SuitabookBlack Bug Soup
Piper Thomas
- Reading
- Read together and pause to ask what Lily is trying to achieve with each plan. Afterwards, invite your reader to suggest ways a class could include someone while taking their needs seriously.
- Themes
- Having allergy needs taken seriously: Arlo is a frog with food allergies, and the story describes classroom needs being brushed aside and the loneliness this can bring. The book takes a critical view of this.
- Worth knowing
- Arlo’s allergy needs are ignored in a classroom context, and the story is described as showing the loneliness and frustration this can cause. Consider whether that portrayal would be upsetting for your reader.