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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Rachel Williams

‘Children make an impact’: what one Cambodian girl’s story can teach kids about the climate crisis

Seima and the Storm is based on the story of a real little girl in Cambodia.
Seima and the Storm is based on the story of a real little girl in Cambodia. Photograph: Save the Children

When a ferocious storm sweeps across Seima’s village and her big brother Rainsey can’t be found anywhere, it’s Seima’s tin can telephone that saves the day – and the year 3 pupils at Longsight community primary school were impressed, especially as she was only five years old at the time.

“Children are capable of doing anything,” one said, when they were asked what the story of Seima and the Storm, one of the books from Save the Children’s Wonderbooks series, told them about children.

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