| Title | : | Three Little Monkeys |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
| Publication | : | First published November 7, 2017 |
Se llamaban Tim, Sam y Lulú. Eran muy juguetones...
Una excepcional colaboración de dos grandes del álbum ilustrado.
Un libro divertido y absolutamente maravilloso.
Un clásico para el futuro.
Three Little Monkeys Reviews
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When Benedict Cumberbatch reads you a book, the only logical response is to get warm and cozy in bed and just listen.
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That was fun !
I would not have expected from Quentin Blake who will always be linked in my mind to the brilliant story telling of Roald Dahl. 🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒 -
Oh my! I would love to listen to Benedict Cumberbatch reading more children's books, this has been such a treat. You can listen to him, too:
https://youtu.be/OpwJJSE34z4
Also some knights reading Shakespeare sonnets before, the usual Monday stuff. The tale is at the end, as it should be. -
Loved it! A true classic!
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I can't really feel sorry for the woman in this story. She should have made sure that her pet monkeys had plenty of monkey toys to play with!
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This book was so silly and fun and fabulous in a vintage classic sort of way. True if you're looking at it in a literal thought of "pet" monkeys it won't fit you. But if you're coming to it after looking for more books to read aloud to your rambunctious children after reading "Caps for Sale", and "Curious George" or even "Five Little Monkeys" then you are in for a real treat.
Repetition and sequence activity is available making it predictable in segments which is great for the K-3 child. The text is witty and the monkeys are adorable (round wide innocent eyes, just like some children I know...). The illustrations are very attractive and full of details to pour over and study. It is entertaining and one that I could easily fitting in with the classics we keep around.
While there is no real moral per say. The monkeys do shape up from their woah-be-gone ways. Or at least it seems. But that is so much so again like a little child. Naughty but oh so loveable. What is a mama to do? The book made me grin and even made me love the idea of a curious bored little monkey a little more.
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Welp, this was just bad, and it looked so good and fun! :(
Going by the blurb and also the cover it would be a book I would enjoy, but sadly the book was full of repetitions that were fun once, but lost their charm after the second time. I just hated those monkeys. Plus I found them highly creepy with their dead stares and no reactions when their owner was angry.
I was just waiting for them to start reacting, but...
If I was the owner I would have either found someone to train the monkeys, or just brought them to a sanctuary. Besides, monkeys aren't pets.
So I mostly stayed for the cute (well with the exception of dead eyes) illustrations.
But all in all, this was a big disappointment.
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Moral of the story: don't trust your monkeys.
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“What have I done to deserve these mischievous little monkeys?” cries Hilda Snibbs. Perhaps therapy, or incarceration, would help Hilda find answers. But let’s help her out. For starters, she is holding wild animals captive in an unnatural habit. Secondly, she thinks of these wild animals as children. Third, she expects these child substitutes to act like adults and keep a tidy house. Never mind that the monkeys are unsupervised for extended periods and play with toxic “cleaning powders” and toothpaste. None of this is OK in real life, so how did Hilda’s issues pass muster with Harper Collins’ editors?
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You know it’s daddy bedtime when:
Hilda Snibbs gets more and more frustrated in that shrill faux French accent.
Every description of destruction has an accompanying sound effect and gesture.
Every “…looked at her with their big round eyes and said nothing” is said with a deep feeling of existential emptiness. -
Blake, Quentin Three Little Monkeys Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark PICTURE BOOK Harper, 2016. $19. Content: G.
Hilda Snibbs has three pet monkeys who like to cause mischief while she is away. No matter how many times Hilda tells them to be good, they cause a mess. One day when Hilda returns home she can’t find her monkeys anywhere and she is distraught. When Hilda finally finds them in the closet, she is so relieved that when she climbs into bed that night, she decides that she doesn’t care that they hid all the silverware in her sheets. What does she expect-they are monkeys.
This book is adorable and I enjoyed the illustrations. The naughty monkeys made me and my son laugh. The whole book I kept thinking- of course they are making a mess what does she expect, they are monkeys, so it’s funny when Hilda admits as much at the end.
EL (K-3) – ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018... -
"Some people have dogs, and some people have cats, but Hilda Snibbs had..." three little monkeys as her pets. Like other pets, whenever Hilda leaves home, she returns to find that her three bored monkeys have had a lively time creating mischief in the house and made a mess in the process. Each time, she scolds them for their misbehavior. The fifth time she leaves and returns home, she discovers they have not created a mess…or did they?
A fun story from one of the most iconic British illustrator (and sometime-author) of our time, with illustrations by one of his students – Emma Chichester Clark.
Recommended for ages PreS-3 -
Tim, Sam and Lulu are three naughty monkeys who belong to Hilda. Each day when she goes to run an errand, Tim, Sam and Lulu get up to "no good". But one day, when Hilda reaches the limits of her patience, the monkeys disappear. Hilda is so sad. When she finds them she is very relieved and she realizes that their mischief is part of who they are. The last scene of the book ends with yet another trick played by the monkeys. Very clever and although it has a lot of text, listeners are willing to stick with this story since it is so delightful.
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Really 3.5 stars, but rounded up to counter some of the lower community reviews. So silly. Of course children will know that Hilda was foolish to trust the monkeys, and that the monkeys were truly naughty... but the thing is, she loved them anyway, just like most moms love their naughty little ones no matter what.
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In light of the scholarship around inherent racism in portraying misbehaving anthropomorphic monkeys in children's literature from Edith Campbell, I find this book highly problematic and would not purchase for my library nor share with children.
On Negroes Monkeys & Apes -
i have a strong aversion to monkeys but this book is so sweet and charming you can forget the characters are evil little poop throwers. perfect book for the end of those days when mom has had enough of her "little monkeys" but she still loves them with all her heart.
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What??!! Quentin Blake writes books too?!
I can imagine that children would love these pet monkeys. First of all, who wouldn't want a monkey for a pet? And second of all, of course they're going to get into a lot of trouble. Silly monkeys. -
Hilda Snibbs has three monkeys who cause immeasurable trouble when she's running errands. But as much trouble as they are, when she suddenly can't find them she is quite distraught.
Darling story of naughty monkeys. A bit long for storytime. -
Entertainingly chaotic.
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Reviewed for YA Books Central
A great looking story.
Three little monkeys are left alone when the lady of the house leaves each day. They get up to mischief each time and when she comes home, a new room in the house is trashed. But she continues to love them despite her irritations.
This one was a bit of a miss for me. The images are fantastic and it looks like a fun and comical story. It does start that way. But the repetitions soon get tired and it doesn't seem to know when to stop. It's not a short children's book and by the end, you're a little exhausted and a tad bored.
Final Verdict: A fun story with enough brightness and monkey business to keep a young reader's attention. -
Hilda Snibbs doesn’t have the usual pet. No, she has Tim, Sam and Lulu - three monkeys. Everyday when Hilda leaves, she tells the monkey to be good, but they get bored and make a huge mess. “How long can I put up with these terrible little monkeys?” The one day that Hilda comes home and there’s no mess, there are also no monkeys. And that’s when Hilda realizes just how much she enjoys her mischievous monkeys.
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This is an entertaining book that works in the classic childhood book structure of repetition. The illustrations are adorable. I read the book expecting it to be similar to the story about monkeys jumping on a bed, thinking they'd learn their lesson, but the book subverted that dove straight into humor. This is a very funny book and would work especially well for young kids in recognizing patterns.
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Evidently Hilda Snibbs didn't get enough information about caring for monkeys from her monkey dealer. She had 3 of them as pets and boy did they make messes! What mischievous little monkeys she has and she has no idea what to do with them! Little children will completely understand the draw of a closed closet or bathroom door. For ages 2 - 6.
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Such naughty monkeys! Miss 4 wasn't too in love with the text but she enjoyed the pictures.
Miss 4 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors. -
I had this read to me by Benedict Cumberbatch on YouTube
https://youtu.be/_ZvrCI98094 and despite his lovely voice, it was just ok. For kids' books, when they're longer I can like stories that don't really go anywhere and just take you on a ride, but when they are shorter, if they don't have some morale or other added value, they feel a bit pointless.
