SuitabookUmbrella
Elena Arevalo Melville
- Reading
- Pause when the umbrella offers a wish and invite the child to imagine a response. Afterwards, compare the different wishes and talk about whether their effects seem fair or helpful.
- Themes
- Kindness and generosity: Clara puts a lost umbrella on a bench, after which the umbrella gives gifts to people in the park. Other visitors receive companionship or practical help. The described chain of events presents Clara’s kind act and the umbrella’s freely given help positively. The story appears to connect generosity with beneficial effects.
- Desire, choice and consequences: The umbrella invites Clara to make a wish, while Mr Fox demands wealth and is then drenched by a localised rainstorm before returning the umbrella. This suggests a critical contrast, though the complete narrative treatment is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The illustrations are described as loose, blue-and-grey and sometimes grave or sombre, despite the magical subject. Mr Fox’s rain-related setback may also merit discussion if consequences feel uncomfortable.