1. Why did you choose this book?
2. Do you ever have some problems like the people in the story?
3. How do you solve these problems?
4. What do you think of this book?
5. Would you recommend it to a friend?
6. When you read this book did you get any ideas which were not actually put into words?
7. Was the main character perfect or did she/he make mistakes?
8. If this story were a play, what main event would make up each of three acts?
9. Find a word from your book that could have more than one meaning.
10. What did you learned from this book?
11. Find an illustration in your book.
12. Describe what happens before and after the particular incident illustrated.
13. If you were to write the author a letter, what would you say about his/her book?
14. Did the story end the way you expected it to end?
15. Tell me about the ending.
16. How might you have written it to change the outcome?
17. Which of your classmates and friends do you think would like to read this book? Why?
18. Do you think the author might have children of her/his own?
19. What makes you think this way?
20. Was there anyone in the story who seemed lonely?
21. How could they have changed this?
22. What was this story really about?
23. What was the author trying to get the readers to understand?
24. Show me the index, table of contents, title page, copyright, and publishing company of your book.
25. Have you read other books similar to this book?
26. How are they similar?
27. Do you think you would enjoy living like or being like the person in the story? Why?
28. What are some other books your author has written that you have read?
29. How are they like this book or different from it?
30. What character in the story did you dislike?
31. Can you say why?
32. Are you like this person sometimes?
33. Has anything ever happened to you similar to what happened to the characters in the story? Is that good or bad?
34. Can you show me an unusual word from your book? What does it mean and how could you use it.
35. Is the author writing about people living today or people who lived a long time ago?
36. How does the title of the book relate to the story?
37. If you were asked what kind of a book you would like for a gift, what would you say?
38. What was the setting of the story?
39. What was the plot of the story?
40. Was the main character in the story popular or unpopular?
41. What makes a person popular?
42. In your book, show me: a root word, a word with a prefix, a word with a suffix, and a word with both a prefix and a suffix
43. What part of the book did you particularly enjoy? Why?
44. Would you like to add to the ending of the book or change it in any way?
45. Do you think the author wrote this book purely for enjoyment or for information? Explain your answer.
46. What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
47. How does the setting of the story affect the plot?
48. How could you change the setting and still have the same plot?
49. Did any part of this book bore you? Tell why.
50. Would it be possible to get into an argument about this book?
51. Which side of the argument would you take? Why do you feel this way?
52. Did the action in the story remind you of something you have done?
53. What is the name of the author? Find something about him/her.
54. Did you like the book? Why?
55. Can you find a word or two that had a different meaning when you read them somewhere else?
56. What is the difference?
57. Use it in a sentence.
58. After you read this story, did you feel as though you wanted to do something about something? What would that be?
59. Did anything in this book make you change your mind about something? If so, what was it?
60. Did the book make fun of anyone? Explain the circumstances?
61. State the main idea of the book in one sentence.