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Sock Monkey Takes a Bath
Sock Monkey Takes a Bath
Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 11, 2016
Review
Famous actor Sock Monkey receives an nomination for an award at the Oswald Awards. The only caveat is that nominees must be clean. Sock Monkey has not had a bath in years and cannot even think about taking one. His friends step in to help make the bath a much better experience than Monkey expected so he is off to the awards show where something very unexpected happens. This book is a reissue of the original adventure. Pictures are cute, but there is really nothing compelling to draw young readers to the book unless, by chance, they have their own sock monkey. The inside of the book jacket has ideas and recipes to host your own Oswald party. This is advertised on the cover, so children will want to see it, but will make it hard to cover and circulate.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Bell, Cece
Illustrator: Bell, Cece
Illustration Quality: good
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: fantasy
Audience: grades k-3
Binding Type: Choose Binding Type
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9780763677596
Price: 14