11/27/10

Five Little Monkeys


Author: Julie Kepes

Title: Five Little Monkeys

Illustrator: Julie Kepes

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Year: 1953

Genre: Mother Goose

Format: Hardcover

Reading Level: Assisted, emergent reader

Interest level: baby, pre-k

Topics: animals, monkey, tiger, jungle

Summary: This book is the story of five little monkeys who were a bother in the jungle to everyone but Terrible, the tiger.

Extension Activity: teach the kids about the jungle and what kinds of animals can be found in there. What do they eat? What colors are they? Where do they live, the trees, water, ground?