Monkey with a Tool Belt
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780822576310 |
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| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2008 |
| Series: | Monkey with a Tool Belt Series |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Sales rank: | 363,322 |
| Product dimensions: | 9.40(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.40(d) |
| Lexile: | AD570L (what's this?) |
| Age Range: | 4 - 7 Years |
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Monkey with a Tool Belt
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I loved this book and so did my 3 year old son. Chico Bon Bon is a small monkey who can take care of him self. He has a stocked tool belt that he loves so much he never takes it off. He likes to build new things and fix old things for his friends. When he makes a mistake, he takes a step back and fixes it. One day an organ grinder in need of a new dancing monkey captures Chico and kidnaps him to the circus. Chico stays calm and uses his trusty tool belt to help him escape. The story alone is fantastic with its simple straight-forward plot and extremely competent hero, but the illustration (also by Chris Monroe) really steals the show. The details are wonderful, I especially love the detailed drawing of Chico's tool belt and tools, the Ouija and claw hammer being my favorite. I hope there are more Chico books, can't wait to read his further adventures with the E-man. Thanks go to Chris Monroe for creating this fantastic piece of Childrens Literature. It is a great book for young girls and boys.
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my 3yr old loved this book, I've gotta make him a toolbelt!!!
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I bought this for my son thinking it would be really cute and it is for the first few pages....then, in a plot line that flows like mud, Chico abruptly gets kidnapped by an organ grinder and has to escape. The monkey with a tool belt idea is cute and the monkey's name is cute but that's it. Story is awful and illustrations are cartoonish and nothing to rave about. I would avoid and go for a monkey book with a little more of a story and better flow.
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"Monkey with a Tool Belt" is about exactly that, a monkey with a tool belt. His name is Chico Bon Bon. He uses his tool belt to build things for his friends and to solve problems. The problem he needs to solve in this story is escaping from the organ grinder who plans to put him in the circus. Chico Bon Bon teaches children that with the proper tools and a little ingenuity you can accomplish a great deal, including overcoming challenges.
Chico Bon Bon - what a great name. I like it and my granddaughter loves to say it. As a fellow IPPY award winner, I originally purchased "Monkey with a Tool Belt" to checkout the competition. It was not my favorite book but I learned a valuable lesson in that it is one of my granddaughter's new favorite books. Go figure, it appeals to its intended market - children. She likes the excitement and suspense of Chico getting captured and then later escaping. There are two parts that make the book interactive for a child like my granddaughter. The first is a full spread showing the long and winding road that the organ grinder rides his bike across, with an entrapped Chico strapped to the back. The text reads, "He road a long, long way." However, my granddaughter slowly traces the whole road and all its loops and turns with her index finger. The text becomes "He rode a long, long, long, long, loooooooong, looooooooooooong, long, long, long, loooooooooong, long, long way. She loves it! She also traces along with her finger when Chico escapes and runs away down another road. My granddaughter likes the cartoon style humor and illustrations. Now back to Chico Bon Bon. The first page of the story has an illustration of Chico wearing his tool belt. It reads, "Here is Chico Bon Bon." One time I tried to take a shortcut through the book by starting on page four and paraphrasing, "The monkey with a tool belt was quite handy . . ."
My granddaughter said, "No. From the beginning."
I guess it's just not the same without "Here is Chico Bon Bon."
Through my granddaughter's eyes this book has grown on me. I plan to purchase Ms. Monroe's "Monkey with a Tool Belt" and "The Noisy Problem" as a gift for my granddaughter.
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My almost five year old LOVES this book. He has asked us to read it to him every night since he got it (as a Christmas gift). It is well written, the pictures are detailed, and yet it's funny and not too long. Something about this book just captivates him...he has it memorized as do we!
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