Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Monkey Mania

JE/ALBOROUGH
Alborough, Jez - Tall
This little monkey’s jungle friends help him get taller… but watch out!

JE/BELL
Bell, Cece - Sock Monkey Boogie-Woogie: A Friend Is Made
Sock Monkey looks everywhere for a dance partner for the Big Celebrity Dance and finally finds one that is perfect.

JE/BORNSTEIN
Bornstein, Ruth - Little Gorilla
This little gorilla grows up surrounded by his loving friends and family.

JE/BYNUM
Bynum, Janie - Altoona Baboona
Altoona Baboona gets “bored on her dune-a” and takes off on a hot air balloon to see new places and make new friends.

JE/DU QUETTE
Du Quette, Keith - Little Monkey Lost
Little Monkey goes on an adventure and, after becoming afraid, returns home to teach his family what he has learned.

JE/GRECO
Greco, Francesca - Cyril the Mandrill
Cyril’s colorful face frightens the other monkeys until the winter comes and Cyril reminds the monkeys of the beautiful weather that will return.

JE/KNIGHT
Knight, Hilary - Where’s Wallace?
Wallace the orangutan goes on adventures around the city and returns to the zoo, happy to be home again.

JE/KOLLER
Koller, Jackie French - Seven Spunky Monkeys
Seven monkey pals fall in love over the course of their travels in one week!

JE/RATHMANN
Rathmann, Peggy - Good Night, Gorilla
As the zookeepers says goodnight to all of the animals, Gorilla quietly lets the animals out of their cages and they follow the zookeeper home to sleep.

JE/REY
Rey, H.A. - Curious George Rides a Bike
When the man with the yellow hat gives Curious George a bike, he wanders off, shows us how to make a boat out of newspaper, and ends up in the circus!

JE/SANTAT
Santat, Dan - The Guild of Geniuses
Mr. Pip the monkey is sad when he thinks that the birthday gift he made for his best friend Frederick does not measure up to all of the other presents.

JE/SLOBODKINA
Slobodkina, Esphyr - Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
A clever cap peddler is robbed by some quick monkeys while napping and has to get his caps back.

Prepared by Katherine Peters, COD Intern, February 2008