Five Little Monkeys Shopping for School

By Eileen Christelow

The best-selling Five Little Monkeys are getting into trouble yet again - this time while back-to-school shopping in the latest board book addition to the enormously popular series with more than 8 million books sold.

The day before school starts, Mama takes her five little monkeys shopping for new clothes. "Stay right here," she says, "AND DON'T GO WANDERING OFF!" But one little monkey has to go to the bathroom . . . and two little monkeys get thirsty. . . . Then three little monkey friends arrive . . . and four little monkeys decide to go help find the others. . . . Will Mama ever get all of her monkeys ready for school? Like with the other books in the FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS series, kids will love reciting the repetitive phrases, counting the characters, and predicting what will happen next.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: May 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9780547769141

Eileen Christelow

Eileen Christelow has written and illustrated numerous best-selling picture books including eleven popular stories about the Five Little Monkeys, Vote!, and Robins!: How They Grow Up. She lives with her husband in East Dummerston, Vermont. 

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Reviews for Five Little Monkeys Shopping for School

[fjola-5 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I didn't care for it, and neither did my son. The idea is good enough, try to sneak in some addition and subtraction, but the book was just confusing and boring. Or maybe it's just that I don't like shopping at a department store all that much ...

[jaimie919 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Momma takes her five monkeys to go shopping for school. Those monkeys are always finding away to create trouble. When they get to the store they start trying on clothes. Momma tells them to stay where they are and do not move. But of course the monkeys did not listen. Some of the monkeys go wandering around. Momma comes back to find only three monkeys. She tells her other monkeys to stay there while she goes to find them. Well of course they do not listen. Momma keeps losing her monkeys and she even gains some that are not hers! Will she ever get her all five of the monkeys together?