4 Stars Monkey of the Month by Adam Kramer / David Kramer Schiffer Publishing 978-0-7643-4156-4 No. of Pages: 40 Ages: 2 to 7 ................................................ Inside Jacket: Bored with mundane birthday gifts, a young boy unexpectedly receives a most peculiar gift on his birthday one year—membership to the "Monkey of the Month Club." Though pleased it isn't just a pair of socks, he is very confused by this odd gift, until, month-by-month monkeys and their primate cousins start appearing at his door. ........................
Monkey of the Month is adorable. If you have ever received a gift-of-the-month club membership, whether it be fruit, candy, flowers, or monkeys, you will enjoy this cute book. I liked the colorful illustrations of each different monkey and their contribution to the boy’s household, not always to his mother’s delight.
You will not find a “message” in Monkey of the Month, but you will find loads of laughs, plenty of giggles, and a few guffaws. Parents will not be bored reading this night after night. Told in rhyming verse, the monkeys arrive one-by-one each month and stay on to do whatever they arrived to do. One cleans, another decorates, a third simply sits on his bu–chair watching television all day, eating, drinking and making a mess.
I think kids will adore the different monkeys and the effect they each have on the boy’s mother, who eventually has had enough. But true to fashion, the story does not end with the last monkey. No, there seems to be a series developing as the last creature rings the boy’s doorbell.
…………………Monkey of the Month is a fun picture book that will become a favorite read-to-me book of the 2 to 8 year-old crowd. Anyone who enjoys a picture book, whose only purpose is to entertain, will enjoy Monkey of the Month for its bright and humorous illustrations, exaggerated expressions, and quirky story of the imaginative birthday gift that is far from mundane.
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Monkey of the Month
Author: Adam Kramer facebook Illustrator: David Kramer facebook Publisher: Schiffer Publishing website Releaase Date: July 28, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7643-4156-4 Number of Pages: 40 Grades: Pre-K to 3rd
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