The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Koller, Jackie French

One Monkey Too Many

32 pp. | Harcourt | April, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-15-200006-2 $$16.00

(2) PS Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. Seven mischievous monkeys wreak havoc as "one monkey too many" climbs first onto a bike made for one, then into a golf cart for two, then into a canoe for three, and so on. Pastel watercolors paint the monkeys in casual toddler clothes with innocent, nothing's-going-on-here facial expressions as they hoodwink the larger animals (adultlike lions and pigs) who dictate how many monkeys each scene can contain.

Reviewer: Mary Burkey | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999