by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Focus on the section about wind. Notice that sometimes the wind is gentle (tells stories making the trees laugh) and sometimes it is strong (howls like wolves.) The author is using metaphor to show that wind is changeable and has different effects on its environment....
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Look at the pages that show the child playing with their shadow. Can you find the source of light? What is blocking the light to make the shadow? Is the shadow short? Long? Where else do you see shadows in the book? (wolves)
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
How does the child respond to adversity in this story (when the shadows disappear, when the wind howls like wolves and when the snowflakes become icy and sharp)? What choices does the child make to overcome that adversity?
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Ask your child(ren) how the story makes them feel. Pause at various points throughout the story (while the child is waiting for their shadow to return, when the wind howls like wolves, when the snowflakes feel prickly and sharp) and ask them how that page makes them...
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Write this excerpt from the story on chart paper or display on the Smartboard. “Grandpa has a secret room. The lights are always out; the curtains always closed. Old trunks and wooden boxes line the walls, dusty and mysterious. Step, step, step … We step sneaky steps...
