The Love Letter is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"The Love Letter" by Anika Aldamuy Denise is a touching children's book that explores the power of words and the beauty of friendship. The story follows a young Hedgehog who finds a mysterious letter addressed to "My Wonderful Friend" and thinks the love letter was for him! Hedgehog continues on his way and bumps into his friends Bunny and Squirrel! Once Hedgehog leaves, Bunny finds the same love letter and thinks it's for her from Hedgehog and the same pattern happens to Squirrel who thinks the love letter is from Bunny! As Hedgehog, Bunny and Squirrel spreads kindness and joy from recieving the love letter, they discover that they all had the same love letter which was actually written by Mouse and was meant for the moon all along! Through its gentle illustrations and lyrical text, the book celebrates the magic of friendship, gratitude, and the joy of receiving and giving love. "The Love Letter" is a tender tale that reminds young readers of the importance of expressing love and appreciation for the special people in their lives.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Practice making predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Discuss the books plot and examine the problem and solution.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Teach a mini lesson on compound words.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
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- Valentine’s Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
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