Once upon a time, in a city, there lived a tailor... He was very beloved and unique in his kind because he didn't sew with threads and fabrics, but with words from fairy tales, songs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. For winter clothes, he cut warm words, like sun, stove, or fire. For summer clothes, he used cool words like water, dives, or shade! People gradually followed the fashion... They bought clothes from shop windows and forgot about the little tailor. But then a very harsh winter came and people couldn't get warm no matter what. And then they remembered the little tailor again...
Another wonderful collaboration between Antonis Papatheodoulou and my beloved Iris Samartzi... The result is a bright and colorful children's book with original sketches, which immediately became loved by my boys.
Apart from enjoying it every time we read it, it's a good opportunity to talk about a profession that is probably disappearing... The profession of the tailor as it used to be... But also the process of making clothes... About the different fabrics and materials we use and how much time it takes to make just one piece of clothing.
Mainly though, with the help of this book, we realized the richness of words and the great power they have in our daily lives. They warm us, they cool us, they make us feel love, joy, or hatred and anger.
We also played an easy and fun game... We searched for as many winter and summer words as we know!
At the end of the book there are photos from the theatrical adaptation of the little tailor's story. Also, ideas for games that children can play with words and everyone can become another little tailor or rather a "writer tailor"! This is a word I took from the book and I liked it a lot...
There is information about fabrics and a nice idea for a handmade paper weave!
Finally, there is the possibility for a QR Reader, if you want to learn more information and a surprise... A board game, a word snakes and ladders!