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Five Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake (Five Little Monkeys)
Five little monkeys wake up with the sun. Today is their mama's birthday and they are going to bake a cake. They'll have to measure the flour and mix in the right number of eggs, and get it all into the oven in time for the birthday surprise--without waking up Mama! Eileen Christelow has created an original, high-energy romp, sure to delight any child who has tried to plan...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
June 15th 2005
by Sandpiper
(first published August 15th 1992)
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The five little monkeys are back, ready to charm and delight toddlers everywhere. This time they wake up early to bake a surprise birthday cake for Mama, with each scene punctuated by the refrain, "Shhh! Don't wake Mama!" Much hilarity ensues as their well-intended efforts culminate in a visit from the fire department, and finally they wake Mama with a loud birthday song.
This is a likably repetitive story that preschoolers will love for its simple humor. Its pleasant characters and slapstick hum...more
This is a likably repetitive story that preschoolers will love for its simple humor. Its pleasant characters and slapstick hum...more
I really liked this story. Eileen Christelow did a good job with creating a common way to count that relates to everyday life. Numerous kids love to bake desserts with their parents. This book does just that. It includes measurements of baking and numbers of ingredients in a recipe. It also adds to the storyline of the monkeys making a birthday cake for their mom. The illustrations in this book are very happy and the monkeys faces are adorable.
Jul 17, 2010
Dolly
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
From the fun song about monkeys jumping on the bed comes a series of books about said monkeys doing other things. In this case, they are baking a cake for mom. But don't wake her up! The story is not as good as the original, but it's still entertaining for young children. Our girls thought it was hilarious when they got the recipe proportions all wrong and added too much of everything.
Fun story of the monkeys preparing for their mother's birthday. (I had a suspicion about the ending.) I like how the 2 firemen joined in. A fun read-alone and lap-read. I'm sure it would work in a storytime, but I'm not quite getting the book to feel confident in reading it. Still would be nice to have on display for the birthday theme.
This is an awesome book. This book connects with a number of mathematical topics such as measurements, addition, multiplication, and doubles. I really enjoyed this book because it has some many tools to choose from to create a lesson. I would definitely use and reuse this book to teach doubles, addition, measurement, and subtraction.
Jun 02, 2011
Modboy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Modboy by:
3rd Street Stoop Sale.
Shelves:
childrens,
picture-books
It's funny what parents will let their kids get away with in the name of getting a few extra Zs. The Five Little Monkeys make a mess while making a surprise for Mama. It's cute and has the repeated phrases/rhythm that young children seem to enjoy but I think it's the engaging art that will keep them coming back for more.
This is an adorable story of five monkeys who want to bake their mother a birthday cake, but they don't want to wake her up. Chaos insues and the fire department comes, but all ends well! This book includes a counting aspect throughout the story and is great for reading aloud!
It's Mama's birthday and the five little monkeys want to bake a cake for her. They try to make a cake, but with no one monkey really in charge, it turns out to be a funny disaster!
Love, love to share this book with groups. They really get into the noises, the repeated, "Shhhh! don't wake up Mama!" and singing "Happy Birthday." Great read-aloud fun.
I think that it was very canecting to me because its mothers day and i am going to make breakfast in bed for my mom on mothers day on saterday!
Kids love to reapeat the words Shhhh Dont wake up mama. Students will think the end is funny. This was not my favorit book. It seemed bland.
I like all the Five Little Monkey books typically, but this one isn't my favorite. Still, it's alright, and kids we'll get into the repetition.
Feb 24, 2011
Shana
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
childrens,
2-3-yr-olds
My 3-1/2 yr old really likes this book & the monkeys silly antics to "not wake momma"
This one really works well for a preschool storytime!
Gotta love monkeys!
JEAR1-Chr
This one makes S- laugh and I love to read funny books aloud. I think this story is a big improvement over the first Five Little Monkeys jumping on the Bed story. Is has more nuances and is probably for an older audience. S- likes to point out the foreshadowed problems with the cake which are great learning tools for reading. The surprise at the end of the story is fun too. I also like the original title better.
This was Fritz's bedtime story this evening. It looked like it would be good. Alas it was not so hot. A silly tale of five monkeys cooking a birthday cake for their sleeping mother. Not only was it not fun, the firemen's solution to a burnt cake would not have made it delicious, as Mama said it was.
But Daddy's funny voice apparently pulled it through for Fritz. We had a good time being silly.
But Daddy's funny voice apparently pulled it through for Fritz. We had a good time being silly.
All of her little monkeys books are cute. In this one the "kids" are trying to bake a surprise cake, and of course that results in a huge mess. I'm sure many of us remember baking disasters, either as a kid or as the parent that gets to help clean it all up!
Fun birthday book! Those monkeys really know how to make a mess that Mama is going to have to clean up! Happy birthday, Mama!
Read at Baby/Toddler story time on 1/25/11: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
I liked it better named "Don't wake up Mama!"
This my personal favorite of the 5 little monkeys series.
This my personal favorite of the 5 little monkeys series.
A 5 little monkeys book that is fun to read with the other 5 monkey's books by the same author.
Apr 09, 2013
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
Apr 08, 2013
Jessica
marked it as to-read
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