Title: Caps for Sale
Author and Illustrator: Esphyr Slobodkina
Ages: 4-8
A hat peddler walks through his village with a dozen hats stacked on his head everyday (what a talented balancing act). He's experiencing a slow day in sales so he decides to take a nap outside of town. When he awakes he is stunned to find his hats missing. They are not to the left, they are not to the right; where are they? Up, of course! Twelve monkeys in a tree are wearing his hats and won't give them back.
This story will give kids a laugh as the peddler tries desperately to get his hats back.
Craft idea: Decorate a cap or a foam visor
Game idea: Have one child play the peddler and the others play the monkey. The peddlers actions are copied by the monkeys in a game like Simon Says. Alternatively, you could have one child as the guesser: they hide while you pick the peddler and when they return to the group they have to guess who is the peddler.
Author and Illustrator: Esphyr Slobodkina
Ages: 4-8
A hat peddler walks through his village with a dozen hats stacked on his head everyday (what a talented balancing act). He's experiencing a slow day in sales so he decides to take a nap outside of town. When he awakes he is stunned to find his hats missing. They are not to the left, they are not to the right; where are they? Up, of course! Twelve monkeys in a tree are wearing his hats and won't give them back.
This story will give kids a laugh as the peddler tries desperately to get his hats back.
Craft idea: Decorate a cap or a foam visor
Game idea: Have one child play the peddler and the others play the monkey. The peddlers actions are copied by the monkeys in a game like Simon Says. Alternatively, you could have one child as the guesser: they hide while you pick the peddler and when they return to the group they have to guess who is the peddler.