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Monkey Business.


Monkey Business

Shirley Climo

Henry Holt holt  
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A wood or grove; a copse.



[Middle English, from Old English.]

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the lair of an otter [from
 

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Both young adults and younger audiences with parents who like to read aloud will appreciate the lovely new Shirley Climo story collection Monkey Business: Stories From Around The World, featuring color drawings peppered throughout by Eric Brooks Eric Fred Brook (27 November, 1907 - 29 March, 1965) was an English footballer who is the all time record goalscorer for Manchester City.

Brook was born in the Yorkshire town of Mexborough in 1907.
, and monkey-focussed stories from Africa, the Americas and Asia. This isn't a picturebook, nor is it entirely fiction: 118 pages blend folktales with facts and provide fables, proverbs Proverbs, book of the Bible. It is a collection of sayings, many of them moral maxims, in no special order. The teaching is of a practical nature; it does not dwell on the salvation-historical traditions of Israel, but is individual and universal based on the , legends, and introductory facts. A unique, gorgeous coverage suitable for any elementary-level animal book collection.
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Date:Jul 1, 2005
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