This story is extremely interesting! It begins with a woman talking about her dog and her son to the park. You get an idea that she is very well to do because when they arrive at the park, she gets very frustrated by another dog bothering her dog. She describes the other dog as a "scruffy mongrel." She then goes on to realize that her son is missing and finds him talking to "a very rough looking child." They immediately go home. Then, the story begins again, but, it's from a different point of view. The story repeats a total of four times, each time from another point a view. We hear from her son, the "rough looking child" and the child's father. It's a great story to show how people view things differently. It's always interesting to think of something from another point of view!
I would love to use this in my classroom. I think it would require some discussion before hand. I personally got a little confused the first time I read it. But it would be a great idea to take this story, talk about multiple perspectives, and then read it a few times. I also think it would be a great activity to do a little bit of reader's theater with this book to bring it to life in the classroom. You could perform the book each of the four ways and get all of the children in the class involved!
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