Turkeys want candy too! At least the turkey in this story does, and he will dress as  just about anything to trick others into giving him sweet treats.I would use this story in my classroom to transition from Halloween to Thanksgiving and have my students create their own costume for their turkey sheet. After this, I would have them write what they are thankful for.

This is the story of a young boy traveling to Market Street with his grandmother. He continues to question her about different things they see. This is a great story to teach children about being grateful and seeing beauty where they may be none. After reading this story have students analyze an abstract piece of art or a realistic picture and write about all that they see. Encourage them to think outside the ordinary. This would be a way to integrate art into literature.

After Max is sent to bed with no dinner, he escapes into his own mind and travels where the wild things are. After becoming their ruler, he soon learns that he misses home. He returns with his dinnerwaiting on him. This would be a great story to use as a writing prompt in the classroom. Students could write where they would travel and what they would do if they were to become ruler of their own land.

Monster Party is such a fun book!  It would go perfectly with a kindergarten lesson on rhyming words. I would read this after the students had already been introduced and had a little experience with rhyming words.  There are a lot of activities that could go along with this book, too.  Students could create their own rhyming monster and decorate it with words that rhyme.  You could also use this as a writing prompt and have the students write a story about monsters and have them include rhyming words,

Franklin's Secret Club would be a wonderful story to teach students the importance of not leaving people out of activities and including each other. This would be good to use in a kindergarten through 3rd grade class.  This book could be used to teach about friendship.  It could also be used if anyone in the class is being left out of things.  It would be a good way not to single anyone out but to still get the message across.  This could also be used as a writing prompt where the class could write about a time they were left out of something and how it made them feel.