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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Van Laan, Nancy

So Say the Little Monkeys

33 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-689-81038-5 $$16.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Yumi Heo. This Brazilian Indian pourquoi tale explains why tiny "blackmouth" monkeys spend their nights in thorny trees: they intend to build shelter but end up playing instead. The swinging rhyme leads the reader from phrase to phrase with a noisy monkey jabber refrain, which lends itself well to reading aloud. The pencil, oil, and torn paper illustrations recall simple folk art.
Reviewer: Suzy Schmidt

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