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The values in ''Alice the Armadillo''Alice the Armadillo teaches the value of taking on a challenge, in her case, reaching out and exploring a world she doesn''t know. The story shows that we all have a set pattern to our lives, usually one that suits us, that we''ve been taught to grow up within and one that keeps us safe. It may be foolish to stray outside but we can all be taught to protect ourselves. Like Alice, we must accept that life is rich and that there is lots of learn if we are more confident. We won''t find out unless we take an occasional risk.ALICE lives in the dense, green rain forest of Brazil. All day long she curls her head inside her shell and sleeps, waiting for the hot wet day to pass in the jungle and the cool evening to arrive. But one night her sleep is disturbed by a flock of parrots quarreling about the colors of their feathers. Alice realizes she has never experienced such colors for all the parrots look the same in the dark. Clearly she is missing out on a world she has never seen.When the sun breaks the next day Alice is awake and ready to explore. She sees the forest bathed in sunlight and is soon wandering past flowers and sights all bathed in the glorious daylight.But all is not as wonderful as it seems. Alice can see all kinds of things - but all kinds of things can also see Alice! Very soon Alice is made to realize that she is nocturnal for a good reason.

FLORENCE -A tale of vanity and pride- FLORENCE is a flamingo of exceptional beauty. She is also vain. She is deeply proud of her graceful neck, her long slender legs, her pink tipped feathers and elegantly curved beak. Florence spends a great deal of time admiring herself in the waters of the lake where she is careful to stand in the center of the other flamingos so they can all admire her. One summer the weather turns unusually hot. The waters of the lake start to dry up and the flamingo flock are worried. As the lake shrinks, they decide to leave and day by day, hundred of flamingos depart. They urge Florence to join them. But Florence has discovered a new decoration on her body. The condensing water has created thousands of shining salt crystals which fasten themselves like a dazzling bracelet of diamonds around Florence''s ankles. She will not leave. Only when the crystals have formed a heavy ''boot'' around each foot and she cannot move, does she realize how stupid she has been. She is stranded and alone. Fortunately the older, wiser flamingos return to peck away the crusty chains and free her.

Cairo the Camel teaches the value of taking on responsibility. Cairo is a young camel who is impatient to prove he can work as hard as the older members of the camel train, but his body is still growing and, for the moment, he is forced to tag along with nothing to do. It takes a special event to show how the young camel can make a contribution and to earn him his place in the team.Cairo has all the energy and optimism of youth and it is his ability to run and chase, push and pull and stand guard through the night, that is finally rewarded.Cairo the camel proves to the rest of the camel train that he is grown-up and responsible enough to carry a load just like all the adult camels.-- About the camel...There are two main kinds of camel and children can be encouraged to look at and draw pictures identifying the main difference. The dromedary, or Arabian camel, has a single hump and the Bactrian camel has two humps. About half of the world''s camels are found in Somalia and Ethiopia where they have been domesticated to provide milk, food and transportation. There are wild Bactrian camels in the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia and wild dromedaries in parts of Australia.The camel''s special physical features make it an unusual and interesting animal, and topic suggestions at the back of this book are designed to explore these.