1000 Books Before Kindergarten: Monkeying Around

The Library is participating in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program and we want to help you succeed!

Check back each week as share the titles of the books we read during our storytimes. We will also share some books that we love.


This week during Wee Read we read books about monkeys and apes!
Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli

Betty Goes Bananas by Steve Antony
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No Fits, Nilson! By Zachariah O'Hora
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We also did a dramatic re-enacting of Five Little Monkeys by Eileen Christelow.

During Preschool Outreach we shared silly books and read the following:
The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood ; illustrated by Don Wood.
No Fits, Nilson! (See link above)
Five Little Monkeys by Eileen Christelow.

Love books about monkeys and apes?
Here are a few more titles that you will enjoy!

Caps for sale : a tale of a peddler, some monkeys, and their monkey business told and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina.
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Monkey see, look at me! by Lorena Siminovich.

Join us for storytime! Visit the Lansdowne Library for all times.