Nancy Van Laan

A tale about why the black-mouthed monkeys live in thorny trees. Although the moral of the story is "don't put off until tomorrow what you could do today," I felt there was a missed opportunity to talk about the protection from predators that the thorny trees provided.

fair - Michael

Teaching about repetition and the significance of it and what it means when the author repeats a line in the book.

Based on The wee wee mannie and the big big coo, in More English fairy tales / Joseph Jacobs.