Monkey Play
Authors: Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Text copyright © 2012 by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2012 by Ariel Pang
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin.
Monkey play / by Alyssa Satin Capucilli ; illustrated by Ariel Pang.
p. cm. — (Step into reading. Step 1)
Summary: Three little monkeys swing through a market in India causing mayhem as they playfully pass through the stalls.
eISBN: 978-0-375-98626-0
[1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Monkeys—Fiction. 3. Markets—Fiction. 4. India—Fiction.]
I. Pang, Ariel, ill. II. Title.
PZ8.3.C1935 Mon 2012 [E]—dc23 2011044499
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For Laura and Peter with love!
—A.S.C.
For my future child and my family, who have prayed for me
—A.P.
Way up high,
in a big palm tree,
sits one little monkey.
Then two.
Then three!
Monkeys jump.
Monkeys play.
Look!
More monkeys
on the way!
Little monkeys
love to swing.
Little monkeys
love to sing.
Monkeys love
to climb up far.
Monkeys on rugs
and a big spice jar!
Monkeys hold on
with their tails.
Monkeys bounce
on silky sails.
Monkeys leap.
Monkeys slide.
By fruits and flowers,
monkeys hide!
