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Each child picks a ribbon color. It marks their shelf, their verdicts and the top of every printable made for them.
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Read together
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
A pig, a clever spider and a farm-full of friends.
Ages 7–101-min guide
Good fit
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Arnold Lobel
Five short stories about two very different best friends.
Ages 6–81-min guide
Good fit
Dinosaurs Before Dark
Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie find a magic tree house full of books.
Ages 6–81-min guide
Read together
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown
A robot washes up on a wild island and learns to live there.
Ages 8–111-min guide
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Prisoner of Azkaban
9+4
Goblet of Firethe tone shifts here
10+5
Order of the Phoenix
11+Ask at dinner
Three questions. No wrong answers.
Every guide comes with a card you can screenshot and bring to the table. Hard topics become easy openers.
Ask at dinner
The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
- 1What would Roz need to learn at our house?
- 2What makes someone part of a family?
- 3Which animal on the island would you be?
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How verdicts work
The answer comes first.
Good fitHand it over. Nothing here needs a talk first.
Read togetherSomething in it is worth talking about. Read that part with them.
Not yetA great book, a little later. We say when.
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