Are You A Monkey?: A Tale of Animal Charades

PreS-Gr 2—In this tropical land, the animals are not just monkeying around—they are playing charades. The birds are all aflutter high in the trees, causing excitement to ripple through the area. Parrot starts the fun by pretending that she is a lion and having all of the animals try to guess what she is. Is she a pineapple? No! Of course not! Crocodile is curious about the game, so Cockatoo explains. Crocodile thinks this sounds like great fun, so he pretends to be an ostrich. Soon, all of the animals are joining in, even the little starfish, who thinks that her physical constraints prevent her from playing. The English translation of this French title reads like a fun guessing game, and children will giggle with excitement as they play along. Many of the animals' guesses are outrageous, sure to induce laughter. The block print illustrations are bright with orange, gold, blue, and green. Although most of the animals will be familiar to children, they will enjoy figuring out which animal is being described and what creature might be named next.