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The Monkeys Who Tried Kindness
“A pack of monkeys living in the jungleWas carrying on in such a jumble!They were fighting and biting…And swearing and not sharing.Oh, oh this was not good.This was no way to live. It’s not like it should. Bananas were being taken from some during the darkness of night.In the morning once discovered, there’d be a terrible fight...Everyone was becoming so selfish and full of fear.No monkey wanted another monkey near, it was clear.”Witty illustrations of monkeys, along with rhyming text, reveal the value of kindness to every monkey in the book and every child who reads it.
37 pages, Paperback
Published July 9, 2017
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Sally Huss
175 books64 followersFor years I have wanted to do what I am doing now -- writing and illustrating my children's books. Electronic drawing pads and e-books have made it possible for me to create and publish my own books -- and do so in quantity. In the past, Harcourt Brace, Ten Speed Press, Thomas Nelson had only published a few.
The books were always squeezed in between art I needed to do to fill 26 Sally Huss Galleries (my degree was from USC in Fine Art); and licensing demands for clothing, greeting cards (American Greetings), purses, bibs, dinnerware, wallpaper; and the daily King Features Syndicated inspirational panel I do for newspapers called Happy Musings.
Through the years my art and writings have found their way into homes from Hollywood to The White House and perhaps even your house or your mother's.
Along with art, I have had a long history with tennis. In fact I was raised to be a champion (U.S. Junior and Wimbledon Champion, then a semi-finalist in the women's division at Wimbledonin singles and doubles). Later I became one of the top senior players in the country. This experience lead to my writing and illustrating a couple of books on the game -- EIGHT GOLDEN RULES FOR HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST TENNIS (endorsed by Billie Jean King, Mary Carrillo, Dick Enberg, etc.) and LOVE LADIES LEAGUE TENNIS.
I mostly read the books of the French Philosopher Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. For me, these present the clearest and most practical explanation of life and man's structure in it that I've come across. These light-filled pages send my heart soaring and give me food for my present work.
Presently I write, illustrate and paint in my Solana Beach, California studio where I live with my husband Marv. I also still play a bit of tennis and walk the beach daily.
The books were always squeezed in between art I needed to do to fill 26 Sally Huss Galleries (my degree was from USC in Fine Art); and licensing demands for clothing, greeting cards (American Greetings), purses, bibs, dinnerware, wallpaper; and the daily King Features Syndicated inspirational panel I do for newspapers called Happy Musings.
Through the years my art and writings have found their way into homes from Hollywood to The White House and perhaps even your house or your mother's.
Along with art, I have had a long history with tennis. In fact I was raised to be a champion (U.S. Junior and Wimbledon Champion, then a semi-finalist in the women's division at Wimbledonin singles and doubles). Later I became one of the top senior players in the country. This experience lead to my writing and illustrating a couple of books on the game -- EIGHT GOLDEN RULES FOR HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST TENNIS (endorsed by Billie Jean King, Mary Carrillo, Dick Enberg, etc.) and LOVE LADIES LEAGUE TENNIS.
I mostly read the books of the French Philosopher Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. For me, these present the clearest and most practical explanation of life and man's structure in it that I've come across. These light-filled pages send my heart soaring and give me food for my present work.
Presently I write, illustrate and paint in my Solana Beach, California studio where I live with my husband Marv. I also still play a bit of tennis and walk the beach daily.
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January 28, 2018
I love the inspiration for this book. Children in the Anaheim, California, elementary schools succeeded in practicing one million acts of kindness. In today's schools that are often plagued by bullying, this community program is a remarkable achievement.
Getting back to the plot of the tale, a troupe of monkeys are in disarray. They have become selfish and fearful. There is bickering and swearing. The teenagers are breaking things, bananas are being stolen and the monkeys have stopped their traditional social grooming. Even the grandparents have become indifferent. The animals are becoming sicker and sicker.
One young monkey suggests that maybe they should try being kind to one another. A simple solution that none of the adults could visualize. Young readers will understand the value of kindness and feel satisfaction that only this child monkey could figure out the reason for the problem.
Recommended for children from preschool through early elementary school. The perfect book to use as a read-aloud group discussion or bedtime story. I have read many of the Sally Huss books. This one is one of my favorites.
Getting back to the plot of the tale, a troupe of monkeys are in disarray. They have become selfish and fearful. There is bickering and swearing. The teenagers are breaking things, bananas are being stolen and the monkeys have stopped their traditional social grooming. Even the grandparents have become indifferent. The animals are becoming sicker and sicker.
One young monkey suggests that maybe they should try being kind to one another. A simple solution that none of the adults could visualize. Young readers will understand the value of kindness and feel satisfaction that only this child monkey could figure out the reason for the problem.
Recommended for children from preschool through early elementary school. The perfect book to use as a read-aloud group discussion or bedtime story. I have read many of the Sally Huss books. This one is one of my favorites.
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May 23, 2022The Money Who Tried Kindness is a story that would work well in preschool to younger elementary. The story uses humor to show the importance of kindness. Children find what the monkey does to be funny and can see how they are being unkind. The story would be great to teach students what the word kindness means and how they can use it.
August 13, 2017
Gavin
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