The questions challenge children to think about which differences matter and which differences don’t. Children notice that there is difference in the world. The first set of questions discusses differences. The book raises issues of differences, equality, and friendship. In the end, the Star-Belly Sneetches and the Plain-Belly Sneetches realize that they are all Sneetches and that they are all the same. This leads to confusion about who had stars and who didn’t. This sets up an arms race in an effort to remain special and superior the Star-Belly Sneetches pay the entrepreneur to remove their stars from their bellies. Along comes an entrepreneur who, in exchange for money, will place stars on the Plain-Belly Sneetches bellies. The Star-Belly Sneetches think they are better than the Plain-Belly Sneetches. The Star-Belly Sneetches don’t like playing with the Plain-Belly Sneetches. The Sneetches is a book about two kinds of Sneetches: those with stars on their bellies and those without stars on their bellies. Read aloud video by Toadstools and Fairy Dust Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion In the end, the Sneetches learn that they are all the same. This causes quite a mess no one can remember who had stars and who didn’t. Along comes a man who sells them stars and star-removals. They don’t allow each other to get along.

And yet they Star-Belly Sneetches think they are superior to Plain-Belly Sneetches. The only difference is stars on some of their bellies. There are two kinds of Sneetches: Star-Belly and Plain-Belly Sneetches. Seuss’s story about prejudice: the arbitrary features we focus on in trying to justify treating people differently. Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary The Sneetches is Dr.

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