In this condensed version of his usual chapter books, Lobel creates an excellent book for story time. This would be a great book to use for carpet time for those readers who are not quite ready to read a chapter book on their own. The large pop up pictures allow for them to guess what happens in the story. Here are some lesson plans that go along well with Arnold Lobel's books: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lobel.html ( )