April 2026 Book Club Recommendations

Questions Just for Fun

If you were Ralph, what kind of toy car would you prefer to drive and why?

If you could communicate with any type of animal, which would it be?

Questions to Think Critically and Biblically

Throughout the book, we see Ralph’s selfishness. He is only focused on himself and what he wants. However, throughout the story, Ralph matures and learns to love Keith. What evidence is there in the book that Ralph comes to love Keith?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how love is giving of ourselves to meet others’ needs. Talk about how you saw Ralph being willing to sacrifice his safety for Keith’s good when he ventures out into the hotel to look for aspirin when Keith is sick. He stopped thinking about what was best for himself and instead focused on what was best for Keith.

When Ralph tells the tale of his adventures trying to find aspirin, he always leaves out the part about getting trapped under a glass. Why does he do this?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how we usually do not tell details of stories that make us look foolish or weak. Explain that historians look for these kinds of embarrassing details in historical documents to tell whether or not the author is reporting the details accurately. If they find embarrassing details about the author, they assume the story is true. Explain that this is one of the reasons we can have great confidence that the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) are true. They give embarrassing details. They describe Jesus calling Peter “Satan.” They describe the disciples repeatedly failing to understand, trust, and obey. And they describe women as being the first witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection. (At the time of the gospels, a woman’s testimony was not viewed as reliable.) These embarrassing details give us greater confidence that the gospels correctly describe what took place.

As Ralph and Keith talk about growing up, Keith says, “Just getting bigger isn’t enough. You have to learn things.” What are your thoughts about Keith’s idea? What are some ways in which you are not just growing physically, but learning?
Discussion Guide - Read Proverbs 2:1-15. Discuss how important it is not just to grow physically but to grow in wisdom. Talk about ways you have seen your child grow in wisdom over the past year. Discuss ways in which you would like to see them continue to grow in wisdom.

Questions Just for Fun

What did you think was the silliest thing the mouse did in this book?

Questions to Think Critically and Biblically

Can mice really do all of the things described in this book? Why of why not?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how mice cannot do things like ask humans for a cookie or a drink, trim their fur with scissors, sweep, draw, or sign their name. Read Genesis 1:24-27. Discuss how God purposefully created land animals, like mice, but they were not created in God’s image. So, they cannot do many of the things described in this book.

This book is silly, imagining that mice are exactly like people. Sometimes, humans actually think this way. And sometimes, we make the same mistake when thinking about God. We think He is just like us. Where should we go to learn the truth about who God is?
Discussion Guide - Discuss how we should go to God’s Word to learn the truth about who He is, rather than just imagining that He is exactly like us. Read Numbers 23:19 and discuss some ways that God is different from us.

Bonus Question - If you have taken your child through Foundation Attributes of God Curriculum, ask, “What are one or two of God’s incommunicable attributes that show that He is completely different from us? What are one or two of God’s communicable attributes that He allows us to reflect?
Discussion Guide - Discuss any of the following attributes by reviewing the Scripture passages covered and the games played in the lessons.

Incommunicable Attributes

• God Is Self-Existent - God Has No Cause
• God Is Self-Sufficient - God Doesn’t Need Anything Outside of Himself
• God Is Eternal - God Has No Beginning and No End
• God Is Infinite - God Has No Limits
• God Is Immutable - God Never Changes
• God Is Omnipotent - God Is All Powerful
• God Is Omniscient - God Knows All Things
• God Is Omnipresent - God Is Everywhere

Communicable Attributes

• God Is Wise - God Always Knows and Does What Is Best
• God Is Faithful - God Always Keeps His Promises
• God Is Good - God Always Acts Kindly Toward His Creation
• God Is Just - God Always Does What Is Right and Punishes Sin
• God Is Merciful - God Does Not Give Us the Punishment We Deserve
• God Is Gracious - God Gives Good Gifts to Those Who Deserve Punishment
• God Is Love - God Gives of Himself
• God Is Holy - God Is Perfect, Exalted, and Set Apart