Animal Tales The Lion's Tale
By Rhia Roberts
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Animal Tales is a series of 12 controlled readers bringing Dr. Phil McGraw’s Life Strategies to 3rd-5th graders. Students are taken on an African adventure where the life strategies are presented as fables.
The Lion’s Tale is the third book in the series. In this book, readers learn of the problems one of Jake’s friends is having because of her shyness and her desire to become popular. They learn of how this friend tries on a few different personae but each one is worse than the last. Jake wants to help but doesn’t know how.
Because his mother isn’t home when Jake gets back from school, he goes to spend some time in his room and is transported once more to the village. Grandpa has decided that he is to have his second lesson (or life strategy). Once there, the boy again shares his problems with his friend, Nia.
Grandpa intervenes once more. This time he sends Jake and Elena to a pride of lions that live close to the village. There, they watch a tale unfold where a lion named Kondoo strugglers with his own shyness and desire to be accepted.
The story unfolds to show Kondoo make mistake after mistake as he takes on different personae. Finally, his one friend helps him realize that people’s reactions to him are caused by his behaviors and the way he presents himself. She helps Kondoo realize the importance of starring in his own show or life. Kondoo does so and is granted a beautiful mane to remind all the animals of the importance of being king or queen of your own space and to star in your own show.
Once again, on the way back to the village, Jake faces a challenge and shows that he’s learned this second lesson well. Jake reviews his lesson with Nia before being transported home where he is to help his friend through her struggle.
The learning of this second life strategy, moves Jake’s journey into adulthood forward a step.
Rhia Roberts
Dr. Rhia currently teaches graduate classes for an online university. She has taught k-graduate school on four continents. She earned her Ph.D. in Special Education with a focus on reading, writing, and dyslexia. She has numerous professional publications including a phonic reading program featuring leveled readers. Dr. Rhia is married with three multi-ethnic, adopted children. Of all her accomplishments, she considers forming her family her greatest.
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Animal Tales The Lion's Tale - Rhia Roberts
Animal Tales
The Lion’s Tale
By Dr. Rhia Roberts
Published by Rhia Roberts at Smashwords
Copyright 2012 Rhia Roberts
Front Cover Artwork by Brian Anthis 2012
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Available now in the Animal Tales series:
The Journey Begins
The Okapi’s Tale
The Lion’s Tale
Coming THIS YEAR in the Animal Tales series:
The Giraffe’s Tale
The Ostrich’s Tale
The Warthog’s Tale
The Rhino’s Tale
The Zebra’s Tale
The Crocodile’s Tale
The Elephant’s Tale
The Vulture’s Tale
The Journey’s End
About the Author
Dr. Rhia was born and raised in Wales, UK. She has taught on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America) and has backpacked through more than 30 countries. She earned her Ph.D. in Special Education at the University of Arizona; her areas of expertise and publications are in reading, writing, and dyslexia. Dr. Rhia and her husband, Dan, have adopted three children. Links to some of her professional publications are found below.
Phonic Reading Lessons: Skills and Practice at PRL
Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, 2nd ed. at Writing Book
Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF) at TOSWRF
Test of Orthographic Competence (TOC) at TOC
About the Animal Tales series
Dr. Rhia blogs about creating a more compassionate, supportive, and successful life at Dr-Rhia.com. She believes Dr. Phil McGraw’s Life Strategies support these goals and was pleased when Jay McGraw translated Dr. Phil’s strategies to teen-speak in Life Strategies for Teens. Dr. Rhia then set about bringing Dr. Phil’s strategies to the elementary school level (3rd-5th grade) in a series of controlled readers; a student with good phonic skills and good sight-word recognition can read this series successfully. The Life Strategies are presented as fables as the reader is taken on an African adventure with Jake, Nia, and Elena.
Dedication
The Animal Tales series is dedicated