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• What is the dad doing?

• Why is the girl standing behind him?


• Why is she dragging a kite on the floor?
• Has she said anything to him? Does he know she’s there?
• How is she feeling? What is she thinking?
• Do you think this has happened before? Why/why not?
• How are the owls related?
• Which owl is about to take its first flight? How do you know?
• How does the young owl feel about flying?
• What might it be thinking? Add a thought bubble to the picture.
• Is the older owl worried?
• What advice might the older owl give to the younger one?
• What do you think is happening here?
• Why is the title ‘Dream Big’?
• Is the girl touching the stars? Did she draw the constellation?
• Is the animal beside her a dog? A wolf? Something else?
• Why does it have trailing lines? Is it real? Is it her pet? Could it be a dæmon,
like in Northern Lights?
• Why are they standing on piles of books?
• Does this picture have a message? What could it be?
This picture is called Stanley and Clive

• Which one is Stanley and which one is Clive?


• What kind of creatures are they?
• Have they just met or did they already know each other?
• How do they feel about each other? How do you know?
• How do you feel about them?
• What are they saying? Add speech bubbles to the picture, then write this scene
with dialogue.
• What do Stanley and Clive have in common? What are their differences? Is this
a bad thing?
• What makes you different?
• Would the world be a better place if everyone was the same? Why/why not?
• Why are Stanley and Clive friends?
• What is friendship?
• What makes a good friend?
This picture is called Song.

• What is the bird on the left doing? How do you know?


• Do you think that the bird’s song is good or bad? Why?
• Does that bird often sing?
• What is the bird on the right thinking? What might it say when the other bird
has finished singing?
• Which bird is more confident?
• Which bird do you best relate to?
• Have you ever been in a situation like this one?
• Where does the tunnel lead?
• What is the source of the light?
• Do you think the rabbit will go through?
• Has it been through before?
• How did it find out about the tunnel?
• Would you go through it?
• Tell the rest of the story.
• Who is ‘Paper Man’?
• Where did he come from? Who created him? Is he real?
• Can Paper Man talk? Think? Feel?
• Why are some of his pages blowing away? What will happen to him if this
carries on?
• What happens if it rains?
• What can/can’t the paper man do? Are there any places he can’t go?
• If you met the paper man, what would you ask him?
• What are the people doing?
• Why aren’t the numbers on the clock?
• Where did it come from?
• What is the meaning behind this picture?
• What is time?
• Is time the same for everyone?
• What does it feel like when time passes? Is it always the same?
• Is time a good or bad thing? Why?
• Do the past and the future exist? How do you know?
• Is time travel possible? Will it ever be? Does that mean it always has been?
• Who is the woman?
• Why does she live on a boat?
• Does she have everything she needs?
• Is she happy?
• Is she lonely?
• Is being alone the same as being lonely?
• What does this robot do?
• Is the man building it or repairing it?
• How does he feel about it? Is this one special?
• Do you think he’s been a robot maker for a long time?
• Is he good at his job?
• What kind of person do you think he is? What are his likes/dislikes? Do you
think he prefers to be around people, or be alone?

• Get in role as this man and answer these questions: 20 questions to get to know
a character. Try to explain each choice you make.
This picture is called Something Familiar

• Why is the black cat the only cat looking at the witch?
• Why did the witch come here? Was she just passing or did she come to
the shop for a reason?
• What is the ‘something familiar’? Why?
• Do the witch and the cat already know each other?
• What do you think is going to happen? Tell this story

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