What Do You Say When a Monkey Acts This Way?

Magic Castle Readers

by Jane Belk Moncure, Terri Super (Illustrator)

Each day of the week, Little Monkey learns appropriate behavior for a variety of situations.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction

31 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Paige Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book about manners and growing up. The examples are about how to clean up, ask politely, and share.

[Charles Hébert · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.4⭐

[Miss Leinbach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picture Book Fantasy [manners] (Talking Animals)
K-2

This is a good book to have for K and 1 as a reminder or conversation starter about manners. Could be used to start talking about how the class members' manners are and which manners the class has mastered and which might still need some work on (as a CLASS, not calling out individuals).

From AR Bookfinder Site:
Each day of the week, Little Monkey learns appropriate behavior for a variety of situations.
ATOS Book Level: 1.9
Interest Level: Lower Grades (LG K-3)
AR Points: 0.5
Rating: 3.5
Word Count: 426
Fiction
Topic - Subtopic: Animals-Monkeys; Behavior-Misc./Other; English in a Flash Recommended List, Library 2-Chapter 4, 95%;
Series: Magic Castle Readers;

[Krista · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great memories of reading this book literally hundreds of times when I did child care in daycare. I prob read it multiple times a day per the children’s request. I love that it’s fun and teachers good manners!!

[Camryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Bedtime story for children

[Jenn Palomino · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite children’s book growing up.

[M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good read.

[Kelsey Odeen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a amazing book to teach you to be kind and grateful

[Margaret Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to teach children about appropriate manners. It gives fun ways for children to learn how to say "please, thank you, and much more". The illustrations are colorful and the sentences are short to hold the children's attention. I would combine this book with a lesson on manners, and provide learning activities for the children to work together on the things we've learned.

[Chelsea Merkley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this to your young child, or have them read it to you. A very sweet and powerful book about manners. Basically, it is using the idea of monkey see, monkey do, in it. I thought it was a great read for my 1st Grader.

[Ana Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book about manners.
The book teaches children how to apologize, please and thank you.
It has rhythm, and the pages are colorful and attractive to the children.
The sentences are short and simple to understand.
The props were appropriate.

[Marela Carmenaty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book to children learn manners and behaviors. Clear concepts and repetitive phrases. Colorful and engaging illustrations. Children learn about days of the week and different situations through it. Children will learn how to respond to each situation using good manners.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Juvenile Fiction book about all the common misbehavior traits of children and those they do to each other. This book is related to Animals, Apes and social issues. Can be used to read at beginning of school year for preschoolers.

[Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for children that have trouble being in public. The monkey learns different ways to handle different situations, which is funny and meaningful for children. This book is great for children that want to learn the right way to act in front of people.

[Courtney Lawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had good vocabulary and illustrations for young children. The one phrase was repeated often throughout the story so child could become involved in telling the story. This would be a good book to read when teaching a young child appropriate manners.

[Blanca Tello · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book showes very good examples of good manners. The illustrations are simple, but very colorful and attention grabbing. It helps when on teaching about manners and places to do the correct things.

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

early reading source for children, to learn about about action words

[Christine Severt · Rating 3 out of 5]

i used to read it all the time when i was little. it is a good book for teaching manners.

[Jasmine Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too wordy.

[Kymberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute & simple read for beginner readers.

[The Book Box]

Mama read this to me before bed tonight.

[Beverley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book for teaching children about manners and growing up. It can be used as an early reading source for children. It has great illustration and bright pictures.

[Maria Almaguer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like this story. Sure it does help kids with manners but it was just not entertaining to me. Maybe this is a one on one story?

[Kaelyn Wickline · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great book to talk about manners and how to act in public. it will open up the conversation about how the child should act. with colorful illustrations it will hold the child/s attention.

[Olivia Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book about manners.
It has a simple and easy to spot rhythm
The pages are colorful and attractive.
The sentences are short and simple to understand

[Alon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like the book because it's about manners. (Alon, 7)

[Bridget]

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