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This book is intended to teach kids to read, so I wouldn’t necessarily include questions throughout. That being said, a list of potential topics for the parent to use to spark a discussion with their child could also be beneficial.

A questions segment would be a great idea to find out what the kids learned.

I am a little late to the party, but I agree with some of the other comments. The section does not necessarily need to be included in the book, but parents or teachers can choose their own questions and use those to engage with their children and/students. Great idea though

I agree that questions are neither necessary nor appropriate for this book. With the intent being to teach children in this age range how to read, it is important to stay focused on this goal. Maintaining the attention span of a 3-year old is hard enough without trying to add too many distractors into the lesson plan. It is easy enough, as I've seen a few others mention, for the parent to ask questions about the book outside of the reading time. Anyway, I'm not an educator, but that's what I did with my kids when they were young.

I think it is not necessary, since the the author intended to teach the readers to read. Reading in a way that they understood the story.

I think that's a wonderful idea! Honestly I'm sure the children picked up on these lessons but kept them at the back of their minds; asking these questions could make them ponder on these lessons and internalize them.

I have a child who is currently learning to read, and I think questions are a bad idea. What I have seen is that the questions are so short and easy, that is all that he reads, then he waits on me to give an answer. When I say that the answer is in the book and he has to read it to find out, he groans and says it’s too hard.

To ask questions that don’t have a straightforward answer and requires kids to think even harder might be even more of a challenge.

Zain A Blade wrote: ↑11 Jul 2018, 14:35 I think adding points for lessons learned at the end of each section is a good idea, can help to bring things into perspective for reader.

I can see where this would be helpful for parents or older children who may be introducing the book to a younger child. Whether these are there or not many parents will use them as a discussion after reading a book. I know my children and I had many discussion at the end of reading a book to them. It's how you teach provlem-solving and independent thought.

kfwilson6 wrote: ↑13 Jul 2018, 14:13 I think the lessons are meant to be subtle. Sort of a subliminal messaging type of thing, like when a character in a movie drinks a coke, you may not realize later what made you want a coke, but it was that image of it on the screen. It's not a right in your face sort of lesson. I like it without the questions. Questions can be added by the parent during shared reading time.

I can't improve on this. That's my view as well.

This is a bad idea . Adding questions to story book will make the children's bore a lot.

Nope. I don't think that a separate section where the reader is asked to point out lessons learned should be there. Parents can always ask these questions at the end of their reading time with their children. Instead, I would want the children to try to derive the lessons themselves instead of being poked to do so.

Kibetious wrote: ↑11 Jul 2018, 08:31 Reading this book, one can realize that there are quite a number of lessons to be drawn from it. However, these lessons may prove hard to point out for the kids. Should there be a section where the reader is asked to point out lessons learned or perhaps, in the end, asked whether Toni is a superhero and give reasons for the answer?
Would like to hear get comments on this.

A quetion and answer section would be welcome idea. The issue will be that the help of adults or older siblings will be needed.


There are simple lessons to point out. For example, the benefits of the variety of fruits on some pages.


Children can aked to either spell them out or simply colour them.

Zain A Blade wrote: ↑11 Jul 2018, 14:35 I think adding points for lessons learned at the end of each section is a good idea, can help to bring things into perspective for reader.

Quite true that it brings a clearer perpective to the children.

But we must forget that this not likely possible without guidance from the parents.To help explain this point and clear any area of confusion.

Kendra M Parker wrote: ↑13 Jul 2018, 16:00 I think that discussion questions are completely unnecessary for this book. The author's intention was not to spur discussion, but to teach kids to read. In a book where discussion is important, sure, I support the inclusion of questions. For this one, the discussion should be left to the parents to decide what and how much to discuss with their kids.

It is purposeful to see a book that tesches kids to read. However, it will require cooperation from parents in order to enforce this.


And I agreed that they must decide what parts and amount of time to discuss with their children

Questions are good but they should not take a considerable amount of space in the book since it is a kid's book and therefore a kid should be able to read on his/her own without necessarily having the parent/guardian there to take them through the questions.