Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #230889 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780618409495
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K–Those naughty monkeys are back, and this time they're tormenting their baby-sitter. Mama's instructions are clear: "Lulu's the sitter./You'd better be good./No tricks! No silliness!/Is that understood?" They promise to behave and invite Lulu to be "it" for a game of hide-and-seek. She counts to 10 and quickly finds the little monkeys concealed in various spots around the living room. They beg for one more round, Lulu counts to 24, and her charges slip out into the yard, where she swiftly uncovers them. Finally, she counts to 124, and this time, Lulu can't locate them, and she's really worried. However, Mama peeks in the window as she comes home and sees them in the one place that never occurred to the baby-sitter–their own beds. The simple and colorful pen-and-ink and gouache artwork will be familiar to readers of Christelow's earlier books about these mischievous animals. The energetic illustrations work well with the overall mood of silliness. In addition to searching the pictures for the missing monkeys, children will enjoy the repetitive, rhyming nature of this story and will join in on the counting. A delightful choice for a group setting or for one-on-one sharing.–Roxanne Burg, Orange County Public Library, CA
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From Booklist
PreS-Gr. 2. Lulu the babysitter agrees to play hide-and-seek with the five little monkeys of this popular series. After counting to 10, she finds them hiding around the living room. She counts to 24 and finds them hiding in the yard. But while she counts to 104, the little monkeys discover the perfect hiding place, and she can't locate them at all. Beyond the counting practice (and there's plenty when you're counting to 104), this book offers children the pleasure of finding the monkeys in the crowded pictures and guessing their last, best hiding place. Illustrating the rhythmic, rhyming text, Christelow's energetic line drawings with colorful washes convey a sharp sense of giddy, good-hearted fun. Carolyn Phelan
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Review
"The energetic illustrations work well with the overall mood of silliness.... children will enjoy the repetitive, rhyming nature." SLJ (School Library Journal )

"popular series...counting practice.... offers children the pleasure of finding the monkeys...energetic...colorful....giddy, good-hearted fun." BOOKLIST (Booklist, ALA )

Customer Reviews

good counting book
Listen, my kids love the "little monkeys" but I used this one to teach my "almost" 4 yr old to count up to and past 100. As reader you might be tempted to gloss over the counting but if your kid is ready this is a great way to teach them to count. Add it to your library so you'll have when they are ready. I was amazed none of the other reviews emphasized this point, so I just had to add my two cents.

ready for a fun game of hide and seek?
The five little monkey are left with a baby sitter for the night. They want to play hide and seek. Their baby sitter agrees to one game but it leads to several more. Each time the baby sitter is told to count a little higher and the game gets more intense! They trick her into counting to 104. After that she can't find them anywhere! Mama comes home nd finds them hiding in bed!

The book kept the attention of my 2 year old well. Not too many words per page and lots of fun monkey pictures to look at!

I would recommend this book to others. The author had written several books with the same monkey characters in them.

Not bad.
Ellen Christelow, Five Little Monkeys Play Hide and Seek (Clarion, 2004)

Five little monkeys, a babysitter, and rhyme. Mama's gone out dancing, and babysitter Lulu is enticed to play hide-and-seek with the FLM long after bedtime as Christelow imparts basic counting to her readers. Cute as always, and a Christelow original, which are always stronger than the adapted entries in the series. ***