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Caps for Sale (Caps for Sale #1)
Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddlers efforts to outwit the monkeys in this new, enlarged, and redesigned edition, and will ask to read it...more
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
September 4th 1987
by HarperCollins
(first published 1938)
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I've had this touch of nostalgia lately...so, tonight I came across this book and I thought 'What the hell, why not review it and subject the GR community to my musings'--Keep in mind that it's 4:13am and I've had a shitty night.
That said, Caps for Sale was a favorite of mine when I was young. I'd hunt down all the hats in our house and try to recreate the peddler's walk during one of my mom's work parties. This was the 70s and my mom's friends were of a uh... different sort... let's just say, l...more
That said, Caps for Sale was a favorite of mine when I was young. I'd hunt down all the hats in our house and try to recreate the peddler's walk during one of my mom's work parties. This was the 70s and my mom's friends were of a uh... different sort... let's just say, l...more
Oct 13, 2007
The Library Lady
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
books-every-child-should-know,
picture-books
No fancy computer generated illustrations--just a bright, limited palette. No characters with their own TV show. No farting dogs, no cool pullouts or lift the flaps. Just a simple little story about "a peddler, some monkeys and their monkey business"
But for 60 years kids have read and loved this story. I have never had a group of kids who didn't have fun shaking their fingers and stomping their feet along with the monkeys.
This is what a true "classic" is all about!
But for 60 years kids have read and loved this story. I have never had a group of kids who didn't have fun shaking their fingers and stomping their feet along with the monkeys.
This is what a true "classic" is all about!
A classic tale that is a perfect story time read. Esphyr Slobodkina tells of a peddler who carries his wares on his head - selling caps of all colors for 50 cents a cap. On a day when no one in town is buying, the peddler takes a long nap under a tree. He awakens to find no caps on his head; instead, the monkeys in the tree are all wearing his caps. When he yells at them, a humorous exchange occurs as the monkeys mimic the peddler’s angry rant. When he finally throws down his own cap in frustrat...more
Jul 24, 2008
Becky
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
kids age 2 and up
Shelves:
children-and-ya
I'd heard of this book for years and years but never read it until I snagged a free copy from our local library's used book bin.
I now understand why I heard about this book for years and years. It became one of my daughter's favorite books after just one read-through. This folk-tale-like story is engaging but simple, as are the illustrations.
A peddler walks slowly through the village with his wares -- many different-colored caps -- stacked high on his head. He's having a slow sales day, so he d...more
I now understand why I heard about this book for years and years. It became one of my daughter's favorite books after just one read-through. This folk-tale-like story is engaging but simple, as are the illustrations.
A peddler walks slowly through the village with his wares -- many different-colored caps -- stacked high on his head. He's having a slow sales day, so he d...more
This story really resonates with children. As an adult, I prefer The Hatseller And The Monkeys. Monkeys appearing randomly in the countryside seems a little inexplicable to me, but I realize that is just an adult fetish or perspective. It is probably more of a 4 and a half, with older children you can act it out afterwards, though with older children I now usually us the Hatseller and the Monkeys. I use it both for a March Hats program and a summer Monkey program. 3/7/12
Maybe a little long for t...more
Maybe a little long for t...more
I think that Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina was a great and funny book. This book is about a peddler,some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business. This story is about one day a cap salesman decided to take a nap after walking through the village.A short snooze later he wakes up to find that all of his caps were taken by monkeys. So he gets aggravated and throws down his own cap and the monkeys mimic his behavior and throw down the caps they've taken. Their were red,green,orange,white,black,and gr...more
This easy to read story is about a peddler who sells caps. “Caps for sale!” he would say as he walked all over town. The peddler had an array of caps, red caps, gray caps and even blue caps. One day the peddler was very exhausted and though it would be a great idea to rest for a bit out in the country. When he woke up, all of his caps are gone. He searched everywhere for them until he looked up and saw a much of mischievous monkeys wearing all of his caps. The peddler becomes very mad and tells...more
A peddler sets out one day to sell caps. He places them on his head; first, his own grey checked cap, then four grey caps, four blue caps, and finally four red caps on the very top. No one wants to buy a cap that day, so he decides to take a nap under a tree. When he wakes up, his caps are gone, leaving just his grey checked cap! He looks left. No caps. He looks right. No caps. He finally looks up and sees a tree full of monkeys, each one wearing a cap. He shakes his fist at the monkeys and they...more
Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather after I read this one to the kids! I checked out Caps for Sale from the library because two of my friends rated this book highly, but I didn't read the book before I checked it out. I stuck it in my bag, along with Once Upon a Royal Superbaby, and on the bus ride home I read the book. "Oh, no," I thought, "the kids are going to think this is lame! There's no way this is going to be able to compete with that superbaby book!"
Huh. Shows what I kno...more
Huh. Shows what I kno...more
Sep 14, 2011
Katelynn Callahan
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This book is about a man who sells hats for a living.Rather than carrying the caps on his back he wears every single one. He has gray caps, brown caps blue caps and red caps. One day he was trying to sell his caps but no one wanted to buy any. So he decided to go for a walk in the country. When he came upon a large tree he decided to stop for awhile and take a nap. Before he went to sleep he made sure all of his caps were sit neatly on his head. After sleeping for quite some time, he woke up to...more
This story is about a gentleman hat peddler. He stacks hats of all colors on top of his head and walks slowly so he don’t disrupts them and shouts caps for sale $.50 cent! One day he can’t sell any caps so he decides to take a nap under a tree. When he wakes all of his caps are gone, he panics and look everywhere and can’t find them until he looks up. He sees monkeys in the tree he slept under and each one had on one of his hats. Confused on what to do the peddler decides to command the monkeys...more
This is one of my favorite predictable children's picture books of all time! Esphyr Slobodkina basis her story on an old folktale. A peddler who sells hats decides to take a nap after a slow day of not selling any caps. While the peddler naps, some mischievous little monkeys steal the peddlers caps. Upon awakening, the peddler demands the monkeys return his caps. The monkeys imitate the peddler as he shakes his fist and stomps his foot, but it isn't until the peddler throws down his cap that the...more
In this classic story, a man makes his living by selling hats. He walks around the town with a big pile of hats on his head. One day, he cannot manage to sell a single hat, so he walks off and takes a nap under a tree. When he wakes up, he finds that he only has one hat on his head. The monkeys in the tree above him stole all of his hats! Finally, the man gets his hats back and continues through the town selling hats.
The illustrations for this book are very simple, yet very enjoyable. The pictur...more
The illustrations for this book are very simple, yet very enjoyable. The pictur...more
Classic! I read this book aloud in my Kindergarten placement, for an assignment involving a prop. So, I stitched 19 hats from red, blue, brown and grey felt. I dressed myself in the peddler's attire, complete with a handle-bar mustache from party city. The children were so excited to see me all dressed up- and hear me speak in a manly voice-- they almost didn't recognize me. They acted out the monkey's role, and each student shook their hat and waved their fingers calling "Tsz, Tsz, Tsz....". Th...more
"Caps for Sale" as told and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodking is the story of a cap peddler who wore the caps he was selling on his head. The caps were checkered, gray, brown, blue or red and sold for 50 cents. The story takes place on a particularly slow sales day for caps. The peddler had not sold any caps but was hungry so decided to talk a walk outside town into the countryside. By and by he grew weary and sat beneath a tree to rest, with all the caps still on his head. He fell asleep. When...more
"Caps For Sale" was an interesting picture book that gave me an old folk tale vibe. The vertical style book contained bright, refreshing illustrations that were outlined in dark black.The cover of the book displays an establishing shot of the terrain. The illustrator uses the same hues for every image including turquoise, green,orange, tan, and black. . Not only are the same colors repeated, but in the text the author also uses repetitive words. The peddler is wearing clothes that are crosshatch...more
For a book that is generations old, I enjoyed reading this. I can see children between first to third grade that would enjoy this book, because of the characters involved in the story. The main character of the story tries to his caps, but a bunch of monkeys took the caps from him. One can see that the illustrations in this story are not of current times, but of the seventies. Many of the colors used are plain colors and not much of any bright colorful colors as you might seen in today's book. N...more
The peddler walks around with colorful caps on his head. He can't sell any caps that day so he sits under a tree with all the caps and falls asleep because he is tired. When he wakes up he cannot find any of his caps that he needs to sell. He looks everywhere and finally he looks in the tree and sees monkeys on all of the branches with his caps on. He tries to make the monkey's give the caps back but they only imitate his frustrated gestures. Then when he slams his own hat down on the ground he...more
I may hate monkey commercials, monkey skits on SNL, monkey movies, monkeys at the zoo, monkeys dressed in children's clothing, monkey bars, the monkey (ok gorilla) from Congo, the Black Eyed Peas' Monkeybusiness cd, phrases that contain the word "monkey," but I do love this book and those hilarious literary monkeys. Oh, and I also like Monkey Bread and think I'll ask my mommy to make me some.
This is an old classic, and while the illustrations look vaguely familiar to me I couldn't say for sure whether I read this as a kid. As the subtitle says, it's the story of a cap peddler, some monkeys and their monkey business. The peddler wears all the caps on his own head, organised by colour; when he takes a nap under a tree one day he wakes up to find them all gone. After futilely looking around, he looks up at the tree and finds it full of monkeys, each one wearing one of his caps. He then...more
"Caps for Sale" as told and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodking is the story book of a man trying to make a living by selling his caps for $.50 cent; he didn't get to sell the caps in front of a store. He placed is cap on top of his head. He carried several colored caps: four gray caps, four brown caps, four blue caps, and four red caps. He walked several miles trying to sell his caps. The peddler meet monkey that don't listen with words, but only with body language. This is a humor ready lesson fo...more
I remember first hearing about this book when I was watching "Reading Rainbow" one day when I was younger. Reading it again, now, the book doesn't seem as cool as it once was but I still can definitely understand why the book has lasted over the years and still is so cherished. The simplicity of the story makes it easy for beginning readers to comprehend and understand the text. The repetition of the lines, "Caps! Caps for sale! 50 cents a cap!" makes it fun for the kids and the teacher can then...more
Feb 21, 2012
Cassandra Gray
added it
I thought that the illustrations in this book were very interesting. The colors were used with purpose to draw attention to certain items in the book. For the first half, your eyes are drawn straight to the stack of hats that are very neatly on top of the man's head. It is a straight line of hats, well organized and generally in the center of the page. Then, when the monkeys enter the story, the neat stack of hats are scattered and the colors are now scrambled along the pages. Besides the caps,...more
I like this book. I remember reading this when I was younger. I always liked the part when the monkey's took the peddler's caps when he fell asleep. I think this book is good for children because of the repetition: "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" Children could learn counting and colors with this book.
Learning experience: Prior Knowledge: (Before beginning this week's focus story, send home a note to families requesting that they let their child bring/wear their favorite cap to school...more
Learning experience: Prior Knowledge: (Before beginning this week's focus story, send home a note to families requesting that they let their child bring/wear their favorite cap to school...more
This story is about a hat seller that will walk with a tower of caps on his head. One day he was not able to sell any and he was hungry, but he had not made any money. He decided to go for a walk and he got tired so he sat and leaned on the trunk of a tree. When he woke up he checked to see if his hats were on his head, but he only had his hat. He could not find them anywhere until he looked up and saw a bunch of monkeys with his hats. He kept asking for his hats and he made fist at them because...more
This is a fun and silly book to read to young children. It's about a man who sells caps and carries them all on his head. He walks about wearing all these caps on his head yelling "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" Children would definitely enjoy having this book read to them. I enjoyed it very much, when it was read in class.
Learning Extension: This book could be used in a math lesson, teaching children to count and to identify/memorize patterns. We could have the children color in pictu...more
Learning Extension: This book could be used in a math lesson, teaching children to count and to identify/memorize patterns. We could have the children color in pictu...more
Summary:
Subtitled A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, this absurd and very simple story has become a classic, selling hundreds of thousands of copies since its first publication in 1940. A peddler walks around selling caps from a tall, tottering pile on his head. Unable to sell a single cap one morning, he walks out into the countryside, sits down under a tree, checks that all the caps are in place, and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the caps are gone--and the tree is...more
Subtitled A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, this absurd and very simple story has become a classic, selling hundreds of thousands of copies since its first publication in 1940. A peddler walks around selling caps from a tall, tottering pile on his head. Unable to sell a single cap one morning, he walks out into the countryside, sits down under a tree, checks that all the caps are in place, and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the caps are gone--and the tree is...more
Apr 11, 2013
Mandy Couch
added it
Shelves:
animals-insects,
colors,
counting,
creative,
educational,
language,
physical,
rhymes,
social-emotional
I really enjoyed this book. This is a book that you could use for animals, money, counting, social, emotional, and voacbulary. This book touched on a lot of different things and made it interesting the whole way through the book for the children. I loved the way they used the monkeys in the story!
Activity:
After reading this story I would have the children learn how to count money and do a one to one correpsondance activity. I would have signs for the sale of the caps and cans indicating the amou...more
Activity:
After reading this story I would have the children learn how to count money and do a one to one correpsondance activity. I would have signs for the sale of the caps and cans indicating the amou...more
Review: This book was one of my favorites as a child. I found it inviting and simple. The story tells of a peddler who's job is to sell caps for a living. He wears the caps stacked on his head and has to walk gingerly as to not upset his caps. He was having a rather slow day and decided to rest up against a tree. When he awoke from his nap he found his caps to be missing and didn't see them anywhere. He happened to look up and in the tree he was resting upon he found monkeys on each branch holdi...more
“Caps! Caps for Sale! Fifty cents a cap!” A cap peddler strolls through town, wearing all his wares—sixteen caps for sale, plus his own cap-- on his head. One morning, the peddler cannot sell any caps. He walks out of the village and sits down to rest under a tree. Before he falls asleep, he checks to see if all his caps are in place—they are. When he wakes up, only his own cap is on his head. He looks up and sees a tree full of monkeys with his caps! He shakes his fist at the monkeys, and asks...more
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