Monkey business

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Monkey Business
Illustrated by Brice Reignier
Written by Magriet Kruger
Designed by Wilna Combrinck
Edited by Katie Huston
with the help of the Book Dash participants in Cape Town on 14 October 2023.
ISBN: 978-1-77623-036-5
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Monkey

business

Brice Reignier ∙ Magriet Kruger ∙ Wilna Combrinck

In the wild, there are many different animals:

big and small,

fast and slow.

But every animal  has a part to play.

Elephants have long noses called trunks that sniff out  water. They can find a drink even when it’s hard to see.

And when they do, they trumpet to their friends:

toot-

toot!

Rhinos like routine.

They follow the same paths
again
and
again,

and make wide trails as they crash through the bush.

Hippos love to eat sweet, green grass, and lots of it.

Munch-

munch-

munch.

They keep the grass next to the river short so the water is easier to reach.

But what  about monkeys?

Oh, monkeys have an
especially important job.

climbing,

From sunrise to sunset,  they’re on the go –

tumbling

and searching  for food.

Monkeys dangle by their feet from trees, looking at the world

upside -down.

swing

They

from branch to branch in groups of two, three and four  at a time.  What fun!

Mama monkeys can do it all with a baby clinging to their belly. What do the little ones see from

down there?

When they want a  snack, monkeys
pick a flea
straight from a  chommie’s back.

And when they’re hot and tired, they

cannonball

into the water.

What’s the important job that monkeys have?
They play all day.

And that’s hard work!