Monkey Puzzle - Julia Donaldson

In our house we are big fans of the lovely picture story books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, so when my daughter received Monkey Puzzle, as her leaving present from her nursery, it was a very welcome addition to our collection. This writing and illustrating duo produce really fun stories accompanied by the most wonderful illustrations, and this book is no exception. Monkey Puzzle tells the story of a little monkey who has lost his mummy and a butterfly who helps to find her. One of the things that I like about the book is that the whole story takes the form of a conversation between the two. On the first page you see a wonderful picture of ...

I am a big fan of Julia Donaldson author of the well-known children's book The Gruffalo. However my favourite has to be Monkey puzzle. As with all my children's book reviews I like to tell you the story. I think this helps adults make an informed buying decision for a child. The story. ******* Monkey puzzle is about a baby monkey who has lost his mummy. I butterfly comes along and says she will help the monkey to find his mum. The little monkey is asked to describe what his mum looks like. He explains that she is big. Butterfly replies that she knows where his mum is. On turning the page the child is confronted with an elephant! Obviously this is ...

Monkey Puzzle My children are big fans of Julia Donaldson, so when a friend bought my youngest daughter one of her books for her first birthday, my older two couldn't wait until story time that night. Having not read Monkey Puzzle before, I was also looking forward to bedtime as I find it very easy and enjoyable to read Julia Donaldson's work. Monkey Puzzle is a children's book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Although her first book was published back in 1993, Julia Donaldson is probably most famous as the writer of 'The Gruffalo' which was published in 1999. As is standard with Julia Donaldson's stories, ...