By Elissa Nadworny and Anya Kamenetz

“What are some of the things that the monsters like to eat in this story?” teacher Marisa McGee asks a trio of girls sitting at her table.

McGee teaches kindergarten at Walker Jones Elementary in Washington, D.C. Today’s lesson: a close reading of the book What Do Monsters Eat?“They like to eat cake,” says one girl.“I noticed you answered in a complete sentence,” McGee says. “Can you tell me something else?”“Stinky socks!”McGee follows with a line you might not expect in a kindergarten class: “Can you show me the page where you found that?”

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