids responsibility is a gift they will carry throughout their lives. It starts with chores at home. Research shows that kids who participate in household chores from a young age have better student success and success in careers and personal relationships. Here the story steps up with this diligent task too.

Overall the book is worth reading with lots of messages for children and others too. Apart from THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE by Aesop, here is one hare which can be equally valued and remembered hereafter.

This book assures that books provide an opportunity for children to learn and expand their understanding of the world around them. Through books, parents can expose children to life lessons that help them engage with other people, develop ideas, and build new skills.

The opportunity to reflect on the book can help the child connect events and themes and develop a deeper understanding of the story. As they think back, they often gain a different perspective and pick up on things that they missed when they were reading it initially.

Do Gift this book to your children and watch them having a happy reading time.