Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Noisy
Upbeat
Illustration
Cartoony
Theme
Music makers
Subject
Drum
Drummers
Monkeys
Musicians
Noise

Used in storytime 3/20/17 - The Letters Q & U ( )

This book is about a monkey who was always playing music. He loved the beats ever since he was a tyke. He would play loudly with books, pencils, tennis rackets and trash bins. Anything he sees he would just want to tap! Everyone would get annoyed and tell him to be quiet all day long. Until one day he built his very own drum set from stuff he found around the house since he couldn’t afford a real drum set. His drumming was so good on there that his whole family told him to play louder instead of telling him to be quiet. This book is a good lesson for children that if they can’t get what they want, they can compromise and try to make something that is just as fun but less expensive. Mike understood that his parents couldn’t afford the drum set so he went out and made his own. ( )

30 months - We have always enjoyed this author's bold illustrations with just a few words. O liked this one with it's different instruments. She loves to make her own music and stomp around saying she's making a beat. She will be thrilled in a couple weeks when she will have her very own drum to be making music. ( )

Monkey boy hears beat/rhythm everywhere ... ( )