A Wise Monkey Tale

by Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

When Monkey falls into a large hole in the ground, she tricks the other forest animals into helping her

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1975

About the author

Before beginning her career in children's books, Betsy Maestro was a teacher. Her first book with Giulio Maestro was A Wise Monkey Tale published in 1975, and since then they have collaborated on more than one hundred books. Their on-going American Story series began with the highly acclaimed The Discovery of the Americas and continues to help young readers understand and appreciate our nations history.

The Maestros live with two cats and a goldfish in a converted cow barn in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Reviews

[D'Anne · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is basically The Fountainhead for children. A monkey falls in a hole in the jungle and cons a bunch of other animals to fall into the hole, too, so that she can then climb out using their compacted bodies as a ladder and leave them behind to, I don't know, suffocate and die in the hole? The fate of the other animals is not explicit, which I suppose is merciful for the children who read this awful book.