The simple but repetitive language encourages speech development and it is quiet poetic if you ask me.

It continues with the two going through adventures to see a number of different animals such as Penguins, Kangaroos, Bats, Elephants , and Monkeys. I think that this really illustrates how much children actually know about things we wouldnt expect them to know about. In Is Your Mama a Llama, there is more rhyme but there is also a lot of guessing what is on the next page, which increases the childrens' awareness of the story.

Her first book, Wolves , was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. It's nice because you have the beat along with the good story to keep the storytime group entertained and focused. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. The pictures give clues as to what animal might be next, and the kids in my storytime liked moving like the animals. Not every kids book has to have a plot and riveting writing, but this one wasn't so much a book as a jumble of words with boring illustrations. A mischievous little girl and her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this playful book. 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.

Also in the end when the little girl falls asleep I would have preferred the last frame be her laying down for nap time. and the animal they want to see is discovered in a fun and colorful way when the reader turns the page.

In Monkey and Me, there is not a lot of repetitive sounds, but there is a lot of guessing what is to come on the next page. 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. This follows the repetitiveness of the book's words,) and the student would draw an animal that they will see with monkey. After a couple of readings, children will surely anticipate the next page with little to no prompting. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.For example, the little girl will say "Monkey and me, Monkey and me, Monkey and me we want to see, we want to see some. Great book for Story Times because of its anticipation for what happens on the next page - simple repetitive text can be sung with any melody and draws everyone to participate by either repeating or singing each word.

Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett, twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, is a beautifully illustrated story full of animal fun – perfect for cheeky monkeys everywhere! A little girl takes her stuffed monkey to see other animals like elephants and eventually monkeys, imitating each animal, then falls asleep. 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. the spare, expressive pencil drawings are charming, and the restrained use of watercolor washes heightens their effectiveness.Through the use of ellipses, as the little girl's energy wanes, so does the visual representation of the text. Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett, twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, is a beautifully illustrated story full of animal fun – p erfect for cheeky monkeys everywhere! I mentioned the ideas I'd had for this book--the chanting while clapping hands and then the guessing and then the acting out.