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Monkey Face
Monkey's picture of his mother undergoes many changes when Alligator, Owl, and his other friends offer artistic advice
- GenresPicture BooksStorytime
33 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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About the author
Frank Asch
111 books101 followersFrank Asch is an American children's writer, best known for his Moonbear picture books.
Asch published his first picture book, George's Store, in 1968. The following year he graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA. Since then he has taught at a public school in India, as well as at a Montessori school in the United States, conducted numerous creative workshops for children. He has written over 60 books, including Turtle Tale, Mooncake, I Can Blink and Happy Birthday Moon. In 1989 he wrote Here Comes the Cat! in collaboration with Vladimir Vagin. The book was awarded the Russian National Book Award and was considered the first Russian-American collaboration on a children's book.
Asch lived in Somerville, New Jersey where he and his wife home-schooled their son Devin.
He currently lives in Vermont with his wife, Jan.
Asch published his first picture book, George's Store, in 1968. The following year he graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA. Since then he has taught at a public school in India, as well as at a Montessori school in the United States, conducted numerous creative workshops for children. He has written over 60 books, including Turtle Tale, Mooncake, I Can Blink and Happy Birthday Moon. In 1989 he wrote Here Comes the Cat! in collaboration with Vladimir Vagin. The book was awarded the Russian National Book Award and was considered the first Russian-American collaboration on a children's book.
Asch lived in Somerville, New Jersey where he and his wife home-schooled their son Devin.
He currently lives in Vermont with his wife, Jan.
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December 22, 2014
Alas, my Monkey Face was at home when I thought of using it with today's story time about "Art and Artists". Fortunately, I have performed this as a tell-and-draw story so many times that I dared to go ahead with it.
The assistant story time performer quickly searched google images for line drawings of monkey's friends: crocodile, owl, rabbit, lion, giraffe, and elephant. I grabbed an 11x17 sheet of paper and a crayon.
The crowd loved seeing monkey's modifications to his portrait of his mother as he showed it off to all his friends on his way home from school. They all loved it of course, but... Of course mother loves it just the way it is, and hangs it on the refrigerator for everybody to see!
Frank Asch re-did this story under the title "Bread and Honey."
The assistant story time performer quickly searched google images for line drawings of monkey's friends: crocodile, owl, rabbit, lion, giraffe, and elephant. I grabbed an 11x17 sheet of paper and a crayon.
The crowd loved seeing monkey's modifications to his portrait of his mother as he showed it off to all his friends on his way home from school. They all loved it of course, but... Of course mother loves it just the way it is, and hangs it on the refrigerator for everybody to see!
Frank Asch re-did this story under the title "Bread and Honey."
July 23, 2009
out of print, so lends itself to a draw'n tell story. Or flannelboard story.
November 15, 2012
This is probably one of my favorite "go to" books. I love to use this during storytime and have them draw along with the book to see what their monkey face will look like!
July 15, 2016
I like this better as a felt board.
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