The Forgiveness Garden

The forgiveness garden Thompson, L., & Hale, C. (2012). The forgiveness garden. New York, NY: Feiwel and Friends. Opening: We have been reading some books about taking chances and what that means for the characters. Sometimes taking a chance means doing something drastic and life changing. Sometimes ta......more

The Forgiveness Garden by Lauren Thompson, Illustrations- Christy Hale, Hindi language translation by Vidushak- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of the Forgiveness Garden. A long time ago and far away, there were two villages Gamte and Vayam on both sides of a......more

Two villages, Vayam and Gamte, are divided by a river and a generations-old hatred that holds everyone captive, even the very young. When the boy Karune harms the girl Sama, hostilities flare. Neighbors press the very stone that harmed Sama into her hand to use against Karune, but she stays her hand......more

Using as part of an RE unit around forgiveness and Christianity. We are going to create a Forgiveness Garden area in our classroom with flowers that children can write on about when they have forgiven someone or been forgiven and how it felt. This will promote a culture of kindness and responsibilit......more