Monkey Puzzle

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This is an endearing story about a monkey who loses his Mum and is helped by a butterfly to try and find her.

The ever-helpful butterfly tries to reunited monkey with her but because Butterfly's youngsters do not look like her she tries all sorts of different animals before little monkey puts her right and tells her that they don't look like me and my Mum does. Kids learn body parts, adjectives and describing ability and actions, as well as jungle animal vocabulary.You could also read the story before a trip or a holiday to discuss with a young child what they should do if they ever do become lost (not a comfortable idea to entertain but it is certainly an important subject to discuss if you feel your little one is old enough).

We loved using the clues to guess who the butterfly would find based on the information it was given. Some other JD books are more complex (more suitable for older kids) but this one is a massive hit for a very first taste of books.You could use the story to talk about different animals, introduce some mathematics by counting each animals’ legs or do some biology and talk about metamorphosis and the lifecycle of a butterfly.