Nestor

by Quentin Gréban

When Nestor the monkey falls in the river while fishing, he is rescued by an elephant, one of the animals his father had told him to avoid, and they become lifelong friends.

Genres: Childrens

27 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Quentin Gréban was born in 1977 in Brussels (Belgium) where he still lives today. He studied illustration at the Saint Luc Institute in Brussels. Since 1999 Quentin has published more than 25 children’s books in several French‚ Belgian‚ German and Greek publishing houses. His books are translated in many countries (Germany‚ Denmark‚ Hungary‚ England‚ Canada‚ Greece‚ Korea‚ United States…) He received the Saint–Exupéry award in 2000 for «Les contes de l’Alphabet» (Editions du Jasmin). His work has been selected in 1999‚ 2001 and 2008 in the Annual of the Bologna Children’s Bookfair (Italy).

Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nestor (Board Book)
by Quentin Gréban
this is a good book for the second grade class I was reading this book for. The Cute monkey who teaches the students that accepting friends is more important than advice. Learning the miss conception of elephants made Nestor to get into a problem. Its his acceptance of help that creates a friendship. A good resource for social emotional learning.

[Makenzie Sliva · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It teaches the reader a great message by using animals as the characters. This story is about a little monkey named Nestor. Nestor wants to go fishing down at the river by himself, without his father. His father didn't want him to go, but he eventually allowed him to. His dad told him that he could go if he was very careful to avoid hedgehogs, alligators and elephants. While Nestor is at the river, he is sure to avoid all of the animals that his father told him to. While Nestor is fishing up in a tree, the branch he was sitting on broke and he fell into the river. The elephant that he was supposed to be avoiding ended up saving him from his fall! Nestor and the elephant end up becoming great friends. This book teaches the reader that they shouldn't judge people by their appearance and people can be a lot nicer than you would expect. I like that this message is put in such a simple way by using animals as characters.

[Samittra · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story is about a little monkey named Nestor, who wants to go fishing down at the river without the guidance of his father. His dad tells him he can go but he must be careful and avoid the hedgehogs, alligators, and the elephants. While Nestor is at the river he makes sure to avoid all the animals his dad warns him about, but ends up fishing by hanging off a branch. The branch snaps while he is sitting on it and Nestor falls into the river, but luckily an elephant saves him. The elephant and Nestor become friends forever! This book would be good to show students that they shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nestor (Hardcover)
by Quentin Gréban
Read this to a second grade class, for helping them on their reading comprehension. The children needed to answer the question what did the elephant do and how did he help.
It was a cute story about learning the truth about others instead of believing what you have been told by others. A simple story for the early readers. A good read aloud book for k-2

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nestor is a little monkey who's growing up and wants to do some things on his own. Fishing, for example. He father warns him of the many dangers around the jungle and then lets him go off. One of those dangers is elephants. But Nestor quickly learns that even "dangerous" things can make good friends.

Cute illustrations.

[Seher Patka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nestor falls into a river and is rescued by an elephant. His father had warned him never to go near an elephant, because they are tricky animals. Good book to read about making friends.