What Was I Scared Of? is featured on A to Z StoryBook Corner. An encounter with a mysterious pair of pale green pants becomes a story about fear, assumptions, and unexpected empathy.
Watch the read-aloud
See the story unfold
Ideas to explore together
The narrator imagines danger before learning anything about the pants. Fear can show up as a racing heart, tense muscles, or an urge to run.
After the read-aloud
What details are real, and which frightening ideas come from imagination? How does recognizing another person’s fear change our own response?