SuitabookLa caja de los agujeros
Carmen Gil
- Reading
- Pause when each owner reclaims a hole and invite predictions about the final, unclaimed one. Afterwards, discuss both the comfort of fantasy friends and the real-world meaning of Andrea’s wish.
- Themes
- Imagination as a doorway: Andrea treats a box of holes as meaningful and enters the final hole, which leads to a fantasy kingdom. Imagination is presented as a resource that enables Andrea to act, explore and pursue a desired change.
- Helping and being helped: Andrea returns holes to their owners, then receives encouragement and assistance from those characters during her journey. Reciprocity and persistence are positively framed: Andrea helps others, and they support her when the journey becomes tiring.
- A child responding to a parent’s sadness: Andrea’s mother rejects the box at first, and Andrea’s final wish is that her mother’s smile should return after sadness has affected their relationship. The relationship is treated sympathetically, but Andrea’s wish may raise questions about how much responsibility a child should feel for a parent’s emotional state.
- Worth knowing
- The mother–daughter thread deserves attention: Andrea wishes for her mother’s smile to return after sadness has affected their relationship. Consider how this responsibility may feel to a child reader.