1. How does the title, It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World, foreshadow the story?

2. It's an Aardvark-Eat Turtle World is a story about family relationships. If you could choose your own circumstances, what kind of family would you be a part of?

3. Read Chapter 1 and react to Rosie's deepest desire to "be part of a family, all living happily under one roof." Is that possible? What kind of family would or could fulfill this wish?

4. Mindy is uncertain about the permanence of their new living arrangement and it slips out unbidden.

Jim makes the statement to Rosie, "Honey, I know that it's hard to be certain of many relationships . . ." Do you agree with Jim's statement? Why?

5. How do you feel about their ceremony making themselves a family? Is it really a commitment they will feel compelled to keep and not walk out when the going gets tough...