In this post, you’ll learn how to get students excited about close reading, using a topic that all kids are crazy about: adorable, fuzzy, cuddly animals! This article provides detailed implementation instructions, as well as a free downloadable Fun Animal Myths Close Reading Kit, Grades 4+. This kit includes student handouts and a teacher instruction sheet that walks you through three close readings (two written texts and one visual text) and helps guide students to find deeper meanings with increasingly complex text-dependent questions.