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Plot Pitch

Our story begins with the birth of a litter of puppies.  Two puppies in particular stand out from the rest.  Two sisters form a strong bond of friendship and dependence on each other for survival.  One of them is the runt and is smaller and more fragile, so the other takes up responsibility to watch over her.  One day, they are separated and are miserable to be apart.  They struggle to find each other and in the end fate steps in and they are reunited.  They are over the moon at being back together and vow to never let each other out of their sight again. 

Activity Guide 

Text 

1. The text of a children's book is usually organized into simple sentences and short paragraphs. How is the text organized in this picturebook? Explain whether this organization was sufficient for the story that this book is telling. 

2. Children's book authors often employ literary tools to help make the story more vivid in the readers minds. Commonly used literary tools are rhythm, alliteration, repetition, refrains, onomatopoeia, simile, personification, rhyme, and imagery. Identify three different areas in the text where a literary tool has been employed. For each example you identify, state the type of literary tool that is used and how the employment of the tool helps support the story. 

3. Identify two areas in the text that use a question or other device to help move the reader to the next page. 

Images

1. Some picture books have an images on the front cover that presents the main conflict or point of the story. Identify two or more elements from the front cover of the book you are reviewing and explain how they relate to the story. 

2. What is the primary medium (collage, drawings, photographs, etc.) used in the images? 

3. Identify the image that in your opinion is the most effective in developing the story as a whole. Explain how two or more elements in the illustration help support and develop the story. If you can, insert a screenshot of the image into your blog.

4. Identify two elements that are repeated throughout a majority of the images. Explain how these elements support the story. If you can insert a screenshot into your blog.

5. Find an example of how the images and text work together to create irony,metaphor and/or metonymy. If you can insert a screeenshot of the image into your blog. 

Characterization 

1. What is the easily identifiable dominant trait of the story's main character(s)? 

2. Identify a character trait of the main character that is established through the text. 

3. Identify a character trait of the main character that is established through the images. 

4. Identify two character traits of the main character that young children identify or sympathize 

with. 

5. What was the main problem that the main character faces in the book? How is this problem similar to a problem that most children have faced before? 

6. Sometimes a children's book character will solve the main conflict on his or her own. How did the character in the book you selected turn to self-reliance to solve the main conflict of the story?