Monkey Puzzle: Amazon.ca: Julia Donaldson: Books

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Can Butterfly help Little Monkey find his mum? Yes, but only after a lot of trial and error as Butterfly misunderstands Monkey’s descriptions and leads him to all kinds of unsuitable animals.

About the Author

Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors. Her award-winning collaborations with Axel Scheffler include the modern classic The Gruffalo and its irresistible sequel The Gruffalo's Child. Julia also writes children’s plays and songs, and runs regular storytelling workshops. She lives in Glasgow with her husband, Malcolm, and their family.

Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator in the world of children’s books, and has created many bestsellers including the award-winning THE GRUFFALO and its irresistible sequel THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives in London where he works in a studio overlooking a quiet garden populated by birds and foxes.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars monkey puzzle, July 13 2007

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Jayne Wright "expatuk" (olds,ab,canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monkey Puzzle Board Book (Hardcover)

i have read this book only three times since it arrived for my daughter and she aleady loves it.
she is 20 months old and is turning to the pages and reciting the first line and we have not had the book more than three days yet!
when she does this i know its going to be a hit.
great picutres and fun rhyming text.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of our long term favourites, May 19 2011

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Abi (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where's My Mom? (Hardcover)

We love this story in our house. It's a real favourite.

I love the way the story rhymes and is semi-repetitive as my 4 year old can join in the story telling.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get the British version, Aug 1 2008

By culture mom - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Where's My Mom? (Hardcover)

We are huge fans of Julia Donaldson's books, having been introduced by friends in the UK. And honestly, we can't understand why the US publisher insists on changing Julia Donaldson's titles and text to "American-ize" it. The British versions are far more lyrical and rhythmic. Is "Where's My Mom?" truly a better title than "Monkey Puzzle?" Does the publisher really think we need to translate "Monkey Puzzle" because we won't understand it on this side of the pond?
Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle and Tiddler ("The Fish Who Cried Wolf" - really? That's a better title??) all have changes to the US text that make them a bit less appealing if you've read the British texts. We love to give these as gifts but prefer to give the British versions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Avid Book reader, Feb 22 2008

By B. Shethna - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Monkey Puzzle: Book & Tape. 1 Cassette, One half Hour (Paperback)

This book is fantastic! My son absolutely loves this story and we read it every night before going to bed. The story is about the monkey who loses his mom. His friend, the butterfly, offers to help monkey find his mother. The butterfly asks the monkey to describe his mother and for every description, leads the monkey to an animal-unfortunately not his mother but another animal-the elephant, the spider, the bat, the parrot, the snake, the frog etc...all based on the descriptions the monkey gives. Turns out that he doesnt know monkey's mother looks like monkey, because his own children dont look like him, i.e. caterpillars. The premise of the story is brilliant, analytical and makes complete sense. The illustrations are beautiful and vivid, the text rhymes and is just the right amount each page for my toddler. I truly enjoy reading this book to him just as much as he enjoys going through the search for monkey's mom. This one is a real winner. I am very picky about the books my son reads- I need them to be interesting, fun, educational, well-illustrated and just long enough to keep his attention. This one meets all those criteria.
I actually think this one is better than The Gruffalo, the other book written by this author that won the Smarties award.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Words changed from Uk to US :-(, Jun 17 2010

By Julia Collins - Published on Amazon.com

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This review is from: Where's My Mom? (Hardcover)

I bought this for a friends child because my son has the original from England called monkey puzzle. Unfortunatly they have changed some of the words, for example Mum is Mom.

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