The Seal Mother is a free story for World Empathy Day, made for KS1 and KS2 children from Year 1 right up to Year 6.
Sisters May and June live in a little cottage by the sea, where the tide rolls in and out across a rocky causeway. June is gentle with every crab and starfish she finds, while May pokes, prods and torments the creatures in the rock pools. Their mother has had quite enough, so one night she slips on a sealskin coat and sends a message out across the water to someone very old and very powerful. When May crosses to the island and comes face to face with the Seal Mother herself, she’s about to find out exactly how those sea creatures feel.
Spooky, gripping and full of heart, this coastal tale is a wonderful way to open up conversations on World Empathy Day with younger and older children alike, and it links beautifully to PSHE and to living things and their habitats in science. Book your free place, and get ready to look at rock pools in a whole new way.
