The Cheese

Written by Margie Palatini
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

What did happen to the cheese that stands alone?  And just WHY is a hunk of cheese standing alone? 
A famished, cheese hungry rat has a BIG problem with the farmer’s rule about the Cheese Stands Alone!  Why should the cheese be lonely when a perfectly fine rat can keep it company?  A cat, dog, a child, the mother, and the farmer join the rat’s hilarious quest to get a hunk of cheddar.

Ideas and Activities:

As the students come in and get settled, read or sing the familiar rhyme "The Farmer in the Dell."  Take suggestions or make a chart of ideas of why the cheese stands alone in the rhyme. 

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Reader’s Theater Script
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