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Read aloud questions

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Read Aloud Questions

1. Be sure to read and discuss the wonderful dedication at the beginning: “To children everywhere sitting in cardboard boxes”:

→ “Did you know that the author and illustrator wrote this book just for you because she remembers playing in a cardboard box with her sister when she was little?”

2. After the first page or two, start making predictions:

→ “What do you think Rabbit is imagining?”

→ “What will the box be next?”

3. Rabbit's voice becomes more insistent every time he says "it's not a box." Draw attention to these changes with the inflection of your voice and ask:

→ "What can we tell about what Rabbit is feeling just by the sound of his voice?"

4. At the end of the book, ask:

→ “Why did Rabbit keep saying, ‘This is not a box’”?

→ “If you had a box, what would you turn it into?”

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