Heckedy Peg

by Audrey and Don Wood (1987)

Heckedy Peg is a clever witch who tricks children into disobeying their mothers so that she can turn them into food for her dinner. The story teaches a good lesson and also demonstrates the importance of strong family bonds. The writing is simple, but obtains an almost lyrical quality at some points in the book. The illustrations are beautiful paintings that aid in setting the mood of the different scenes in the story.

I could see this book being used in a younger classroom, K-2. Because the children's names are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, you could have the young students call out all the the days of the week when appropriate in the story to help reinforce their days of the week. Also, with the book being centered around a family, it could be used for social studies in the earlier classrooms.