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K-Gr 3—Carol, a white child with red spectacles, wears a bossy toad as a hat, and that toad tells her how to behave. When a pigeon swoops up the "hat," Carol constructs another of a deli pickle and egg slices for eyes. That "hat" also tells her how to behave, but nicely. When a pigeon takes that hat, too, Carol learns to listen to her own voice. At its core, this imaginative story is grounded in a specific and unexpected metaphor tha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More