The Mysterious Toy

Name: The Mysterious Toy
Author: Prum Kunthearo

by Prum Kunthearo

Ages 4–76 min readCuriosity & WonderFree to read

Nary and Sokha receive a new toy from Aunt San but they're not sure what it is. How do they figure out what it is?

A hands-on discovery story where two curious kids turn a mystery gift into a real experiment with magnets, sparking the joy of figuring things out for yourself.

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Written by Prum Kunthearo

License: CC BY NC 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

Nary thought her stuck-together metal pieces might be magic — what did they really turn out to be?
Why do you think Aunt San wouldn't just tell them the secret right away?
If you got a mysterious toy, how would you figure out how it worked?