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Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree Book & Cassette (Read Along Book & Cassette) Review
User Submitted Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree Book & Cassette (Read Along Book & Cassette) ReviewsDecember 7, 2007 Five little monkeys purchased this book for a christmas present. Received this book in great condition, and in plenty of time to wrap for christmas. March 19, 2007 Love The Monkeys... My 3 1/2 year old granddaughter has Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake and throughly enjoys having these books read to her.She has also memorized them.So she was very happy to get a copy of Five Litttle Monkeys Sitting in a Tree.It was read twice within a span of a few hours.It has very delightful and colorful pictures in it.We plan to get the rest of the Five Little Monkey books.I bought this book new on ebay for under $4.00 including shipping. April 4, 2006 Oh Snap What is with this trend of good kid's books being followed up by seemingly rapidly produced, poorly thought out sequels? As bad as sequel's are in American cinema, I think sequels in children's books are even worse. We loved Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed. Cute pictures, the fun bouncy lines of the old kid's song, plus an opportunity to practice counting. And there is a lesson there. Kids: Don't jump on the bed. The book legitimizes the temptation, especially at the end when we see the mother taking her turn to jump on the bed. But the monkeys fall off one by one, Momma calls the doctors, and we see the monkeys lines up with there ice bags on their heads in their post-concussive stupors. But we recently got "Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree." The helpful everyday lesson for kids in this book is don't taunt a crocodile. Okay, perhaps one could generalize this and interpret it as a useful aphorism for navigating hierarchies, but doesn't quite live up to the standard of the nice, concrete "no more monkeys jumping on the bed." But beyond the pointlessness of this book, it's terrifying. Although, in the end it is revealed that the monkeys do not get eaten by the crocodile (and on subsequent readings one spots them hiding in the tree, which is slightly clever), we spend 16 of the 28 pages thinking that some or all of the mischievous monkeys have been eaten by Mr. Crocodile. We see nice colorful illustrations of distressed relatives including the frantic mother sobbing inconsolably. I know, I've been told I take these books too seriously. Maybe your children won't be as traumatized as I was, I don't know. Maybe it's a good way to teach math. And, I suppose, also an opportunity to teach about the cruel, pitiless realities of the animal kingdom. And to teach that the inherent nature of life is suffering. Ultimately these are important lessons for the toddlers. Just a bit heartless and harrowing for my taste. March 23, 2006 Five Little Monkeys Siting in a Tree This book arrived quickly and in excellent condition. September 30, 2005 great for preschool I use this for my preschool autism class and the kids love it. Many of them try to clap with their hands when the cocodile goes SNAP! I definately reccomend it. September 26, 2003 Five Littile Monkeys Sitting in a Tree The book Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree is about five little monkeys that go on a picnic with their mother. While mother sits down to take a snooze the five little monkeys climb a tree to watch Mr. Crocodile. The five little sitting in a tree tease Mr. Crocodile can't catch me, then along comes Mr. Crocodile and SNAP!! Where did all the monkeys go?? The lesson in this story is not to tease crocodiles, you never know what can happen. The age level on this book I would say would be 4 to 8 years old. I woluld deffinetly recremend this book!! January 24, 2003 The five little monkeys are at it again! My daughter (4) has almost worn out her copies of Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and Don't Wake Up Mama, so I bought her this and Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do. They are already bedtime favorites--they are bright and colorful, the rhymes are lots of fun and the stories are appealing to kids. She loves to sit and 'read' them to herself after we have read them to her and tucked her in for the night. She falls asleep with these books in her bed quite regularly. We love the Five Little Monkeys! March 28, 2000 Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree The engaging pictures, suprise ending and repeated phrases in this book are the perfect way to get young children excited about subtraction! As a family of five monkeys goes on a picnic, they begin teasing an alligator. One by one, the monkeys disappear as the crocodile snaps its teeth. Children can count the monkeys that are left, after each time the alligator snaps and join in on the "Can't catch me" line that is repeated. It seems to be a predictable book, slowly loosing one monkey each time the alligator comes. However, the ending is suprising, and some children are able to find clues in the pictures that lead to finding out the suprise ending. This book is a great way for parents or teachers to introduce subtraction in a meaningful way! I highly recommend it. :) For more Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree Book & Cassette (Read Along Book & Cassette) reviews click here.
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