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What Is
in the Box?
by R o s a lin d Di a m o n d
illu s t ra te d by Chri s t in e B e nj a min
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What Is
in the Box?

by R o s a lin d Di a m o n d
illu s t ra te d by Chri s t in e B e nj a min

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L o o k, Po p!
I g ot a b ox.
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D o n’t li f t t h e to p.
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W h a t i s in t h e b ox?
Is it a b ox o f ro ck s?
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D o n’t li f t t h e to p.
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W h a t i s in t h e b ox?
Is it a b ox o f s o ck s?
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T h e to p p o p s up!
It p o p s up s o fa s t!
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S urp ri s e!
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Think and Respond

1 Who has a box?
2 What does the boy think is in the box?
3 Why does Pop say, “Don’t lift the top”?
4 What does the boy see when the top
pops up?
5 Do you think a jack-in-the-box is funny
or surprising? Explain.

Make a Surprise Box Get a small box.

Write a surprise note or draw a surprise picture to
put in the box. Share it with a friend.

School-Home Connection Think of words that

have the same vowel sound that you hear in the
words hot and socks. Write them in a list.

Word Count: 51
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