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Count the Monkeys

Mac Barnett, illustrated by Kevin Cornell

Count the Monkeys is an interactive counting picture book in which the monkeys never actually turn up. Instead, readers count the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages, so the book becomes a running joke about counting books. Mac Barnett's text invites the child to take part, turning pages, answering back and guessing what is coming next, while Kevin Cornell's illustrations keep the surprises going to the very last spread. The publisher describes it as a funny, interactive counting book that is perfect for reading together at storytime, and the Mathical Book Prize named it an Honor Book in 2015 for readers aged 2 to 4.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
AD490L
ATOS Book Level
2.0
AR Interest Level
LG
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
397
Themes
Animals · Humor · Imagination · Mathematics
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
June 25, 2013
Pages
32
ISBN-13
9781423160656
Language
English
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