The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Bloom, C. P.

The Monkey Goes Bananas

40 pp. | Abrams | May, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-0885-5 $14.95

(2) PS Illustrated by Peter Raymundo. The monkey sits on one island, and the bananas sit on another, separated by a body of water. Expressive, bold-outlined cartoon illustrations play up the comedy and action as the text uses silent film–like scene-labeling: "THE MONKEY!"; "THE BANANAS!" Crafted to generate shrieks of laughter alongside shrieks of alarm, this nearly wordless book could appeal to individual beginning readers or to a storytime audience.

Reviewer: Julie Roach | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2014