A Guide to Creative Questioning for Elementary-Grade Literature Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy

The foundation for this book is a selection of children’s books, ranging from classic stories that we remember as children to newer books that are destined to become favorites for generations of readers. Each story is listed with a brief synopsis and a set of questions based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, with a few questions at each level. This enables instructors to engage children in meaningful discussions, beginning with simple questions and working up to questions that promote higher-order thinking skills.

The stories covered are:

Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Superfudge 
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great 
The Computer Nut 
The Pinballs 
The TV Kid
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 
George’s Marvelous Medicine 
James and the Giant Peach 
Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library
McBroom Tells the Truth 
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 
Max and Me and the Time Machine 
See You Around, Sam! 
The Purple Coat 
Aldo Ice Cream 
Class Clown 
Just So Stories: The Elephant’s Child
Just So Stories: How the Camel Got His Hump
Pippi Longstocking 
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic
Sarah, Plain and Tall  
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out 
The Cricket in Times Square 
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor
Breaker at Dawn
All-of-a-Kind Family 
Amelia’s Notebook 
Charlotte’s Web 
Stuart Little 
The Velveteen Rabbit
Amber Brown Sees Red
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