This book is a wonderful lead into talking about rules in the classroom or library! As I was reading, we had to stop and talk about what poor Bobby did wrong, and in every class someone noticed that the teacher started looking a little less monster-y before the end of the book which led to great discussions on how to keep your teacher (or librarian) from turning into a monster!
I also started the year with library centers and dedicated a couple of them to monsters because of this book. The kids have had so much fun creating monsters with my legos and playing on Sago Mini's Monster App! I love having the centers to help keep them busy at the end so I can help those stragglers find books.
I put directions and standards on the sides of my centers so I don't have to explain what to do, but I try to keep them simple enough that they don't need much explaining.
