There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen
Description:... Willa Wellowby's got problems. There are monkeys in her kitchen, and try as she might she can't get rid of them. There are gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and baboons. They're doing ballet, wag-wiggling and jag-jiggling to rock & roll music, and singing do-si-do! Poet and performance artist Sheree Fitch's There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen won the Mr. Christie's Book Award, and it's no wonder. It's full of a vibrant good humour that will have young readers dipping, slipping, and flipping just like all those monkeys that Willa wishes so desperately would just leave! Marc Mongeau's illustrations mirror the wildness of Fitch's text: make sure to check out those monkeys doing the Highland fling and the bubble-gum-blowing brigade of RCMP officers come to save the day. By the time the Mounties arrive, however, Willa isn't sure that she wants to get rid of those monkeys after all, and your young readers won't be either. But never fear. There's an elephant lurking round the corner, and there are more wonderfully wacky books by Sheree Fitch to discover, too.
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