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Description edit
Monkey Business "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" The peddler has huge stack of caps, balanced carefully on top of his head. Brown caps, blue caps, gray caps, and red caps. But no one wants to buy a cap. So he goes for a walk in the country, and takes a nap under a shady tree. When he... read more
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Summary edit
That is alot of hats for sale!
A peddler makes his living selling caps of different colors balanced high on his head. All goes well until he takes a nap under a tree and wakes to find that his caps have been commandeered by a band of tree-sitting monkeys! How will the peddler get his... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- A Common Peddler: A man that has lots of hats that he trying to sell.
- A group of Mischieveous Monkeys!!: Who takes the hats from the man
Quotes edit
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“"You monkeys, you! You give me back my caps." But the monkeys only shook their hands back at him and said, "Tsz, tsz, tsz."”
First Sentence edit
Once there was a peddler who sold caps.
Table of Contents edit
This book is a picture book and contains no chapter
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This is book 12 of 25 in All-Time Favorite Children's Books. (community list)
Preceded by Are You My Mother?, and followed by Eloise.
This book is in Read-Aloud Favorites. (community list)
This book is in The New York Public Library's 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know. (authoritative list)
This book is in Reading Rainbow Books. (authoritative list)
This is book 202 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, and followed by Michka.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Esphyr Slobodkina (Author) - and Illustrator.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William R. Scott
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1938
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 48
Publisher: William R. Scott
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1938
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 48
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Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: JP SLOBODKINA
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