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Monkey and Me

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the spare, expressive pencil drawings are charming, and the restrained use of watercolor washes heightens their effectiveness.

The pictures are cheerful, lively and tell the story of a girl playing with her toy monkey all by themselves, but words in the simple sentences, repeating in merry rhythm help along the way.Soon everyone will be waddling like a penguin, jumping like a kangaroo and waving their arm like an elephant's trunk! Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail , Tidy , and Old Hat . I thought that after the surprises of the first reading had been discovered, my kids might lose interest in the book, but my three year old has been chanting the words, in a sing-song voice, 'monkey and me, monkey and me,' and asking to read it over and over.

The artwork and storyline follow the companionship between a girl and her toy monkey as they are off to see different animals. I love the use of play that the child uses in pretending to be like the animals they are going to see.

I will be interested how long my kids will like this book because it is SO simple it may only hold the attention of a very young reader (under 5 maybe? I did like the illustrations and thought the animals shown, as well as the little girl, were adorable. I would reconmend this book to small children in the more emergent stages of reading because it offers many characteristics which are important for this stage (such as rhyme and rhythm). I love the sketchy vibe of the illustrations paired with the softness of watercolor or almost chalk like colors. This could still be repetitive but have a learning angle that would make purchasing it a better investment.

Creo que en general, el libro está bien para bebés y niños muy pequeños, pero si son más mayores, se les puede quedar corto. Usually, when a child has a long day, she will end up falling fast asleep, even in the most random setting, in this case it is at the kitchen table with a spoon in her hand. Also in the end when the little girl falls asleep I would have preferred the last frame be her laying down for nap time.

This follows the repetitiveness of the book's words,) and the student would draw an animal that they will see with monkey. Both the three year old and the six year old were bored by it, and I was very happy to be done with it.

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