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Karito Kids has launched five doll and book sets:
• Zoë and book “The Manhattan Menace”
• Wan Ling and book “Shanghai Secret”
• Lulu and book, “Nairobi Nightmare”
• Pita and book, “Mexico Mystery”
• Gia and book, “Florence Fiasco”
The books are written at a 5th grade reading level and feature interesting facts about each doll’s culture. The dolls are purposely dressed in contemporary fashions, not traditional ethnic costumes, exemplifying how kids in each of these countries dress today with a whole range of interchangeable clothing and accessories available.”
The experience is about building a bridge of cross-cultural understanding that all kids – no matter where they live or what color their skin – are fundamentally similar. And yet in many places around the globe, it is a struggle for children to get a meal each day, have a safe place to call home, go to school in peace. This is a novel way to teach kids the value of charity and empathy. Children read the books and become engaged in the story of their doll, they can play interactive games on the website. Only, this time, when they rack up “points,” the points are called “world change.” That’s a play on the word for money, because the points are converted to real money donations that the child, again, directs to Plan’s charity for kids, so it also a play on the fact that kids literally are playing to change the world.
We haven't yet tried these out, but we like the idea of a less commercial Webkinz-style doll.
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