Monkey’s Friends
Written and Illustrated by Ruth Brown
Monkey is going for a walk. As he walks, he greets his friends
who are somewhat hidden. The reader has a chance to guess, from the picture and
from a rhyming word, which animal friend Monkey is going to meet up with next.
This is a beautifully illustrated and charming story. The
monkey’s facial expressions are adorable! Though it’s simple, children will
enjoy being able to guess which animal is coming up next in the story. I also enjoy
how this book gives kids a chance to practice rhyming words.
One complaint I have for this story is that the animals
Monkey meets are highly unlikely to all be in the same habitat together (I
mean, highly unlikely). Monkey meets up with a kangaroo, then an
elephant, a crocodile, a snake, a chameleon, and finally a bear. Many other
books put a strange array of animals together, and sometimes this doesn’t
bother me. I think the reason it bothered me in this book was because the
illustrations were so accurate and lifelike. I just assumed that the ecosystem
presented would be accurate as well!
All things considered, though, I would still
recommend this book, though not highly. Between the illustrations, the fun rhymes and guessing
game, this is still a fun choice for kids!
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