What are the Best Conditions?

All gardens need water, sunlight and soil to grow. What conditions make the wildest garden? Experiment by creating a few different city gardens and putting them in different places around your house, inside and outside – some sunny places, some not so sunny. Some with...

Dig Your Own Wild Garden

Discover the awesome power of nature and learn about how things grow. Download, print and cut out pictures of Tokyo’s house, skyscrapers and other buildings from the attached sheet and construct your own city by sticking them into the soil. Then, carefully plant some...

Internet Resources

Note: The following links are intended to provide background for educators, who can then refine the information and decide what and how to share with students. Migration Policy Institute Central American Migrants and “La Bestia”: The Route, Dangers, and Government...

Reexamine the Title

After students have read and discussed the book, ask them to reexamine the title. What do students think it means? How does it relate to the story as a whole? Have students cite specific evidence from the book (pictures and text) that shows how the little girl feels...