MUD!
Things get messy when Zama’s new friend gets her into trouble with Mama. How can she make it stop?
Engagement Questions for “Mud”
Encourage creativity and conversation with kids using these fun discussion questions:
Creativity & Imagination:
- What would you do if you had a big pile of mud to play with?
- Can you imagine what kind of animal might love mud even more than the kids in the story?
- What fun games could you invent using mud?
Feelings & Emotions:
- How do you think the kids felt when they saw the mud?
- Have you ever played in something messy? How did it make you feel?
- What would you do if someone didn’t like getting messy but you did?
Nature & Science:
- How is mud made? What do you need to create it?
- What animals live or play in the mud in real life?
- Why do pigs and elephants like mud so much?
✍️ Written by: Penny Waterkeyn
🎨 Illustrated by: Thea Nicole de Klerk
🎭 Designed by: Hannah McDonald
📝 Edited by: Katie Huston
In partnership with Book Dash (https://bookdash.org/)
* The story MUD! is a Book Dash story and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Minor changes may have been made for ease of reading on our site.
