Key learning points

1. A character's facial expressions and actions help infer how they feel, such as when Lulu is told she can have a cat
2. Asking questions to the character helps to consider key events and themes
3. Illustrations can offer clues as to how characters might feel or what might happen next
4. Thinking from a character's perspective helps us to understand the story better.

Keywords

• Perspective - point of view

• Illustration - a picture in a book

• Theme - a big idea or message that is important in a text

• Facial expression - a way of communicating emotion through the face

• Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark

Common misconception