Monkey-Monkey's Trick

by Patricia C. McKissack, Paul Meisel (Illustrator)

Illus. in full color. "Based on an African folk tale, [this] will appeal to both readers and listeners. Disguising himself as an Ugly Monster, Hyena has the upper hand until Monkey-Monkey learns that he has been tricked. Watercolor-and-pen illustrations supply ample context clues for young readers, who will enjoy practicing their reading skills to find out which animal is the best trickster."-- School Library Journal.  

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

48 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1988

About the author

Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book).

Reviews

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Monkey-Monkey's Trick, An African folk tale by Patricia C. McKissack, Illustrator- Paul Meisel- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates an African folk tale about how a monkey is able get his house constructed by a hyaena. Rains are about to arrive and the monkey has to construct a house for his safety. Monkey requests the lion, elephant, giraffe. They are friends so they are ready to help him but today they are busy. Monkey takes the help of hyaena but the hyaena is smart. Hyaena informs the monkey that he should cook soup for her. Next day, the hyaena dresses up like a fearful beast, she eats the soup and runs away. Next day, also is monkey is tricked. Monkey follows the hyaena and finds how she has changed her dress to trick the monkey. Now, monkey dress up like a giraffe and starts cooking the soup. The hyaena arrives. This giraffe informs the hyaena that the monkey is aware of how she has tricked him, therefore, she must construct the monkey’s house today. Hyaena constructs the monkey’s house by working hard for the whole day. Monkey throws a party of soup for all his forest friends for his new house. Coloured illustrations of all animals help the pupils to relate to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.

[Luisa Knight · Rating 2 out of 5]

A story about out-tricking the trickster.

Reading Level: 1st - 3rd grades

Cleanliness: There is a hyena that steals a banana and plays mean tricks on Monkey-Monkey.

[Andrew Schoenfelder]

Children would love this story for the trickery and surprise ending. I personally enjoyed this book with such entertaining illustrations and the plethora of animals used. This book would be a very good book to read aloud to students. Children will be so curious about the animals and will give you good time to talk about all the different animals and where they come from. Talking about playing tricks on somebody and explaining to kids the right way and wrong way would also be another valuable lesson they could take away from this book. They will love the story and want it read to them again and again.

[Michelle Masters · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favoritest children's book EVER!!!!
It has comedy and drama and is action-packed.

Haha

[Colleen]

Going Places with PM - unit 7
Leveld Books - Beginner

[Dana Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great for readers who are struggling with reading. Gets the readers excited about reading.

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 7383 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, RV, VP

[Adrianne Rosal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute story!! Ms. Shin's and Ms. Montenegro's kinder class loved it. They also enjoyed the friend(Monkey-Monkey) that I brought in to help with the story!!!!! Good book.......