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Fadiya the Fish

By Paul Kor

There was once a nice small silver fish, Fiddiya, swimming alone in the blue sea and suddenly … He saw … A large black mass … He thinks it is a mountain but it is a small whale who is crying because he lost his mother. Fiddiya and her friends help the whale find his mother. Parent suggestions are likely to focus on the way that each person can help another, big or small.

The book was translated from Hebrew. Original title is Kaspion.

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In the course of his travels across the wide open sea, Fadiya , the inquisitive little fish, came upon a huge black object. Was it a mountain? Not at all; it was a baby whale, crying because it had lost its parents. Fadiya set out to help it, with the assistance of his relatives and ...

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In the course of his travels across the wide open sea, Fadiya , the inquisitive little fish, came upon a huge black object. Was it a mountain? Not at all; it was a baby whale, crying because it had lost its parents. Fadiya set out to help it, with the assistance of his relatives and friends.

 

Dear Parents,

Helping others is a social custom whose roots lie deep in our Arab culture, one which we still see today in the mutual assistance which people (relatives, neighbors and friends) offer on occasions of joy and grief, as well as in the high seasons of farm work, such as the olive harvest. Helping others gives expression to a number of lovely human values, such as empathy with others, support and cooperation. The story of Fiddiyyeh provides an opportunity to speak with our children about their personal experiences in helping others in the family, in class, and even in the neighborhood (for example, helping the neighbors in preparation for some event).

Even if you're small you can help someone who's bigger. This idea is present in many Arabic children's stories, from the folk tale Nuss Nseis and the story "The Lion and the Mouse" in Kalila wa-Dimna. We can speak with our children about Fadiya 's character traits which enabled him to assist the whale, and about children's traits/abilities that can make it possible for them to help the adults in their vicinity.

 

Here are some more suggestions:

Family Activities

  • After we read the story for the first time, we can turn the pages together and look at the pictures. We can ask the child: What could the black object in the sea be? We can talk about the elements in the pictures that can help us guess the answer.
  • Fadiya is able to see the entire whale by moving away from it. We can play a game of "near and far" with our child, by how our faces appear in the mirror close up and from farther away. What do we see each time?
  • The whale was lost. It was afraid and cried for its parents. We can speak to our child about what the whale could have done to help itself and to find its family, and what we, children and adults, can do if we get lost.
  • In Fadiya 's sea there also live a jellyfish and a sea horse. We can add other sea creatures, draw them on a large sheet of paper and talk about them.
  • We can use aluminum foil to make models of Fadiya and her friends and make whales from black cardboard. Then we can glue thin wooden sticks to them all, and raise the curtain on "Fadiya, the Play"!

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