The Standard Goodies專欄: Fortune favours the brave
30th Apr 2018 From the award-winning creators of What Do You Do With An Idea? This story is about a child who is unsure what to make of a chance encounter. After not taking some initial chances, the child sees that…
The Standard Goodies專欄: Trusting others to work together
25th Apr 2018 STONE Soup, set in rural China, follows three monks who take a journey into the mountains to try to understand what makes one happy. They pass through a war-torn village…
The Standard Goodies 專欄: Appreciating silence
16th Apr 2018 IN The Sound of Silence, which is set in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, Yoshio asks a musician, “Do you have a favourite sound?” She replies, “The most beautiful sound is the sound of ma, of silence.”
The Standard Goodies 專欄: Face up to problems
9th Apr 2018 WHAT do you do with a problem that follows you around and does not seem to go away? Do you worry about it? Ignore it? Do you run and hide from it? The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get.
The Standard Goodies 專欄: Reversal of fortune
19th Mar 2018 THE Lost Horse is a wonderful ancient Chinese folktale about Sai, a Chinese man who believes everything happens for a reason. With every hardship – such as the loss of his horse and the injury of his son – he says, “You know, it may not be such a bad thing.” One wrong helps prevent something worse.
The Standard Goodies 專欄: Never stay silent
12 March 2018 IN The Hundred Dresses, Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she does not and bully her mercilessly. Maddie, one of Wanda’s classmates, ultimately decides that she is “never going to stand by and say nothing again”…