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Cheeky Monkey

Zehra Hicks, Author

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: May 13, 2021

Category: Picture storybooks

ISBN: 9781444950021

Monkey wants to play! But Monkey’s games are a little too energetic for the other animals. A funny, playful story about learning how to make friends, from the author of the hilarious Pug Hug!

Cheeky Monkey is ready to play! But Zebra is happy painting quietly, Giraffe is about to tuck in to lunch, and the meerkats were queueing nicely for the slide before Monkey barged in ahead of them!

Maybe Lion will play with Monkey . . . but is it a good idea to wake Lion up during nap time?

A sweet and funny tale about making friends and learning to play together, colourfully illustrated throughout and featuring a cast of cute animal characters. A must for fans of Pug Hug!

Reviews

the most engaging picture books tend to be those with the fewest words...[Cheeky Monkey is] a winning example, using expressive illustrations and gently suspenseful prose to tell the story

The Telegraph

Zehra Hicks

Zehra Hicks is a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts. Her debut picture book The Boy Who Hated Toothbrushes was highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2009. It also won the Heart of Hawick Award in 2012 and was named Lovereading4Kids Debut of the Year 2011. All Mine! was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Zehra lives in Epsom with her family.