Use this guide to explore the story of two lonely children who form a strong friendship and create an imaginary magical forest kingdom to escape their troubles together. This instructional guide for literature is filled with challenging cross-curricular activities and lessons that work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to better analyze and comprehend literature. This guide is the perfect tool to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, packed with ways to practice close reading, improve text-based vocabulary, and determine meaning through text-dependent questions. Book is designed for children in fourth-grade through eighth-grade.