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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
I've seen this title on many curriculum lists and I can see why. But it wasn't so impressive as I imagined it would be.
Wonderful to read with children. It has a sweet respect for the different in society.
I probably read this to my kids hundreds of times. Literally. There is something about the clever little monkeys and the oblivious little peddler that captures the imagination and attention of the very young. They love the tantrum about the caps and the way the monkeys are accidentally tricked in the end. A regular feature for my kids from ages two to six.
A silly story that teaches children that anger will not get you what you want. It introduces directional words into a fun story with colorful pictures. It also has some fun repetitive lines about the colors of the caps to entertain children.
One of my favorite books from when I was a kid! I love it, but it's a little long. I did see one librarian who shared that they did an interactive story where they were the cap peddler and all the kids were monkeys, so they had a bunch of tiny crocheted caps and when they "went to sleep" the kids came up and stole them. Having everyone act the story out with you is an awesome idea!
Fun little picture book about a cap seller who loses his caps to monkeys and how he gets them back. The story itself is quite simple, and it's easy to see where it's going, but what I liked most about this was the illustrations. Because the peddler is none too bright, and wears all the caps stacked on top of his head, the environment around him is designed to mimic this. The illustrations - especially those of the village - have this matching vertical stretch about them that makes them really interesting to look at.
Fun to read in story time or use as a flannelboard story. I like having kids mimic the monkeys by shaking their fingers and saying, "Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Mischievous monkeys steal a peddler's cap while he sleeps in this classic picture book with folk-art-style illustrations and repetitive text.
We read this in Joy School last year and then the kids did their own dramatization of it. Fantastic. It was one of my favorite days of the whole school year.