What happens when you leave twenty-six little monkeys home alone? Lots of monkey business, that’s what! The charming chimps in this book, with names and misbehaviors to match each letter of the alphabet, cause all kinds of trouble when Mom and Dad go out. Jim Aylesworth’s rollicking rhyming text and Henry Cole’s irresistibly mischievous monkeys teach thealphabet with unmatched exuberance, from Andy . . . all the way to Zelda!
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PreSchool-Grade 2-Aylesworth relates a tale of mischief told through the letters of the alphabet in four lines of rhymed verse. Twenty-six naughty little monkeys engage in wild antics when their human parents unwisely leave them alone one evening. Andy flies paper airplanes, Brooke jumps on the bed, and Carla eats chocolate cake. Their behavior grows steadily more boisterous as Xavier bangs his xylophone and Yates breaks a street lamp with his yo-yo. The parents arrive home in time to send the monkeys to bed and seemingly threaten to send them away. However, on the last page, the whole family is shown on an outing at the zoo. Many of the verses are fun and clever, but others read awkwardly. The exuberant illustrations override the flaws in the text. On full-page spreads of various rooms in the house, Cole vividly sets the stage for the expressively animated creatures to wreak havoc. While this is not a core title, such as Aylesworth's similarly mischievous Old Black Fly (Holt, 1995) or Eileen Christelow's Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Clarion, 1989), it will provide reading-aloud pleasure.
Rachel G. Payne, New York Public Library
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Rachel G. Payne, New York Public Library
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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PreS-Gr. 1. Humans Mom and Dad tuck their 26 little monkeys into bed and blithely step out for the evening. With one monkey for each letter of the alphabet, this book catalogs all the ways the "kids" find to make trouble. There's Andy making paper airplanes from ripped-out book pages, Brooke bonking her head, Carla gorging on chocolate cake, Danny swinging on the drape, etc. Scolded for their misdeeds, the next day the monkeys, demurely dressed in baby-blue sailor suits and pink dresses, are taken to visit the zoo. The idea of picturing the kids as monkeys and the parents as human is a bit bizarre, but children will probably accept it. Every child feels like a mischievous monkey from time to time, longing to break the rules with cheerful abandon. Cole imaginatively expresses that impulse in the large-scale, comical paintings, while Aylesworth's rhyming text bounces along merrily. A natural for reading aloud to the alphabet set. Carolyn Phelan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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My son laughed....,
By DD67 "babyonahill" (Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Naughty Little Monkeys (Hardcover)
With every turn of the page, my son laughed. This book was great. I have a paperback from Scholastic magazine, but I feel the hardcover book is well worth the price as the naughty monkeys get into all sorts of trouble. Several of the naughty monkeys do things that my son has gotten into trouble for, like cutting his hair and drawing on the walls. Great for letter recognition, and beginning letter sound. Each monkey has a name that begins with the letter sound and each monkey gets into trouble also reinforcing the letter sound. My son likes all the naughty monkeys, but one of his favorites is Robin. "Naughty little Monkey, Tracking up the rug. Her feet are very muddy from some holes that she has dug." Robin is carrying in a shovel full of dirt and you can see out the open door that she has dug holes in the yard and she has muddy foot prints all over. Very funny and very good art work.
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Learn some alphabet while laughing at monkeys,
By Emily Hawkins "moreta2" (Indianapolis, Indiana, US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Naughty Little Monkeys (Hardcover)
What would happen if a human couple adopted 26 monkey children, dressed them in pajamas, sent them to bed and went out for the night? This book goes through each monkey's naughty antics throughout the house. The monkey's all have their names on their shirts, corresponding with the letter on the page, alphabetically. The naughty thing each monkey does also has something to do with his letter. (Jennifer writes her name on the table with JAM. Emily's wearing Mommy's EARRINGS.) This book would be good for reading time with your youngster. They'll enjoy the monkeys and get a kick out of the pictures.
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My child loves this book. She is 2 and first found it at the library. She was disappointed when it had to be returned so I went out looking for it. It is a book about monkeys being left at home and it takes the child through the alphabet. It does this by the names of the monkeys. My daughter loves it because my name is attached to a monkey. She can't put this book down.
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