Titles for Questioning
Readers ask questions about the text and about the author or illustrators' intentions.
Chicken Sunday by Call Number: PZ7.P75186 ChISBN: 9780698116153Publication Date: 1998-02-09After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers' determine to buy their gramma Eula a beautiful Easter hat. But their good intentions are misunderstood, until they discover just the right way to pay for the hat that Eula's had her eye on.
The Name Jar by Call Number: PZ7.C446263 Nam 2001ISBN: 9780440417996Publication Date: 2003-10-14The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. But while Unhei practices being a Suzy, Laura, or Amanda, one of her classmates comes to her neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special meaning.- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble byCall Number: PZ7.S8177 Sy 1980ISBN: 0671960229Publication Date: 1979-10-01In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock, but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Call Number: PZ7.S41267 Tr 1989ISBN: 0670827592Publication Date: 1989-10-01The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
