Tua and the Elephant discussion questions
- 1. Tua and the Elephant Discussion Questions for Read Around the World Book Club September 11, 2020 Pasadena Public Library
- 2. Check out this great roti Oliver made!!!
- 3. Did you make some roti? I did!
- 4. Time to practice some Thai vocabulary from the book! Kha means… “Yes”
- 9. Aroy mak mak means… “I love it!”
- 10. Khawp khun kha means… “Thank you”
- 11. Now let’s get into the book…
- 12. What kind of person is Tua?
- 13. What kind of person is Auntie Orchid?
- 14. What kind of people are Nak and Nang?
- 15. Do you have a pet? If so, tell us his/her name in the chat window. How did you come up with that name? Do you think your pet likes his/her name? How do you know? Do you like YOUR name? If you do not, what do you wish it was?
- 16. Compare the farangs (foreigners) that Tua encounters in the market…
- 17. …with the farangs she meets at the elephant sanctuary:
- 18. A lot of people teach Tua wise things about life. These are called precepts.
- 19. What’s your favorite precept from the book? Here are some of the ones I found: • Life is a wheel, and we’re all just spokes in the wheel of life. • It is easier to get an elephant in a kitchen than it is to get her out again. • Sometimes the best way to stop wagging tongues is to give them a part in the play. • Gifts that are shared travel back in a circle to us. • Sometimes having nothing is like having everything.
- 20. Are there any precepts you have learned from your teachers, parents, grandparents, friends or relatives?
- 21. Who or what frightens the mahouts after they’ve climbed up a tree, forcing them to release Tua?
- 22. Flying foxes, that’s who!
- 23. Why are elephants treated so badly? What can we do to help elephants to have better lives?
- 25. Did this part make you laugh? Is that true???
- 26. Thanks for joining us today for book club! Next time, we’re going to France! Friday, November 13 at 3 pm Rooftoppers written by Katherine Rundell Authorities threaten to take twelve-year-old Sophie from Charles who has been her guardian since the shipwreck they both survived when Sophie was a baby. So the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers."