Monkey and Me

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Also in the end when the little girl falls asleep I would have preferred the last frame be her laying down for nap time. Children will love guessing the animals they pretend to be, before shouting out the answers as the pages are turned to reveal the real creatures. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.

The repetition in the text pulls young readers into a feeling of suspense, while the girl and her monkey's actions give a entertaining clue to what comes next. If using this as a lap story, even the youngest of readers can learn directionality by watching the grown-up track the text from left to right, top to bottom. I had the children come up one at a time and look at the page where she was pretending and tell me what it looked like she was doing. My favorite part of the story is when the girl and her monkey discover the kangaroo and she puts Monkey in her shirt as if she had a pouch, too. A mischievous little girl and her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this playful book.and the animal they want to see is discovered in a fun and colorful way when the reader turns the page. I love the sketchy vibe of the illustrations paired with the softness of watercolor or almost chalk like colors. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear , was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Another activity I would have students do after reading the book is pass out papers for students where at the top of the page it says, Monkey and me, monkey and me, monkey and me see. I love the use of play that the child uses in pretending to be like the animals they are going to see.

Because of the number of children, with some I had them tell me an action the actual animal does when we were on their page (e. My autistic 3 year old daughter has had a favorite stuffed animal that is a sock monkey version of curious George. This could still be repetitive but have a learning angle that would make purchasing it a better investment. After the readers sees the immitations and reads the lines, she may be able to guess what animal is about to show up next. I think that this really illustrates how much children actually know about things we wouldnt expect them to know about.Soon everyone will be waddling like a penguin, jumping like a kangaroo and hanging upside down like a bat! For example, the little girl will say "Monkey and me, Monkey and me, Monkey and me we want to see, we want to see some. This affords an opportunity to use different verbs to describe movement and allow the children to predict what animal will follow. I really love the use of shading and showing how the little girl drew the adventures described in the book at the end.

I bought this for a trip to the states - to keep our 22 month old entertained on the flight as he loves monkeys. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.After a couple of readings, children will surely anticipate the next page with little to no prompting. The second group did not consist of newbies, but they are always significantly smaller and either not responsive or a bit too exuberantly responsive.

Creo que en general, el libro está bien para bebés y niños muy pequeños, pero si son más mayores, se les puede quedar corto. I did like the illustrations and thought the animals shown, as well as the little girl, were adorable. And every time they see an animal, the kids could act out something (march like penguins, jump like kangaroos, etc. In two cases, the text seems to hop like the kangaroos and swing like the monkeys with whom they share the pages.

Because , even when the book is not in sight my children have both repeated the rhythmic and repetitive story to me - it's pretty amazing to hear this from such young children.