Milo Imagines the World

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The final pages also reveal where Milo's journey ends and who he is visiting (his mum in prison / detention centre. That is UNTIL I noticed that Milo and his sister get off of an A train at their last stop, so that may mean they transferred somewhere and the A train is running on the C line. This is a powerful story about the judgments we make about others and trying to see the world from another's point of view. Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. This joyful celebration of black hair demonstrates a range of styles and will inspire children to experiment with their own look.

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When Homo sapiens were tromping about 250,000 years ago, the ability to size up a potential friend or foe instantaneously could mean the difference between life or death. Maybe the grumpy-looking man isn't alone in the world; he might have a family who loves him dearly, and he's just having a sour day. Manages to be sophisticated while also bringing in the joy and wonder associated with picture books. Along the way he imagines the lives of fellow passengers and draws pictures of them -- going home to their pets, living in a castle, getting married, etc. It moves away from the uniqueness of the situation, instead focusing on the near normality of visiting an imprisoned mom.

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We learn that all those pictures he was drawing were for her, and the very last words in the book are about Milo waiting in hope that she will smile when she sees them. On the train there are a variety of different fellow riders, like the businessman with the blank lonely face or the woman in a wedding dress with a pup in her handbag. For a boy wearing a suit and tie, Milo imagines “the clop clop clop of the horse-drawn carriage that will carry him to his castle. But what serves you well in the ancient plains, running from a lion, does not serve you particularly well when making snap judgments in the 21st century. Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the Transylvanian Express - and it's up to you to solve the case!Two other passengers from the subway are there for the same reason, which causes Milo to reconsider his imaginings and own instinctive bias.

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Each of our 400+ Starts With a Story book companions come with a teacher’s guide to make lesson planning quick and easy, printable worksheets and digital resources that cover ALL of the standards-based reading comprehension skills. This beautiful book from the dynamo team behind Last Stop on Market Street have batted another one clean out of the park.

In this rich, multilayered journey, the award-winning creators of Last Stop on Market Street celebrate a city’s kaleidoscope of scenes, offer a glimpse at a child’s experience with parental incarceration, and convey that child’s keen observations about his circumstances and surroundings. When Milo and his sister get to their destination, he sees people from the subway in line with them at the metal detectors. Why exactly that is can be found under the spoiler tag and I would recommend, just for the sake of being prepared for questions, that you check it out. There is so much to see on Milo’s journey and it isn’t until the end that the reader discovers he is visiting his mother with his older sister - a mother who is incarcerated.