Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Five Little Monkeys Storybook Treasury by Eileen Christelow - ADVISABLE

Christelow, Eileen Cinco Monitos Coleccion de Oro / Five Little Monkeys Storybook Treasury. Bilingual edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. $11.99. PICTURE BOOK. Content: G.

This fully-illustrated collection brings together five different Five Little Monkeys stories in both Spanish and English. Bonus content in the back includes lessons on how to draw a monkey, a short biography of the author, the lyrics and sheet music for the song "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed", and a sheet of monkey stickers. Collection contains the following volumes: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the bed, ...Sitting in a Tree, ...with Nothing to Do, ...Bake a Birthday Cake, and ...Wash the Car.

Readers who have long loved the antics of these mischievous little monkeys will have plenty to enjoy in this collection, as the little ones follow their impulses straight into trouble...over and over again. The illustrations are a nice complement to the story, conveying the sense of good-hearted impishment in the little monkeys. This edition contains both the English and Spanish translations of the stories. While a good idea, sometimes the two sets of words are done in similar colors and/or placed close together, making them difficult to distinguish at first, which can lead to some confusion on the first few reads.

EL - ADVISABLE. Reviewed by: Caryn

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