Have students close their eyes and listen to the story as it is read to them. Then break students into pairs and have them retell the story to each other without reading the words, just looking at the illustrations. Once they are done, have each pair work together to write a plot summary of the story. Come together as a class to discuss. Compare the length of their summaries to the amount of text in the original book. How did the book tell such a complex story with so few words?
