Wishes and Wonders Book Club:Prudence Wants a Pet

Read Prudence Wants a Pet by Cathleen Daly, a charming book about a girl who desperately wants a pet, then answer the following questions. Discuss your answers with a parent or teacher.

1. Why does Prudence's dad reject her first pet request?

2. Why does Prudence's mom reject Prudence's first pet request?

3. What is Prudence's first pet?

4. What happened to Prudence's first pet?

5. What is Prudence's second pet? What does Prudence name her second pet?

6. What happened to Prudence's second pet?

7. What is Prudence's third pet? What does she name it?

8. What happened to Prudence's third pet?

9. What is Prudence's fourth pet?

10. What is Prudence's fifth pet? What does she name it?

11. What happened to Prudence's fifth pet?

12. What is Prudence's sixth pet?

13. What gift did Prudence get for her birthday? What does she name it?

14. What kind of pet do YOU want?

Wishes and Wonders Book Club:Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses

Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses is a book about a grumpy cat who finds a magical way to happiness. Read Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James Dean, then answer the following questions. Discuss your answers with a parent or teacher.

1. Why was Pete the Cat unhappy?

2. How do the cool, blue, magic sunglasses make the blues go away?

3. Why was squirrel mad?

4. Why was turtle frustrated?

5. Why was alligator sad?

6. What happened to the cool, blue, magic sunglasses?

7. What advice did Wise Old Owl give Pete?

8. Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses is a book about perspective. Look up the word perspective in a dictionary. What does it mean to you?

Wishes and Wonders Book Club:Bloom by Doreen Cronin

Read Bloom by Doreen Cronin, a charming book about a magical fairy who helps save a crumbling kingdom, then answer the questions below and discuss them with your parents, friends or teachers.

1. Why do you suppose the glass kingdom started to crumble?

2. Do you think Genevieve was ordinary? Why or why not?

3. Bloom had no obligation to help save the kingdom. Why do you suppose she did it?

4. Why did Bloom and Genevieve build a house in the middle of the forest?

5. How do you think Genevieve was treated when she rebuilt the kingdom?