Tomo and the Night Bridge: A Story About Courage

Every midsummer, the town of Little Ferry flies one paper lantern on a kite line so high that every house in the valley can see it. This year, eight-year-old Ada wants to be the one flying it.Her first kite is too heavy. Her second flies straight into the tallest tree in the meadow. Two older boys laugh, and Ada pushes the broken sticks under her bed and stops trying. Then Old Tem hands her a ruler and a scrap of paper. "Stop building," he says. "Start measuring."Ada and the Thousand Tries is a read-then-color storybook for ages 5-9. Read the 22-page story together first, then let your child color every page. Afterward come discussion questions, a "what would you do?" page, a maze, drawing pages, a seven-day challenge, a promise page to sign, and a certificate to fill in.Volume 2 of The Little Lantern Library: five stories, five choices, one little lantern. Includes a short note for grown-ups on how to talk with kids about trying again.