Elementary Library

Resource & Discussion Guide

Avocado Asks, What Am I? by Momoko Abe (E ABE) An avocado faces an identity crisis when it doesn't know if it's a fruit or a vegetable

Discussion prompts: ●​ What is the main inquiry, or question, in this book? ●​ How does avocado go looking for answers? What do you do when you have a question and you don’t know the answer? ●​ What is avocado feeling? How can you tell? Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty (E BEA) Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world. Discussion prompts: ●​ Hands up if you ever had a question that no one could answer. Did you ever find an answer? Scientists spend their lives trying to answer questions. ●​ How would you design an experiment about smells?

●​ What question do you want to have answered? ●​ How would you come up with a plan to answer it? ●​ What character traits does Ada have that make her a good scientist? ●​ What do you think the theme of this story is?

What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada (E YAM) This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps bring it into the world.

Discussion prompts:

●​ What is an idea? ●​ Can you think of an example of something that came from a person’s idea? ●​ Do you know of any people that have made their ideas famous? ●​ Have you ever found yourself with an idea? How did it make you feel? What did you do with your idea? ●​ Do you think that it is possible to suddenly have an idea? Where do you think ideas come from? ●​ Can ideas follow you if you try to ignore them? ●​ Were you ever afraid to tell someone about an idea that you had? Why? ●​ Do you think that other people are right to tell you if your idea is wrong or not good enough? ●​ Are there some ideas that seem too big or too difficult? ●​ What makes an idea important? ●​ Is there such a thing as a bad idea? And can bad ideas become great ones? ●​ If an idea spreads, is it no longer yours? Does it matter? ●​ If you have an idea, how do you make it real? ●​ What does it mean when an idea takes on a life of its own? ●​ Can you think of ways in which ideas have helped change the world?

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