We continued to read Louis Sachar's book of realistic children's fiction and focused on (Bradley), the protagonist's motley collection of toy animals. Foremost, there’s Ronnie the Rabbit and Bartholomew the Bear. Around his toy animals, Bradley is creative and imaginative, but at school, he presents himself as a “monster.” With his animals in his room, Bradley reveals his compassion and intelligence. I prompted Jack to think why the author chooses to incorporate the animals in the book and Jack's shared intuitive and sensitive insights which suggested he understood the intent of the author to show another side of Bradley to his readers.