Wolf! by Becky Bloom

Book: Wolf!
Author: Becky Bloom
Other Books By Author: Leo and Lester, Mice Make Trouble

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1. Where did the wolf wander to? (p. 85)
2. What did the wolf have for emergencies? (p. 85)
3. Once he got into town, where did he decide to go next? (p. 85)
4. What were the pig, duck, and cow doing in the sun? (p. 87)
5. Who ran for their lives? (p. 88)
6. Who didn’t run for their lives? (p. 88)
7. What did the pig say to the animals? (p. 91)
8. What did the pig tell the wolf to why they aren’t scared of him? (p. 91)
9. Where did the wolf go after the pig talked to him? (p. 92)
10. What did the children find strange? (p. 92)
11. What did the children get used to? (p. 92)
12. How were the wolf’s work habits? (p. 92)
13. After much effort, what did the Wolf learned to do?
14. What did the Wolf accomplish to become after learning to read and write?
15. What did the duck say to the Wolf? (p. 94)
16. Where did the Wolf go next? (p. 96)
17. Who told the Wolf he needs to work on his style? (p. 96)
18. What did the Wolf buy? (p. 98)
19. How did the Wolf read his storybook to the farm animals? (p. 101)
20. Did the Wolf and the farm animals become friends?

My Very Own Room by Amada Irma Perez

Book: My Very Own Room
Author: Amada Irma Perez
Other Books: My Diary from Here to There

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Comment:  This is a very nice story of a young girl wanting her own room.

1. How old was the girl?
2. What did the girl want?
3. How many people lived in the house?
4. When did the amount of people who lived in the house grow?
5. Who was she able to hear snoring from the house when she climbed up the ladder?
6. The girl loved her brothers.  True or False
7. What room in the house did she imagine as her bedroom?
8. Who showed up?
9. What did the girl tell her mother?
10. Did the girl's mother agree with her idea?
11. What was carried out of the closet?
12. What were the names of her two brothers?
13. What did the girl and her two brothers do with the left over paint?
14. What color of paint was created?
15. What did they do with the paint after they mixed it?
16. What did her mother used to show her how to measure?
17. Who offered her a bed?
18. Who drove the bed over to her house?
19. Who helped Tio Pancho carry the bed into the house?
20. Her mother brought a shoe box stuffed with _________________.
21. How did her parents get these stamps?
22. What did they have to do before taking the stamps to the stamp store?
23. Who drove them to the stamp store?
24. Which type of lamp did she choose?
25. Where did she go to get books?
26. How many books did she get?
27. What is her lucky number?
28. Mario and Victor wanted their sister to read to them before going to bed.  True or False
29. Not everyone helped in her family to get her own room.  True or False

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The Babe and I by David A. Adler

Book: The Babe and I
Author: David A. Adler
ISBN-13: 978-0-15-201378-3
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Comments: I really enjoyed this story that took place in 1932.  The author did an excellent job intergrading Babe Ruth with the main character.

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1. What was the boy hoping for on his birthday?
2. Was the boy surprised of his gift?
3. This story takes place in the midst of the ______________________________________.
4. Did the boy’s father have a job?
5. In what city does this story take place?
6. The drawing on page 1, why were the streets empty?  Explain your answer
7. The picture on page 3, the boy’s father is walking away waving.  Does the city of the Bronx seem like a poor neighborhood?
a. Do you see homeless people?
8. What was the boy’s neighbor’s name?
9. Where did Jacob have to go?
10. What did the boy buy with Jacob?
11. Why was the boy happy to get rid of his dime?
12. Why was the boy sorry to have spent his dime so easily?
13. What is a newsie?
14. Compare and contrast the drawing on page 11-12 with your neighborhood.
15. Instead of calling out headline news, what did Jacob shout?
16. How much were they selling the newspapers?
17. How many newspapers do the boys have to sell in order to buy one apple?
18. How much did each boy earn?
19. Why didn’t the boy tell his mother about seeing his father selling apples?
20. On page 19, it’s Monday, and the boys sold more newspapers using the baby carriage.  The boy took home 80 cents to give his mother.  If the boys split the money equally.  How many newspapers did they sell all together?
a. How many more newspapers do you need to add for the rental of the baby carriage?
b. What is the real total number of newspapers the boys sold?
21. On page 22, describe the boy’s father’s face.
22. To whom did the boys sell a newspaper to the next day?
a. How much did he pay for the newspaper?
b. If you were to buy 10 newspapers, how much would you spend?
c. If you were to buy 100 newspapers, how much would you spend?
d. If you were to buy 200 newspapers, how much would you spend?
e. So, how many newspapers could you buy with $5?
23. How did Babe Ruth help the boy and his family?
24. What did he receive instead of what he wanted for his birthday?
25. In what year did the story take place?
26. How many people were out of work?
27. In what city does this story take place?
28. The picture on page 2, do they (the boy and his father) look poor?  Explain your answer
29. Why was the boy’s father leaving the home with a briefcase?
30. The drawing on page 5-6, what do you notice that everyone is selling?
a. How many people are selling the same item?
31. What did the lady’s sign say?
32. How much did the two apples cost him?
33. On page 7-8, as the boys got to Webster Avenue, what did the boy notice?
34. On page 9-10, why does Jacob have his arm around the boy?
35. What caused the boy to get tears?
36. Why is Jacob working?
37. Does Jacob see selling newspapers as hard work?
38. What is the name of the ballpark they sold newspapers next to?
39. Why do you suppose the boy and Jacob are successful in selling newspapers?
40. Do you recall the price of the apples and how much they cost?
41. On page 15, the boys go back to the small building where they got the newspapers.  How much were the boys charged for the newspaper?
42. How many newspapers did they sell?
43. On page 18, Mrs. Johnson, made a business arrangement with the boy.  The arrangement was to rent him the baby carriage at 10 cents an afternoon.  How many newspapers would the boy have to sell in order to pay for the rental of the carriage?
44. On page 20, why do you think the boy’s father is upset?  Use text-clues to support your answer.
45. Why do you suppose the boy’s father didn’t reply to when he heard his son say he saw him selling apples?  Use text-clues to support your answer.
46. What did the boys do after selling all of their newspapers?
47. On the last page (29), how do we know that the boy and his father are working as a team?  Use text-clues to support your answer.


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Mama Played Baseball by David A. Adler

Book: Mama Played Baseball
Author: David A. Adler
ISBN: 978-0-15-202196-2
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Summary: This is a nice easy read book for your child.  The author has written other books like "The Babe and I."  Once I finished reading the story, I craved for more information about the women's baseball league.

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1. Compare and contrast, the drawing on page 1-2, the neighborhood in the book to your neighborhood.
2. What was the situation of the country during this time?
3. The girl’s mother wanted to get a job in the ____________________________________.
4. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch.  Compare and contrast their clothes to present day styles.
5. What type of job did the girls’ father have before the war?
6. Compare and contrast the vehicles on page 5-6, to today’s vehicles.
7. Who was having Sunday dinner?
8. What did they listen to after hearing about the war?
9. The Jack Benny Show was whose favorite?
10. Describe how the women were dress on page 10.
11. How did women get eliminated from making the team?
12. How did the girl’s mother do when she batted?
13. How many days did it take the girl’s mother to make the team?
14. Do you see more women or men in the drawing on page 15-16?
15. How did the girl’s mother’s team travel to faraway games?
16. Why did the girl want her mother’s autograph?
17. What evidence, text clues, do you see on page 20, that tell you that the girl’s mother wants to be the best baseball player?
18. Who looked handsome in his uniform?  Who looked pretty in her uniform?
19. Who was standing on the front porch saluting the girl’s father?
20. What was the gift the girl gave her father?
21. What day was it that the girl’s dad returned home from the war?
22. What did the girl’s mother tell her daughter?
23. Where was the girl’s father?
24. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch.  Compare and contrast their clothes to present day styles.
25. What type of job did the girl’s father have before the war?
26. Compare and contrast the vehicles on page 5-6, to today’s vehicles.
27. The drawing on page 3-4, the girl and her mother are sitting on the porch.  Look at the baseball glove and their shoes.  Compare and contrast the glove and the shoes to today’s baseball glove and shoes.
28. Why does the girl think playing baseball is not a job?
29. Using context clues on page 7-8, what day is it?
30. The girl mentions that Grandpa has told the story before about the war and the medal.  Does grandpa repeat himself often, and why?  Use text clues and explain your answer.
31. What show did they listen to on the radio?
32. Describe the medal on page 7.
33. How did the family get to the baseball stadium?
34. Did the girl’s mother miss any fly balls?
35. Describe the lady’s uniform on page 13.
36. How did the family celebrate the mother making the baseball team?
37. Did the girl attend faraway baseball games to watch her mother play?
38. Why did the girl’s mother feel that her daughter didn’t need her autograph?
39. Compare and contrast the neighborhood on page 19-20.
40. What was the surprise at the bus station?
41. Describe the drawing on page 26.
42. What did the girl’s grandpa wear to greet her father?
43. Did the girl’s father like his gift?
44. What radio show did they listen to at the end of the story?



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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing by Aesop

Book: Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
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1. What was the great difficulty for the wolf?
2. Why couldn’t he get to the sheep?
3. What did he find one day?
4. What did he do with it?
5. Who followed the wolf?
6. What did the wolf do to the lamb?
7. What was he able to do for some time?

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The Man And The Wooden God by Aesop

Book: Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
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1. What did men do in the old days?
2. What did men do with these stocks and stones?
3. What act did they do with these idols?
4. What did one man get from his father?
5. What did the man do to this idol in a rage?
6. What happened then?

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The Fox and the Cat by Aesop

Book: Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
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1. What was the fox boasting to the cat about?
2. How many clever devices for escaping does the cat have?
3. What did the fox and the cat hear?
4. What did the cat do?
5. Where did the cat hide?
6. What do you think boughs are?
7. Was the fox confused?
8. What did the fox do?
9. What happened to the fox?
10. What was the meaning of what Miss Puss said?

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The Dog In The Manger by Aesop

Book: Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
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1. Who went to a manger?
2. Whose manger did he go to?
3. Who barked at the ox?
4. What was the ox trying to do?

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The Tree and the Reed by Aesop

Book: Aesop's Fables
Author: Aesop
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1. What did the tree say to a reed?
2. What was the reed’s answer to his question?
3. What happened to the tree?
4. How did the tree end up?
5. What happened to the road?
6. Did the storm passed over?

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