🤜🏼Punch! A Story About Kindness💗
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In a world where it's easy to punch back, Badger's friends choose to patch things up...
Bear, Frog, Moose, Elephant, and Bear are best friends. But when Badger experiences a personal loss and his emotions are too big to contain, he goes looking for trouble and takes his sadness out on his friends. He trips Frog, shoves Moose, kicks Elephant, and pokes Bear with a shovel. So Bear gathers the others, and they come up with a plan to teach Badger a lesson. Only that lesson is not what Badger -- or readers -- expect. In fact, Badger's friends treat Badger with kindness, offering him what he needs the most to soothe his raw emotions -- a surprising turn of events that Badger takes to heart when Bear needs a little comfort in return.
When Badger hurts his friends, do they hurt him back?
The words in this book seem to tell a story of revenge. But some words have more than one meaning. And sometimes there is more to a situation than meets the eyes. So look at the pictures carefully.
What do you see?
A book about love, friendship, and understanding.
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Meet the Creator
Michael Hall grew up in Michigan and lives with his family in Minnesota. He is the creator of numerous acclaimed picture books for children. Before becoming a children's author, Michael was an award-winning graphic designer whose work has been widely recognized for its simple and engaging approach.
Glimpse into the Book
Discussion Questions
How did Badger feel at the beginning of the story? Why was he feeling that way? How did his friends' kindness affect him?
How did the other animals react to being punched?
Why did Badger punch the other characters?
How did the story end?
Why is it better to respond with kindness instead of anger?
Make a list of five ways you can show kindness at school or home.
The words in this book seem to tell a story of revenge. But some words have more than one meaning. And sometimes there is more to a situation than meets the eye. So look at the pictures carefully. What do you see?
Book Activities
Hunting for Homographs
A homograph is when a word is spelled the same as another word, but has a different meaning. Punch! is full of homographs! Find three homographs in the book and list two meanings for each one.
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