Junior Vocab
Discussion About a Book
Milo: "What’s this book about? Is it about a dragon or a mouse?"
Tess: "It’s about a tiny mouse who scares a dragon from his house."
Milo: "No way, a mouse can’t scare a dragon that big and stout!"
Tess:about." "She can if she’s brave and smart — that’s what the book’s
Milo: "I thought it was aboutabouttreasure, or knights who shout."
Tess: "There is treasure, there are knights, but that’s not what it’s about."
Milo: "Then what’s it about when the dragon zooms and zips around?"
Tess: "It’s about the way she tricks him with her teeny-tiny sound."
Milo: "Mum, Tess keeps saying it’s about this and about that!"
Mum: "Well, listen for the heart of it — what’s it really getting at?"
Milo: "Hmm… it’s about a mouse who’s small but brave, without a doubt."
Tess: "And aboutabout!" how brains beat bigness — that’s what it’s all