Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car

#1621 in our old book database. Rated: Good.

The Five Little Monkeys are helping Mama spruce up their old car in order to sell it. But a little accident soon has them surrounded by hungry crocodiles! The lively rhymes make the predicament exciting and the outcome amusing. Probably my favorite book in the series.

I may like this because it's a little too relatable. When I was a tiny one, I was playing in my father's car in front of our house and managed to knock it out of gear. A hill, gravity, and a poorly placed barn led to me bursting in on my father as he sat on his throne in the bathroom and announcing, "I drove it, Dad! I drove it! But I wrecked her, Dad. I wrecked her all to hell."

This one is so funny. Five little monkeys don't just jump on beds, they can wash cars too. They just better stay away from those alligators in the pond. This again is one of those books children can memorize and read along with you. It would also be a fun book to have the children make up their own words

I took this book home along with the other Five Monkeys title in this list (Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do), but this one turns out not to use the group-mind element as consistently. The monkeys often act as a group, but not always. Interestingly, this book rhymes, while the other Five Monkeys book I read doesn’t; I would have expected all the books in one series to be more similar to each other in style. This one has a more engaging plot than the other one, but the meter of the rhyming lines didn’t always sound right to my ear.

This is from a wonderful series that entains children easily. I liked this one because it made me giggle a bit. My kids loved the monkey's and how they did things. I liked how the story was about helping out mom so a lesson can be taught here as well. Cute and intertaining pictures. This series of books by Eileen Christelow really should be in every young childs personal library.

This was a really cute book. Once again, Christelow used repetition and rhyming throughout the book. I love rhymes because I think they're catchy and kids enjoy hearing them. I thought it was humorous that crocodiles bought a car with a check, but I guess that's why it's fiction (Haha!).

This is a counting book involving five little monkeys and their mother. The mother is tired of their old and dirty car so she decided to sell it. The little monkeys help her fix it up. When the newly cleaned and painted car rolls down the hill into the swamp, the crocodiles come to the rescue to help, and decide to purchase the car in the process. Counting is integrated throughout the entire story. The illustrations are bright and light, depicting the mood and storyline well. This is a great book for younger children who are learning to count.

The book incorporates counting and numbers within their story but it's the usual 'five little monkeys' song that you know by heart. It has a cute plot! Great for young grades! Lots of artwork with fine details and DIFFERENT details! It's done with watercolor and some are even subtle shade differences. Great book!