This teacher friendly website has lesson ideas and cool links relating to the book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble . This site is intertwined with the 6 levels of Bloom's taxonomy on thinking levels.
Students can go online and find out some facts about donkeys.
Have the students give some examples of the differences between donkeys and horses, obtained from the website. Students will pair into groups and either use the internet or go to the library to research about birthstones . They will find their birth stone, their teacher's and their families. Students can summarize what steps Sylvester's parents make to find him. Have the students act out the steps that Sylvester's parents took to find him.