Monkey Tales

by Lynda

Overview

This illustrated book for beginning readers is only six chapters long. Its subjects include losing teeth, digging tunnels, observing the work habits of ants, and swinging on vines; all high interests for the children in its target audience.

Mee-key is bored and sad. Mama-mo is having a busy day, and his older brother can go everywhere and do anything. Why does it take so long for a small monkey to grow bigger?

However, Mee-key decides that being little has some advantages when his older brother can no longer fit on their mother's lap during a thunderstorm.

"Sometimes I like to be little, and sometimes I want to be big," he concludes. "Little and big are both good. But when it storms, I'm happy to be little."

The author is a mother of two grown daughters and a retired teacher with two degrees in elementary education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781505474039
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/29/2014
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.08(d)

About the Author

As a child growing up in cozy little town on the Missouri River of South Dakota, I explored my early passion for writing and art by creating stories and poems. I even attempted one novel on theme paper and kept it carefully hidden on a high dusty shelf in my bedroom. I sometimes wonder where it is today--probably lost forever.

My husband and I have lived in Arizona for many years now. We have two grown-up daughters with homes and families of their own, but Topper, our cat lives with us.

I hold two degrees in Elementary Ed. Teaching for twenty-one years in grades 1,2,3,4, and 5 was a cherished joy, and even after retirement I continued to work with students in a reading intervention program.

...And throughout my adult life I wrote, painted, and revised my stories for children and their families. I finally realized that I had shelves and drawers filled with ideas, problems, and children who lived only in my imagination and my stories---in short, books without readers. Such a waste!

Publication offers me an audience and completes the communication cycle that sometimes began with a germ of an idea many years ago.