Monkey time

Title:

Monkey time

Author:

Hall, Michael, 1954- author, illustrator.

Summary:

"Monkey tries to catch the brightly colored--and tasty-looking--minutes on the minute tree in his forest. Introduces basic concepts about time and how time passes and is measured."-- Provided by publisher. Includes facts about each animal pictured and an introduction to measuring time.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Time -- Juvenile fiction.

Monkeys -- Juvenile fiction.

Rain forests -- Juvenile fiction.

Rain forest animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9780062383020

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

Call Number:

P HALL

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Can you catch a minute A monkey chases a minute in the rainforest in this clever, funny, and informational story about the concept of time from Michael Hall, the New York Times-bestselling and acclaimed author of Red: A Crayon's Story. An excellent choice to share during homeschooling. It's a fun way to learn basic concepts of telling time.

Monkey Time stars a silly monkey and sixty minutes, and it is perfect for fans of Mo Willems's Waiting Is Not Easy! and anyone learning about how time passes. Look for surprises in the pictures on every page!

Meet monkey. Monkey is very curious about the brightly colored--and very tasty-looking--minutes on the minute tree in his forest. But can he catch one before it disappears

Playful, educational, and entertaining, this brightly illustrated book reinforces simple counting skills while introducing children to basic concepts about time, how time passes, and how time is measured. With illustrations full of engaging animals and a call-and-response text, and loads of rhythm, repetition, and humor, this is a great choice for family and story-time sharing.

Includes three pages of facts reinforcing the math concepts and describing the rainforest friends introduced in the story.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-Monkey is hanging out in a tree in a tropical rainforest when he is challenged to try to catch a minute. Minutes are quick, minutes are elusive, and monkey just cannot seem to catch one-until 59 minutes have sped past Monkey and finally he is able to capture one! Hooray for Monkey! What will he do with a minute? What are you able to do with a minute? As a tool for teaching about time, the book makes it clear that a clock face is divided into five minute intervals. Although there are no numbers present, the illustrations are designed to encourage counting by fives or tens. Created in collage style, the shapes of the animals and scenery are bold and easily identifiable, and the bird's-eye view of the tree graphically represents the clock face. The minutes are represented by small yellow dots with legs illustrating how quick and spunky they can be. Other rainforest animals appear, and the author provides a wonderful appendix teaching facts about habitat and behaviors. Also found in the back matter is a table that explains how time is measured. VERDICT A fun informational picture book introducing time to the very young; a good choice for most shelves.-Amy Shepherd, St. Anne's Episcopal School, Middleton, DE © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Hall (Little i) playfully juggles the ideas of tracking time and counting in a book that also introduces tropical rainforest animals, seen on the periphery of the pages and described in a concluding note. Hall's trademark collages of painted and cut paper art magnify the quirky conceptual story, portraying angular Monkey at the center of a clock face, his hand chasing minutes (which resemble smiley face emojis with legs, one in a hat) around the perimeter, one minute at a time, until 60 of them appear. The feisty, fast-moving minute characters narrate the spontaneous text, challenging the "slowpoke" marsupial to chase them around the clock while taunting, "I bet you can't catch a minute, Monkey!" When Monkey at last snags the final minute of the hour, the others must dissuade him from a peculiar impulse-eating it-before, in a wry visual pun, the minutes fly away. Monkey's arms don't work in the same way that two hands do on an actual clock, which may confound kids interpreting the timepiece motif literally. But a high-level introduction of temporal considerations, not true time telling, is the book's focus, and whimsy and humor-epitomized by the exuberant minutes-take center stage. Ages 4-8. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.