Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.

Flannel Board

[Artfelt has a Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed felt puppet set. Or you can choose the Five Little Monkeys finger puppet set designed to accompany Eileen Christelow's books.]

	The Strange Egg by Mary Newell DePalma Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A little bird tries to hatch a strange egg before a monkey tells her it is an orange.

Song

	Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Caps for Sale is about a peddler who walks along the countryside offering caps for sale. What is unusual about this peddler is that he chooses to carry his stock of caps on his head-one piled on top of the other.

Films

	Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathman Age Level: Pre-K-2 Running Time: 8 minutes
Synopsis: It's time for bed at the zoo. Or so the zookeeper thinks. The animals end up following the zookeeper home and discovering that his bedroom makes a fine sleeping place.

More Books to Read On Your Own

Monkey Face
by Frank Asch
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: When Monkey shows his drawing to his friends, each one suggests a slight change.
Note: This is a fun book with a lot humor, but it can be hard to find in many libraries and is usually quite expensive in used editions.

The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale from India
by Paul Galdone
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Twice the clever little monkey foils the attempts of the crocodile to capture him.

Monkey Soup
by Louis Sachar
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: With the help of her toy monkey, a girl prepares an all-encompassing soup full of band-aids, crayons, and tissues, for her father who is sick in bed.

Monkey See Monkey Do!
by Dana Regan
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Monkey children have all kinds of fun from morning until night.

Hug
by Jez Alborough
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Bobo the chimp seeks hugs among various jungle animals and their young, but he does not get what he wants until he is reunited with his own parent.

Five Monkeys Wash the Car
by Eileen Christelow
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Five monkeys wash the car with crazy results.

Do Monkeys Tweet?
by Melanie Walsh
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: What kind of sounds do different animals make?

Goodnight Gorilla
by Peggy Rathman
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: It's time for bed at the zoo. Or so the zookeeper thinks. The animals end up following the zookeeper home and discovering that his bedroom makes a fine sleeping place.

So Say The Little Monkeys
by Nancy Van Laan
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home.

The Turtle and the Monkey
by Paul Galdone
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Turtle needs Monkey's help in getting the banana tree out of the river, but she's sorry later when greedy Monkey demands more than his share of the fruit.
Note: Artfelt has a The Turtle and the Monkey felt puppet set.

More Songs for at Home

Pop Goes the Weasel!

'Round and 'round the cobbler's bench
The monkey chased the weasel,
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun
Pop! Goes the weasel.

A penny for a spool of thread
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.

A half a pound of tupenny rice,
A half a pound of treacle.
Mix it up and make it nice,
Pop! Goes the weasel.

Up and down the London road,
In and out of the Eagle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.

I've no time to plead and pine,
I've no time to wheedle,
Kiss me quick and then I'm gone
Pop! Goes the weasel.