Monkey and Me

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And every time they see an animal, the kids could act out something (march like penguins, jump like kangaroos, etc. The illustrations depict the little girl dressed in a bright red and white outfit dragging along her stuffed monkey as they go to see all of the different animals. 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.

Every couple of pages the girl and her monkey are immitating a specific type of animal and the text says, "Monkey and me, monkey and me, monkey and me, we went to see, we went to see some. The simple but repetitive language encourages speech development and it is quiet poetic if you ask me. Both the three year old and the six year old were bored by it, and I was very happy to be done with it. I think that this really illustrates how much children actually know about things we wouldnt expect them to know about.The pictures give clues as to what animal might be next, and the kids in my storytime liked moving like the animals. Young children will love guessing what animal they are pretending to be, before shouting out the answers as the pages are turned to reveal the real creatures. In 2008 Emily was awarded the rare honour of a second CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. A cheeky little girl and her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this gorgeous playful book. Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail , Tidy , and Old Hat .

From hanging upside down like a bat to holding onto each other like elephants following behind each other. Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children's books, including Matilda's Cat , Again! I did like the illustrations and thought the animals shown, as well as the little girl, were adorable. This affords an opportunity to use different verbs to describe movement and allow the children to predict what animal will follow. In two cases, the text seems to hop like the kangaroos and swing like the monkeys with whom they share the pages.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. This book is really just a repetition of "Monkey and me" with a slight change in the last few words of the sentence. I love some of Gravett's books ( Wolves, Dogs, Meerkat Mail) but most of her simpler books that appear designed for very young children don't do much for me.

and the animal they want to see is discovered in a fun and colorful way when the reader turns the page. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Through the use of ellipses, as the little girl's energy wanes, so does the visual representation of the text. Every other page has the rhythm of "Monkey and me, monkey and me, we went to see, we went to see some. The illustrations are cute, but not very colorful or engaging for the youngest picture book audience.A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins! With a handful of colors Emily Gravett really does focus more on portraying the animals and giving true understanding for the reader of what each animal does. They can also guess which animal the little girl and her monkey are pretending to be, and follow along by acting like the animals themselves. Soon everyone will be waddling like a penguin, jumping like a kangaroo and waving their arm like an elephant’s trunk!