Bibliograph

Monkey business, stories from around the world, Shirley Climo ; illustrated by Erik Brooks

Type

Label

Monkey business, stories from around the world, Shirley Climo ; illustrated by Erik Brooks

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-118)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Monkey business

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53839855

Responsibility statement

Shirley Climo ; illustrated by Erik Brooks

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.7, 2.0, 102537.

Sub title

stories from around the world

Table Of Contents

Why a monkey's not a man: a West African fable -- The people of the trees: a story from the Congo -- Bassa proverb, Ivory Coast -- The monkey, the rats, the cheese: a Cape Verde Islands tale -- The baboon and the shark: a folktale from Liberia -- Gola proverb, West Africa -- Monkey ancestors: Lemurs in Madacasgar -- Speaking of monkeys -- The first monkeys: a myth from Mexico -- The spider monkey's close shave: a Brazilian folktale -- Proverb, Ecuador -- So say the little monkeys: a tale from Amazonia -- Traveling monkeys -- Tasi and the oranges: a Brazilian Indian folktale -- When is a monkey not a monkey? -- The monkey keeper: a Chinese parable -- Monkey sign language -- The snow monkey and the boar: a story of old Japan -- The stone monkey: a legend from China -- Proverb, Hong Kong -- Uncle Monkey and the ghosts: a Filipino folktale -- Proverb, India -- Prince Rama and the monkey chieftain: from the Ramayana, an epic poem from India -- Monkey trivia

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification