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Maybe…, Chris Haughton’s new book is ELECTRIC! A smidge of simian curiosity, a pinch of peril, mangoes... And a large helping of tigers. When you go shopping choose a mango to buy. At home cut it up and eat some together, talking about the taste as you do. Do some counting Want ja, je weet hoe kinderen zijn. Het begint met kijken, maar dan gaat het verder! Als lezer zie jij ondertussen natuurlijk al het gevaar aankomen want je ziet in de toffe illustraties al wat gevaar loeren. Waardoor je wenst dat je in het boek kon stappen en even kon waarschuwen! En ze een mango kon geven! Ik vond het enorm spannend worden en al wist ik dat het einde een happy end zou zijn, hallo bijna alle kinderboeken hebben dat, zat ik toch maar te hopen dat ze alle 3 weer veilig zouden zijn. Chris Haughton has returned doing what he does best; creating yet another impossibly fun and beautiful cautionary tale about pushing the boundaries and learning life lessons. In just a few words, he gives us suspense, humour and memorable characters that are taken to heart immediately. […] The bright, primary colour palette and simple shapes and design, this picturebook is so appealing! Cheeky, funny, irresistible…get ready to read this one over and over and over…

Three little monkeys, and their big monkey, are sat high up on their branch in the forest canopy. “Ok, monkeys! I’m off,” says the big monkey. “Now remember. Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there.” Mmm… mangos! think the little monkeys. They LOVE mangos. Hmm… maybe… maybe they could just look at the mangos? That’d be ok, right? Count how many baby monkeys there are. For children getting more confident with counting you could also count how many legs, tails or eyes they have altogether. Make a hand or footprint monkey.Me encanta que este libro les enseñe a los niños la importancia de la obediencia y la seguridad al mismo tiempo que cuenta una historia divertida! Las ilustraciones son muy lindas y me encantan los monitos adorables. Find places for your child to (safely) climb or hang upside down like a monkey – for example a playground in a park. Taste a mango A fun story of seeing the line, then daring to cross it. . . . equal parts whimsy and cautionary, kids will gravitate towards these little monkeys and their daring adventures. With bright colors and bold shapes, kids and adults alike will thoroughly enjoy this title. Descargo de responsabilidad: Recibí una copia de este libro del editor a cambio de una reseña honesta y gratuita. Todas las opiniones expresadas aquí son mis propios pensamientos verdaderos y no están influenciados por nadie. Three little monkeys are warned by their grown-up not to go down to the mango tree because there are tigers down there. The monkeys, thinking they know better, disobey and visit the mango tree anyway.

A cute and sweet book (with plenty of humour) about 3 little monkey who think that it is safe to look at the mango’s, but is it? Chris Haughton is an acclaimed Irish illustrator and author based in London. Before becoming a picture book author, Chris traveled the world and worked as a waiter in San Francisco, a handyman in London’s Paddington Station, an English teacher in Hong Kong, and an art teacher in India. On his trips to India and Nepal, he became interested in fair trade and got involved with a number of non-profit projects. In 2007, he was listed in Time magazine's "DESIGN 100"for the design work he did for People Tree. This book gives the parent a good opportunity to ask their child if the monkeys should have listened to their mother, and if the monkeys learned anything. You can also ask your child what they would do, and why there are rules. Children will enjoy the illustrations in this over-sized, picture book because if they look closely, they can find things in the bushes that the monkeys don’t see. They can have lots of fun trying to warn the monkeys what is in there. In this adorable book, aptly named Maybe, we meet 3 little monkeys who hear from their mom that she is off for a while and that the three have to stay in the tree, because it is DANGEROUS near the mango tree. You know, standard mom warnings (just without mangotrees and tigers in our lives). I could understand that the 3 little monkeys were thinking. And thinking. Because maybe? Just maybe? Looking isn’t bad? Mom never said anything about that. And those mangos are looking mighty fine! I was looking forward what would happen next!

Because you know how kids are. First it is looking, then it is goes further than that! And we as the reader see that there are tigers lurking in the shadows, the illustrations clearly show us that DANGER is right around the corner. You just wish you could step into the book and warn the trio. Tell them that those mangos are mighty fine, but not worth the risk! Though, if I could step into the book I would probably just give them a mango. Haha. It got really exciting and a thrill. I mean, I know that there will be a happy end, almost all children’s books end with that, but still you are worried for the trio’s safety.

In his bright and happy picturebook Maybe, Chris Haughton explores the behaviour of three little monkeys who go right ahead and do exactly what was forbidden. They escape a potentially nasty outcome by the (almost literal) skin of their teeth, but no way will readers be left in fear and trembling. Rather they will share in the monkey mischief and see how the monkeys made a silly and dangerous choice. But the monkeys love mangoes and the more they think about them, the more they convince themselves that maybe it will be fine just to go and look at the yummy fruit. And then maybe it will be OK to get just a little closer or maybe even snatch that small mango from the nearest branch? This cautionary tale about pushing boundaries strikes a perfect balance between indulging in naughtiness and listening to wise advice from your elders. There is a genuine sense of peril as the distracted monkeys fail to spot the camouflaged tigers and then have to escape the snapping jaws that are literally just behind them. I love that this book teaches children the importance of obedience and safety while also telling a fun story! The illustrations are so cute and I love the adorable little monkeys.A tres monitos se les dice que no vayan al árbol de mango porque hay muchos tigres alrededor. Pero dicen que "quizas" estaría bien solo mirar el árbol de mango. Y tal vez estaría bien comer solo un mango. Pero rápidamente aprenden que la situación es más peligrosa de lo que creían, ¡y hay tigres acechándolos por todas partes! Haughton’s picture book about naughty and curious monkeys is a great read aloud. The text is made up solely of the monkeys’ dialogue with one another, so make sure you have at least four monkey voices at hand! With simple text, Haughton creates a book full of building tension that also offers a wild chase scene that will have readers merrily gasping along with the monkeys, before a final twist. The story, set in a jungle and introduced with an Aristotelian epigraph about learning by doing, features three small monkeys and a larger one readers will assume is a parent or caregiver. As the large monkey leaves, the young ones are told to stay on the branch on which they sit: There are tigers down by the mango trees. But these mischief-makers break the rules anyway and eventually find themselves on the ground, enjoying the fruit. Four nail-biting spreads (“RUN!!!”) are devoted to their scramble to escape the tigers, one requiring a 90-degree turn as they race up a tree. The book’s suspense is built with careful pacing and the repetition of particular words (“down, down, down, / to the trees below”) and phrases:“Any tigers here? No! / Any tigers there? No! / No tigers anywhere!” The illustrations, rendered in Haughton’s signature vividly saturated palette, feature monkeys with huge eyes, dark purple fur, blue ears, and lime green noses as well as tigers who are animated with angular lines and massive teeth. Though the ever curious monkeys are frightened by the tigers, they are tempted in the end (“maybe…”) by the mention of bananas down below. The monkeys are anthropomorphized in that readers have access to their first-person inner thoughts. Human characteristics are otherwise not attributed to them, though readers wanting to move past monkey protagonists in their picture books may take a pass. Al met al, een tof boek over luisteren naar mama en dat kijken vaak eindigt in voelen of toch doen en dat dat niet altijd goed zal zijn (al zullen de kindertjes hier dan niet tijgers achter zich krijgen, hopelijk).

Act out the story with your child one of you being mummy and a tiger and the other one of the baby monkeys or alternatively you could act it out with toys as the monkeys and tigers. Be a monkey All in all, a fun book about listening and that looking often ends into touching or just going for what may not be the best choice. Though kids here probably won’t get tigers after that, like this trio did. Maybe they could just look at the mangoes, maybe they could get one mango, and maybe there weren’t any tigers. But maybe leads the little monkeys into all kinds of trouble, and they find themselves in a terrible situation.In dit leuke boekje komen we drie schattige aapjes tegen die van hun moeder te horen krijgen dat zij even weg moet en dat de drie veilig op hun takje moeten blijven want het is gevaarlijk bij de mangoboom. Je weet wel, de normale standaard waarschuwing van moeders (alleen bij ons mensen niet een mangoboom maar iets anders). Ik snapte dan ook wel dat de kleine aapjes gingen nadenken. En meer nadenken. En toen kwam de misschien. Want ja, mama had inderdaad niks gezegd over kijken. Teehee. Heerlijk ondeugend en ik keek ook uit naar wat er vervolgens zou gebeuren! After the little monkey’s mother warned them to stay away from the mangoes because of tigers, she needed to leave. Will the monkeys listen to their mother? After she left, the only thing the monkeys could think of was how juicy and delicious those mangoes were. Then they start finding all kinds of uses for maybe and the rules. The brilliance of childlike thinking and reasoning is what makes this book a winner in my opinion. Chris Haughton absolutely nails it.