Having introduced the theme of monsters through Maurice Sendak's classic storybook Where the Wild Things Are (Red Fox), practitioners can then introduce other stories and non-fiction texts to develop the children's interests in this area.
Using a range of books will enable you to engage more children effectively with the theme, as children's unique tastes and preferences mean that each responds in different ways to a text.
Planning activities from books allows you to:
* help children explore texts through play, re-enactment and re-tellings
* offer children the opportunity to revisit familiar texts in a wide variety of ways, therefore creating equality of access for all children
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