The Paper Kingdom 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 Paper Kingdom" by Helena Ku Rhee is a heartwarming children's book that explores themes of resilience, imagination, and the power of family. The story follows young Daniel, whose parents work as janitors in a large office building. During a late-night shift, Daniel accompanies his parents to work and discovers a hidden world within the building's offices and cubicles. With the help of his parents and their co-workers, Daniel transforms the mundane tasks of cleaning into a captivating and imaginative adventure known as "The Paper Kingdom." Through their storytelling, Daniel learns valuable lessons about hard work, empathy, and the importance of dreams. This inspiring tale beautifully captures the bond between parent and child and celebrates the power of imagination in overcoming life's challenges.
 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.
- Analyze the setting of this book. Discuss where and when it takes place.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Discuss the books plot and examine the problem and solution.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Identify different examples of common nouns in the book.
- Introduce students to proper nouns using examples from the story.
- Discuss patience with students and share strategies they can use to be more patient.
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
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