Before reading the story, discuss the cover and the title. Use some of the following prompts to facilitate your discussion:
- What do you notice about the illustration on the front cover? Look closely at the expression on the children’s faces. How do you think they feel? Why?
- Make a prediction of what you think the book will be about.
- What does the title of the book mean? A kid is a kid is a kid.
- Why do you think the illustrator might have chosen many kids for the cover instead of using one kid on the cover?
- Have you ever been the “new kid” at school, in a neighborhood or in another setting? How did you feel? Why?