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Tua and the Elephant by R.P. Harris6/2/2023 This makes it good for use in lower KS2 PSHE lessons about family and about how we should treat each other. How it can be used: Harris touches on serious social issues (children living in dumps and mothers begging with infants), but ear tweaking and nose yanking are about as violent as it gets for the humans. The help from interesting characters on the way particularly with ‘Auntie Orchid’, provide many funny moments for the young reader keeping this book pacey and engaging. Her courage to fight for what is right in the face of hardship from the adults around is inspirational to any young reader. Message of the book: I think many young girls and boys would want to identify with the intrepid character of Tua who will give up at nothing to save her Pohn Pohn. Friends, relatives, and perfect strangers get involved in the cause, to a thrilling and comic effect. The next thing Tua knows, she and the elephant are running away being pursued by the bad guys and looking for a place where Pohn-Pohn (as the elephant is soon named) will be safe. There she is shocked and moved to see the mistreatment of an elephant by its owners. Plot: This book is about a young thai girl named tua who one day whilst looking around the night market in her home town while her mum is working, finds herself in an unfamiliar part of town.
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