Monkey See, Look at Me! By Lorena Siminovich

The cute illustrations and cheerful animals transform the book from something I ve seen many times before to a great choice for Toddler Time It could be used for a Toddler Time about monkeys sounds animals or friends Lorena Siminovich Eye catching illustrations by Lorena Siminovich founder of the popular Children s d cor brand Petit Collage make for a delightful story about a game of Monkey See Monkey Do Children will appreciate how Monkey wants to show off by pretending to be a bird an elephant and even a lion His animal friends help him realize how unique and special they each are Lorena Siminovich simple short story good for toddler may be even a lap sit Lorena Siminovich My five year old son picked out this book last week He liked it because he could read part of it by himself Poor Monkey he s not even allowed to pretend to be other animals around his way too serious friends I think this book could have been better if all the animals acted like the elephant or the lion Obviously the lion would make the best lion but it also would have reinforced the fun of pretending and using one s imagination Lorena Siminovich A playful monkey wants some attention and shows off his mimic the actions of other animals But each time he is reminded by the real McCoy that while he may for instance be able to hop up and down like a rabbit he isn t a rabbit In the end all the animals join him in swinging up high The digital collage illustrations make it clear that the monkey has made quite a few friends Lorena Siminovich Lorena Siminovich grew up in Argentina She has written and illustrated several children s books including Alex and Lulu Two of a Kind winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award and the first two titles in the Petit Collage series I Like Bugs and I Like Fruit. A playful and eye catching story about showing off and sharing The founder of popular children s d cor brand Petit Collage brings her signature collage style and modern kid friendly sensibility to picture books with this story of an attention seeking little monkey with a great big imagination When Monkey jumps high he decides he must be a rabbit When he roars Monkey just knows he must be a lion until Lion shows him how loudly a real lion can roar In this playful game of monkey see monkey do Monkey and his animal friends share what makes each of them special just the way they are Monkey See Look at Me Read at bedtime for over a week at age 3 Lorena Siminovich Great for Toddler Story Time Lorena Siminovich This is probably of a 3. 5 but my grandchild liked it enough to want to read it again after reading a couple of others They liked making the sounds and it is simple enough that the child can predict what is going to happen from the very nice yet simple illustrations and the very sparse amount of words as well as the repeating I liked it too which is nice when you have to continue to read the same book again and again Lorena Siminovich it s ok not my favorite but it does have monkeys in it it s good for toddlers maybe it has a monkey pretending to be other animals and then they are like no silly monkey i m a blah it s sort of demeaning to the monkey not impressed with the tone but it is cute Lorena Siminovich Cute for talking about animals A very active book Lorena Siminovich .

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Fun yet familiar story of a monkey pretending to be a different kind of animal.I m a bird No silly monkey I m a bird