Poor Monkey. All she has to eat are sour lemons. One day she spies a banana tree on a faraway island, but the only way to get there is to navigate ...
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Sep 23, 2011
Olivia
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The book can illustrate how to use alliteration- repetition of the same letter to consecutative words.
The book list many synonomns- show how different words have similiar meanings
It introduces many new words that can be described using context clues
HAs lots of rhyming words
Math- counting the crocodiles
They wer counted going up from one to ten and counted down from ten to one. Teaches the sequence of numbers.
Can have the students actually add them a More...
The book list many synonomns- show how different words have similiar meanings
It introduces many new words that can be described using context clues
HAs lots of rhyming words
Math- counting the crocodiles
They wer counted going up from one to ten and counted down from ten to one. Teaches the sequence of numbers.
Can have the students actually add them a More...
May 24, 2011
jacky
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This one is a little zany. There is a monkey eating lemons stuck on an island with a fox. The crocodiles in the way of getting to the island with the bananas are all a bit crazy, too, when we see them all. I was left wanting to know how many crocodiles there were total, but I guess kids could have fun counting or adding them.
Feb 20, 2009
Jennifer
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Clever, clever story about a monkey who wants bananas from the other side of the ocean and the crocodiles who "feed on fishes" in-between. Great for kids learning to count. As an added bonus and throwback...there are crocodiles with purple mohawks-this is a good introduction to punk culture. Nice rhythm in the story.
May 05, 2011
Lauren
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It took a few times of reading this to get the rhythm right and it annoys me that there will be random lines that don't rhyme. However, the pictures are really cute and the parts that do rhyme are really fun. Josh loves it and I love it more for the fact that I only paid a quarter for it.
Jan 29, 2012
Deborah
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Monkey is tired of eating lemons. She is stuck on an island with only a lemon tree but she can see another island with a banana tree on it. One problem there are crocodiles in the water! She needs a bridge to get across, it's a good thing she is clever.
Jan 20, 2012
Jennifer
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First off, that ocean of crocodile eyes FREAKS me out!! I got the heebie jeebies while reading this book! Besides that, it's a neat book to practice number recognition and one to one counting with the different crocodiles. That's definitely one smart monkey.
Oct 19, 2011
Christiana
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Although this book has alliteration as well as rhyming, I would only use it for math usage. The students can count the crocodiles (developing number sense) and then the book counts backwards (which develops backward counting as well as sequencing numbers)
Nov 24, 2010
Lam
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This book is about how a monkey who wants to get to the other island. He was tired of eating the same old things and was craving for the banana tree form the other island. This book incorporates the concept of counting up an down. Very cute story.
Apr 18, 2011
Karelle
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A story about a monkey who has a problem and finds a unique way of navigating dangerous crocodile infested waters to solve it.
Good book to use in a math lesson on counting (PreK -K)
Teaches problem solving skills.
Rhyming words.
Good book to use in a math lesson on counting (PreK -K)
Teaches problem solving skills.
Rhyming words.
Dec 04, 2007
Written by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand, published by Voyager Books, 2001.
Summary: A counting, rhyming book about a monkey on a deserted island with nothing but lemons. The monkey sees a banana tree on another island far away but the water between the two island is full of crocodiles. So the monkey slyly convinces the crocodiles to let her count how many crocodiles there are. In the counting process monkey jumps across their backs all the way to t More...
Nov 08, 2009
April
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Another book for a banana storyhour. Not as successful for 3-5 year-olds in a group setting. It's a better one-on-one story.
Jun 17, 2009
Destinee
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A trickster-esque counting story about a monkey trying to get his hands on some bananas. Rhymes.
Jan 11, 2012
Kelly
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LOVE this book! Great rhyming, counting, and illustrations. Great for pre-k classroom!
Dec 04, 2011
Bethann
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Cute little counting book. But I like some of her other books better.
Jan 26, 2012
Kris
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Love the bouncy rhyme, love the counting of crocodiles from one to ten and back again, love the clever monkey who outwits the crocs in socks and playing with blocks and dressing like Goldilocks to get to the banana tree. Fun!
Jul 12, 2008
Felicity
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Ok, don't laugh that I put this book on. I'm trying to put every book I've ever read (though I probably won't succeed) on here! OK! That's why I have this book on here. I read it when I was little! LOL!
Jul 25, 2008
Sy
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The rhythm of the language is wonderful. A real treat to read! And Sy has already memorized it and "reads" it to me. If you're looking for a gift for someone, this is a good one.
Nov 25, 2011
Jennifer
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While this book lends itself to a variety of subject areas, i think it is best for math and building counting and adding skills.
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