Monkey Love [Hardcover]

Dee Lindner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005

Something intrinsic about a red-heel sock monkey speaks to people. How else could a homemade stuffed monkey, crafted from a pair of ordinary work socks, remain a part of the American scene decades after the whimsical doll first scampered into our hearts?

Monkey Love celebrates our love affair with this smiling little character and honors the affection people have for their past and the devotion people share with others today. In this lovable volume, photographs by Dee Lindner, aka the Sock Monkey Lady, include images of sock monkeys appearing in everything from their traditional stocking caps to snorkeling gear. Tying this little book all together is a simply worded ode to what love is and what makes love so special.

This combination of love and sock monkeys could not be warmer or fuzzier. Monkey Love will have lovers of all ages and lovers of toys-toy monkeys, in particular-going bananas over a copy. The book is an ideal keepsake, whether purchased for yourself or as a gift to the loved one or ones in your life.

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About the Author

Dee Lindner is an award-winning photographer known as the Sock Monkey Lady. Her Web site, SockMonkeyLady.com, is a mecca for sock monkey lovers. Dee has "monkeyed around" for years, and as an authority on the red-heel sock monkey tradition, she has written articles about sock monkeys and other collectibles. Her successful line of sock monkey greeting cards and other creations brings smiles to thousands of sock monkey fanciers. Dee recently created "Nelson," a seven-foot-two red-heel sock monkey doll, who is believed to be the largest handcrafted sock monkey doll in the world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740754831
• ISBN-13: 978-0740754838
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sock Monkeys Explore The Human Condition, August 6, 2006

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This review is from: Monkey Love (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful little book and is suitable for all ages. It makes an excellent gift, and is great for brightening anyone's day. The sock monkeys in Dee Lindner's work are all unique and expressive, which is probably why people identify with them so much. For anthropomorphizing human emotions onto other things, Lindner is second only to William Wegman's brilliant works with dogs.

The pages each represent a human emotion, feeling, or action associated with love, and all are whimsical and entertaining. My two favorites are the monkey making a sand angel with the caption "love gives you wings," and the sock monkey with his tongue frozen to the flagpole with the caption "love learns from mistakes."

This is a great little book, perfect for a gift, and sure to make anyone smile.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monkey Love/ Love those Monkeys!, December 5, 2005

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Edith M. Brown "KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF" (Yakima, Washington USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monkey Love (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful little hard-backed book and just the right size for little hands. The pictures are so endearing and will enchant little ones as they ooh and ahhh over those little monkeys in their charming outfits and their demonstrations of affection in oh so many ways!
I love the book, I love the Monkeys! Thanks Dee for such a treasure!

edie brown

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MONKEY LOVE, July 2, 2008

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P. Myers (Fremont, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monkey Love (Hardcover)

Monkey Love Was looking for several Sock monkey books to give as a shower gift, along with sock monkey items that I had made: a diaper bag, monkey burp clothes, monkey swaddler, and three monkey books. This particular book, MONKEY LOVE, is a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y darling! I enjoyed all the books, but this was is going to be repeatedly purchased to accompany my homemade sock monkeys. Not a story, but all about love and its many phases. Buy and ENJOY!