We can learn many important lessons about life from stories.
Imaginative stories with make-believe characters enable us to identify
with the characters' behaviors. They create an emotional place where we
feel safe, enabling us to apply the ideas that we feel are appropriate
to our own lives. Doing so is true personal growth.
The story of the Ones and the Zeros is just such a story.
The
imaginary characters, presented as animated cartoon images, represent
different types of people, and the situations they encounter encompass
many aspects of real life. The Ones and the Zeros struggle with normal
conflicts and the process of resolving them. You might have similar
conflicts at times.
Whether you think you are a One or feel like
you are a Zero, or think you are a Zero and want to feel like a One - or
even if at times you are not quite sure - there is a message here for
you. More than a hundred questions appear at the end of the story.
These
are extremely useful for classroom and family interaction and
discussion. Readers of all ages are sure to enjoy and learn from this
unusual, enjoyable, and educational experience.
