SuitabookAlan and his perfectly pointy impossibly perpendicular pinky
Alan Page
- Reading
- Pause after the question and invite your child to imagine what the boy might be curious about. Then consider how Page’s smile changes the feel of the moment.
- Themes
- Curiosity and an unexpected question: During a school visit, a pupil asks Page about his pinky, prompting groans and eye-rolling from classmates; Page smiles. That supports a positive framing of curiosity, without establishing how every character’s response is treated.
- Worth knowing
- The other pupils groan and roll their eyes at the boy’s question, creating a brief moment of social awkwardness; Page responds with a smile.