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Summary: You will love this story!
Review: Simply written yet a captivating story, this is children's liturature at its best. This story should be in everyone's library. As soon as my older (8,9 and 11 years) children hear me reading this to the preschoolers they come flocking to my side and huddle around me as I shout out "Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap."
Don't miss this one.
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Summary: ... Review
Review: The book "Caps For Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Buisness" was written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. The book is about a man who is a pedder and he sells caps. He carrys a whole bunch of caps around on his head. He wears his own cap, followed by a bunch of gray caps, then a bunch of black caps, and finally some red caps. One morning he was walking around town, but no one wanted to buy any caps. He decided to go to the park and take a nap since he couldn't sell any caps. He leaned up against the tree and began to sleep. When he woke up he reached to make sure his caps were there, but they were gone. He looked all around but did not see any of the caps. Finally he looked up and saw a tree full of monkeys, each wearing one of his caps. He yelled at the monkeys and stomped on the ground, but all they did was imitate him. Finally he took off the one cap that was left on his head and threw it on the ground because he was so mad. The monkeys imitated him once again and threw their hats down from the tree. He gathered his caps and went back to town again. I think this was a very good book, especially for younger children.
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Summary: How Can You Resist this Caper
Review: The hat peddler's story doesn't look too good at the beginning but the monkey's and their actions brighten up the day! The peddler and the monkey's communicate by sign language and actions, although the peddler doesn't realize it at first! This was one of my very favorite books as a child and now that I'm a children's librarian it is still one of my favorite books to read aloud!`ali
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Summary: A true keeper
Review: This adorable story is simple enough to read to infants under the age of one. By the time they are two, children can easily memorize it and begin to distinguish words on the page. It is particularly delightful for young children, who can identify both with the peddler's nap and his anger at the monkeys in a tree, who have stolen his caps. Altogether, the story is pure joy. Your copy is sure to wear out before your children reach the age of five, as ours did. Alyssa A. Lappen
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Summary: A lovely, simple, wholesome tale
Review: This book is a welcome departure from all the emphasis on TV-show related literature. It's just lovely and completely wholesome. Simple but so clever. I loved explaining to my 4 year old boy that this is a very old story that has been enjoyed for many, many years by children all over the world. A fabulous book!
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Summary: Fun - Delightful - Get Ready to Laugh
Review: This book is so fun to read - it is a funny tale that will make you laugh out loud. Get this book and read it to your kids, if they are old enough to read already, get it anyway and have them read it to you.
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Summary: A true classic
Review: This book is well loved by my son and myself. I love books that have simple pictures that add to the text rather than distract. I like the simple story line. I particularly like that this book can be used as a stepping stone to other activities (acting like a monkey, balancing hats on your head etc.) The repetitive nature and sing songy words are wonderful for prereading skills. My son loves to act like a monkey stealing my hat as we read this book. A true classic.
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Summary: Caps For Sale
Review: This book was about a peddler who was trying to sell caps throughout his town. But as he went through the town no one was buying any of his caps to anyone in town . So he decided to go to the country and attempt to sell caps there. When he got to the town he was very tired so he sat under a tree and took a nap but when he woke up they were gone. Then he looked up into the tree and saw that a bunch of monkeys had taken his caps. And the peddler got very mad and started to yell at the monkeys. The lesson this book teaches is that you shouldn't get really mad if you lost something and cant find it. The age level for this book is probably around ages 4-7 years old. I thought that this was a very good book and that it teaches a very good lesson about not getting mad if you lose something.
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Summary: A Classic Favorite Book
Review: This is a book that we have read 100 times and it is always fun. Read it to a group of young readers and act out the actions of the monkeys mimicing the cap salesman. The kids will be spellbound.
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Summary: A Classic Favorite Book
Review: This is a book that we have read 100 times and it is always fun. Read it to a group of young readers and act out the actions of the monkeys mimicing the cap salesman. The kids will be spellbound.
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