My Roots

Do you know anyone from another country or are you from another country? What do they talk about what they remember most?

What is your favorite thing about your home?

What is your favorite thing about a place you visited?

What are good things about being from somewhere different? Are there any bad things?

Why do people move? Would you move if there was a monster in your town? What kind of monster do you think it is?

Can you be from two different places at once?

Lola called her grandmother abuela. What do you call your grandmother?

Do you like to cook? Does anyone in your family like to cook? Do you cook together?

What is a tradition? How do you pass a tradition on? What traditions do you have in your family? Why do families have different traditions?

How do traditions develop? Where do ideas for traditions come from?

What New Year traditions would you like to start? Why?

Make sure you read two or three tales from each section of the book.

Which stories did you read?

What drew you to these stories?

Have you experienced this story before or another version of it?

Which story was your favorite?

Folktales, fairytales and other forms of oral/ traditional stories were used to teach children. What do you think were the intended teachings/ morals of these stories?

Who were some of your favorite characters or creatures? Why?