It’s a great wind down book, as it’s short and sweet, and also perfect to get kids moving, doing the actions for each animal and making their noises. Both the three year old and the six year old were bored by it, and I was very happy to be done with it.

And every time they see an animal, the kids could act out something (march like penguins, jump like kangaroos, etc. Every couple of pages the girl and her monkey are immitating a specific type of animal and the text says, "Monkey and me, monkey and me, monkey and me, we went to see, we went to see some. Summary from SPL: A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins.The pictures give clues as to what animal might be next, and the kids in my storytime liked moving like the animals. Her first book, Wolves , was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. This book is really just a repetition of "Monkey and me" with a slight change in the last few words of the sentence.

Emily Gravett is twice winner of the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for WOLVES and LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. It continues with the two going through adventures to see a number of different animals such as Penguins, Kangaroos, Bats, Elephants , and Monkeys. Usually, when a child has a long day, she will end up falling fast asleep, even in the most random setting, in this case it is at the kitchen table with a spoon in her hand. A mischievous little girl and her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this playful book.

Every time an animal is introduced the name of it is shown in large, bold, black, capital letters and then there is a picture of said animals. I did like the illustrations and thought the animals shown, as well as the little girl, were adorable. Also in the end when the little girl falls asleep I would have preferred the last frame be her laying down for nap time. The simple but repetitive language encourages speech development and it is quiet poetic if you ask me.