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B efo re You Read
THE
PLEASE
Think How are you a good friend? How can you be
AND
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THANK

Theme YOU
BOOK
The theme of a story is the most important thing the
OF POEMS
writer wants you to understand. The writer is often

showing something important. These texts are

poems. Poems use
Matthew and Dylan are different. Matthew likes
words to create a

math, art, and quiet places, but Dylan doesn’t rhythm, or pattern,

like them. Matthew can sing and dance but Dylan of beats. The words

can’t. They like each other and e-mail each other create pictures in
our minds.
every day.

Barbara Shook Hazen
Theme: People who are very different can be friends.
is the author of over
70 books that children
all around the world
Read the story. Circle the correct theme. like to read! She enjoys

traveling and writing
about animals.
Mouse, Rabbit, and Opossum are

hungry. They w ant dinner but their

food is boring because they eat the

same food every day. Mouse eats

fruit, Opossum eats vegetables, and

Rabbit eats carrots. They have an

idea. They take their food to Mouse's

house. They now have three different

foods for dinner. They're happy!

1 It's good to share things.

2 We should eat the same food every day.

O Look at the pictures on pages R8-RR.

What animal is rude?

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