Suddenly I heard an EEK, a TAP TAP on the pane.
A tiny little monkey face was peering through the rain.
I'm sure my mom won't mind, I thought. He's really very small.
One tiny pygmy marmoset could do no harm at all. . .
When a little boy lets a monkey in through his window, he doesn't expect it to bring all its friends!
But when he is followed by six red-handed howlers, six macaques, ten capuchins and two great big baboons there's going to be trouble! Surely mum will notice the banana skins, the toothpaste, the handprints on the walls . . .
Will he ever get to bed with all this monkeying around?
Alex's hilarious rhyming text matched with Pauline's expressive illustrations makes for the perfect bedtime read!
Review
An amusingly literal portrayal of the wildness that so often overcomes children at the end of the day, Monkey Bedtime demands to be read aloud. - Observer
Hilarious and laugh out loud funny... With a fun, bouncy rhyming text, this is a perfect read aloud bedtime book - Mini Travellers
The ideal bedtime reading book, a book full of silly, bright, bold illustrations and absolutely packed with humour as well as plenty of (real) monkey action. A riotous story with silly text and perfectly matched illustration. - Armadillo Magazine
English's fun-filled rhyme - loaded with madcap mischief and mayhem as the monkeys run amok through the house - springs to glorious life with Gregory's perfectly matched, anarchic and colourful illustrations. - Lancashire Evening Post
A funny rhyming text with expressive illustrations, Monkey Bedtime is a great bedtime read. - Big Issue North
With rhyming couplets, onomatopoeic verbs and an outrageous storyline, we follow a little boy's bedtime routine as it degenerates into monkey business. A cracking bedtime story that children will want to read again and again. - School Reading List
Book Description
A cheeky, funny book about monkeying around at bedtime - with actual monkeys!
About the Author
Biography
Alex grew up in Hampshire with her head in the clouds and her nose in a book. After a maths degree and a few years wrangling spreadsheets, she decided to revisit her first love - children's books. She hasn't looked back since. Alex graduated with distinction from the Bath Spa University MA in Writing for Young People in 2018. Her picture books have been short-listed for the Dundee Picture Book Award, chosen by BookTrust as part of their Bookstart Corner programme and selected by The Reading Agency for the Summer Reading Challenge. She lives just outside Paris with her husband, two sons and a gardenful of chirruping toads.
Pauline is a Devon based illustrator, living by the sea. She specialises in children's literature. Following her passion, Pauline graduated from Plymouth College of Art with a First Class Honours, BA in illustration. She takes inspiration from the funny and endearing things animals and people do everyday as well as the superb imagination that children have. Pauline works with traditional materials to create quirky illustrations with humour and charm.