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If you jumped into your book, where would you land?

If you jumped into the book you are reading, where would you land?

This one comes from Pip's question in My Reading Adventures, our reading journal for ages 6 to 10. It works with any book, from a picture book to a chapter book, and it needs nothing but paper and a pencil.

A few ways in

  1. Perhaps a book you have just finished, or one you are halfway through.
  2. You could draw the place you land: a street, a forest, a castle, a kitchen.
  3. Some people like to tell a grown-up what they can see, hear and do there, and whether anyone notices them.

Example: 'I'd land on the roof of the lighthouse. I can hear gulls and the wind. I'd wave at the ship.'

A thought: A grown-up can write down whatever the child says, and a drawing on its own is a lovely answer.

A journal is a writing hobby, not a treatment. A plain notebook is every bit as welcome.

Pale lilac background with Pip the bookworm, a green caterpillar character in round lilac glasses, sitting beside a cosy blanket fort with a lamp and books. Heading: "If you jumped into your book, where would you land?" Text: "You could draw the place you land, then tell a grown-up what you would see, hear and do there." Label: Journal prompt, kids, with a grown-up. Footer: From My Reading Adventures, Pip's question.