The animals are fed up with Monkey's teasing, so they decide to teach him a lesson. Each time he begins to tease them, his words are suddenly whisked away - Flying Fox drops a passion fruit on top of them; Toucan flies away with them; Jaguar's tail washes them away. Suddenly, Monkey realizes it's no fun at all playing on his own. But just as he's about to say 'sorry', Crocodile snaps up his word - well, nearly. That's a word everyone needs!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Greg Gormley studied fine art in Belfast and Liverpool and now lives and works in London. He is the author and illustrator of several books for children, and has been published by Scholastic, Gullane and Random House. Charlotte Hudson has many year's experience as a primary school teacher in England and Africa. She is the author of the acclaimed Who Will Sing My Puff-a-Bye?, In a Little While, and Monkey Words. Now she is a full-time writer and mum.