Storytime with Pawa The Broken Toy: A Yama Story About Friendship, Forgiveness, and the Spirit of Ubuntu, (Paperback)

<p>Yama and Max are best friends. They share everything - especially the bright little wooden car with painted stripes that they push through the courtyard from morning until dusk. Then one sunny morning, a tiny wheel cracks off, and something bigger breaks between them: they blame each other, turn their backs, and walk away.</p><p>While Yama and Max sit alone in separate places, a smaller friend named Zuri steps forward with a pot of glue, a piece of string, and a hopeful smile. The other children gather. They glue, they string, they paint new stripes. They turn a broken toy into something richer than it was before - a shared creation, made with many hands.</p><p>Through warm watercolor illustrations of a West African village and a rhyming read-aloud text, <em>The Broken Toy</em> gently teaches the Ubuntu truth that <strong>a person is a person through other people</strong>. Broken things can be made new. Broken friendships can too.</p><p><strong>Perfect for: </strong> Children ages 3-8 learning about conflict, apology, forgiveness, and community. Includes a caregiver's Ubuntu note with discussion questions.</p>

• Storytime with Pawa The Broken Toy: A Yama Story About Friendship, Forgiveness, and the Spirit of Ubuntu, (Paperback)
• Author: Pawa Publishing
• ISBN: 9781069628893
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2027-04-28
• Page Count: 34