
“NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!” The nursery rhyme “FiveLittle Monkeys” has long been a favorite song and finger play withthe preschool set, but Eileen Christelow gives it new life as ahilarious picture book. Her expressive pencil and watercolorillustrations capture both the glee and the pratfalls of thosemisbehaving monkeys. A sure-fire hit at story hour, this rhythmicromp is a counting lesson, too, as the five bouncy bed-jumpers bumptheir heads and get hauled off to the doctor one by one. Thisboard-book edition is just the right size for small human hands.(IRA/CBC Children’s Choice Award, 1990) A counting book in whichone by one the little monkeys jump on the bed only to fall off andbump their heads.
Eileen Christelow has created many picture books, includingthe wildly popular Five Little Monkeys series, Vote!, and two booksabout Emma, the Desperate Dog. She and her husband, Ahren, live inEast Dummerston, Vermont. To learn more about Eileen and her books,please visit www.christelow.com.