I Love You, Little Monkey - Hardcover

Durant, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416924817 ISBN 13: 9781416924814

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007

Synopsis

Little Monkey is being naughty. So Big Monkey gets very angry and Little Monkey ends up very sad.

But even though Big Monkey doesn't always like the naughty things Little Monkey does, one thing is clear:

Big Monkey loves Little Monkey.
Always.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Durant has written more than fifty books for children of all ages and has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Alan lives in Surrey, England, with his wife and three children.

Katharine McEwen has illustrated more than thirty picture books, and has won Great Britain's prestigious Children's Book Award. Katharine lives in Kent, England.

From Booklist:

Little Monkey finds it hard to be good while he waits for Big Monkey to finish his work. After Big Monkey picks figs for their supper, Little Monkey throws them "SPLAT!" against a big tree. They pick more figs together. After Big Monkey makes a leafy bed in the branches, Little Monkey jumps on it and breaks it. They repair it together. Playing up high in the tree, Little Monkey slips and falls on top of Big Monkey, who roars with anger and sends him up to bed. Later, they exchange apologies and express mutual affection despite mutual failings. Readers who have developed allergic reactions after overexposure to sugary picture books with "I love you" in their titles will find this offering relatively low on the sweetness scale. Not only does it show a parent provoked to the point of losing his temper with his thoughtless, impish offspring, it also features illustrations filled with bold, imaginative plant forms and painted in a wild, fresh palette of colors. Carolyn Phelan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416924817
• ISBN 13: 9781416924814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: McEwen Katharine