

Play a version of duck, duck, goose called Toot, Toot, Puddle. Make luggage tags for your backpack featuring drawings of places you?d like to go. Make a Postcard to Puddle (or to your best friend) from your next adventure. Where would you like to go each month of the year? Is it ok to have different interests? Who are you more like, Toot or Puddle? Are they like you and your friends, or different? Who is your best friend? What do you have in common? What is different?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: How do you feel when you leave and friends stay behind? This is a book that is told both by the words and the pictures - one way to read is to focus on both - Ask active questions about the pictures - What do you think Toot is doing? What else did he do? What is happening in this picture?īased on the cover of the book, what do you think it?s about? Do you think they are friends? Why?ĭo you like to stay home or travel? Where would you travel? Where have you been? What would you take with you if you traveled?

Whimsical postcards capture the excitement of Toot's travels, while scenes of Puddle celebrate mundane moments spent in familiar confines. While Toot likes to travel to places unknown, Puddle prefers to stay home and revel in the joys of everyday life. Meet Toot and Puddle-two small, endearing pigs who are friends and as different as different can be. Grade Level: 2nd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Volunteers needed in June! Click here to sign up.
