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Monkey Bedtime
Suddenly I heard an EEK, a TAP TAP on the pane.
A tiny little monkey face was peering through the rain.
I'm sure my mom won't mind, I thought. He's really very small.
One tiny pygmy marmoset could do no harm at all. . .
When a little boy lets a monkey in through his window, he doesn't expect it to bring all its friends!
But when he is followed by six red-handed howlers, six macaques, ten capuchins and two great big baboons there's going to be trouble! Surely mum will notice the banana skins, the toothpaste, the handprints on the walls . . .
Will he ever get to bed with all this monkeying around?
Alex's hilarious rhyming text matched with Pauline's expressive illustrations makes for the perfect bedtime read!
A tiny little monkey face was peering through the rain.
I'm sure my mom won't mind, I thought. He's really very small.
One tiny pygmy marmoset could do no harm at all. . .
When a little boy lets a monkey in through his window, he doesn't expect it to bring all its friends!
But when he is followed by six red-handed howlers, six macaques, ten capuchins and two great big baboons there's going to be trouble! Surely mum will notice the banana skins, the toothpaste, the handprints on the walls . . .
Will he ever get to bed with all this monkeying around?
Alex's hilarious rhyming text matched with Pauline's expressive illustrations makes for the perfect bedtime read!
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 3, 2022
About the author
Alex English
9 books63 followersI am the author of the SKY PIRATES series, published by Simon & Schuster.
I also write funny rhyming picture books for pre-schoolers, including MONKEY BEDTIME, STOP THAT DINOSAUR and YUCK SAID THE YAK.
I also write funny rhyming picture books for pre-schoolers, including MONKEY BEDTIME, STOP THAT DINOSAUR and YUCK SAID THE YAK.
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September 1, 2023
Conversational, even Dr. Seuss-like, are the rhyming couplets. Everything seems normal when the hero of this book allows an animal to enter his house, coming in through his bedroom window:
I'm sure my mom won't mind, I thought. He's really very small.
One tiny pigmy marmoset could do no harm at all.
Only so many more kinds of animal enter the house, taking over the place. Much humor follows. Also a happy ending that I consider a bit over the top, but your kids may love it.
FIVE STARS. Thanks, author Alex English and artist Pauline Gregory.
I'm sure my mom won't mind, I thought. He's really very small.
One tiny pigmy marmoset could do no harm at all.
Only so many more kinds of animal enter the house, taking over the place. Much humor follows. Also a happy ending that I consider a bit over the top, but your kids may love it.
FIVE STARS. Thanks, author Alex English and artist Pauline Gregory.
January 13, 2023
Howlers and tamarins and pygmy marmosets, oh my! With bright, kooky illustrations and a rhyme scheme to split your sides like a banana peel with laughter, this book is a perfect addition to a bedtime routine… if you’re not bothered by monkey business.
Check this book out at the Villa Park Public Library!
Check this book out at the Villa Park Public Library!
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August 26, 2022Far too long
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