Monkey Puzzle: From the creators of The Gruffalo

What a lovely story - son has this book read to him every night for over a year now, he picks it.

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson is such a fun and sweet read! It's about a little monkey who's lost his mom, and with the help of a butterfly, he meets all sorts of animals while searching for her. The rhyming is super catchy, and the illustrations by Axel Scheffler are bright and colorful, making it really engaging for kids. It's a great mix of adventure and heart, perfect for a bedtime story or just a fun read with little ones.

Cheerful story with great illustrations.

I always wait until I have read the story to my second language English Austrian primary pupils before I write a review. Some people forget that the stories are for children and NOT for adults who criticise the style, plot, rhyming, pictures, etc. Sometimes it is " the singer not the song" when reading a story for enjoyment. I thought that two things were very clever in this story. First, the fact that elephant is pointed out again near the end, and that the butterfly has to explain that HIS children do not look like him. There were many bright colourful pictures on each page, which stimulate the children's imagination and knowledge of nature. The descriptions were very clever, and great fun was had by the pupils when guessing which animal would next be shown to the little monkey. Poor old Butterfly tried very hard, but the story had a happy ending. Overall I thought that it was a super story, and just as exciting as "The Gruffalo", " Room On A Broom" and " Superworm ". For the follow up work I would like to be able to buy the " Monkey Puzzle Drawing Book" if there was such as book. I am hopeless at drawing.

Such a lovely book!! My granddaughter is two & each night I read her stories before bed. We’re loving Julia Donaldson books just now & I’m literally buying a new one every day! (It’s not spoiling her if it’s books, right? 😉) I let her choose which book we have next, but I’d never heard of this one. It’s actually one of the nicest we have read. I’ve told everyone I know to buy it for their little ones!

Bough as a gift. Good quality.

lovely book grandson little young for it yet but will enjoy it as it grows, loves books

Very cute story and beautiful book.

Todos en familia aprendemos , vemos los dibujos y la pasamos bien.

I am always in search of good books to introduce to my 13 month old. I've got her flap books and another board book but none of them were really stories. I found this one and took a chance, knowing that the English would be too much for her, but buying it more for the illustrations. I read it to her for the first time today and she had such a blast pointing out the butterfly on each page or the monkey. She also seemed to be really concerned about where the mumma monkey went? Buy it - its definitely a story that warms the heart, and pictures that are a treat for the eyes (young and old!)

Fue el primer libro que compre de Julia Fobaldson y a éste le siguieron muchis más. Es sencillo y a mi hijo le gusta la historia.

Teacher / parent review. This story ticks most of the boxes for me. It is a clever way to introduce a variety of issues to discuss with your child. It can be as basic or as serious as you want it to be. Firstly it’s a great way to start a discussion about what to do if you are ever separated. The butterfly can be a metaphor for explaining to your child the type of person they should seek out for help in that situation. It is also a great way to discuss difference and how you may have a parent that doesn’t look like you, but they are still their parent. This could be as hardcore as adoption or as simple as explaining how a pet needs a parent. Parent perspective. The illustrations are fantastic, the story rhymes and is excellent in the flow of wording. The ending is beautiful with a great reuniting of mum and bub.

My son loves this book. Quality is good.