Caps For Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
Caps For Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
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Caps For Sale
The Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

Author: Esphyr Slobodkina

Narrator: Peter Fernandez

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 01/01/1987

Synopsis

Awakening from a well-earned nap beside a stout tree, an itinerant cap peddler finds that his wares have been confiscated by a band of feisty monkeys cavorting in the branches overhead. In reply to his commands to return the caps, the monkeys simply imitate – and so further anger – the peddler. Finally, by throwing down his own cap in frustration, the salesman unwittingly outwits the monkeys as they follow his example. Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and will ask to read it again and again. Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes repetition, patterns, and colors, perfect for early readers. A Live Oak Media audio production.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on August 14, 2018

Wow! The kids really loved this one. They went crazy over it. I think it's the monkeys. They laughed and go around saying tsk tsk tsk now. I enjoyed this a lot too. I would give it 4 stars, but they got into it so much that I have to give it 5. The art feels pretty bland to me, not distinctive and ye......more

Goodreads review by Kim on June 06, 2009

I've had this touch of nostalgia lately...so, tonight I came across this book and I thought 'What the hell, why not review it and subject the GR community to my musings'--Keep in mind that it's 4:13am and I've had a shitty night. That said, Caps for Sale was a favorite of mine when I was young. I'd h......more

Goodreads review by Calista on January 21, 2022

There are 4 books in this series and I've read the first one and now the last. Now, Esphyr did not write this, it looks like, but her illustrator, Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer, did. Ann Marie, seems to have the heart of the story, for the most part. I enjoyed the end page where Ann is talking about the......more

Goodreads review by Jon on November 04, 2024

A wonderful memory from the past...what a great lesson on the futility of anger! I can distinctly remember this book from story time when I was very young...may have been the 1st grade when my teacher read this book to the class. It has remained a book that I remember fondly; a very positive way to......more

Goodreads review by Christi on January 20, 2022

According to the Teacher's Top 100 Books for Children, Caps for Sale is number 93. It's about a peddler who sells hats and then decides to take a nap in a tree. When he wakes up he realizes they have all been stolen. It's funny how clearly I remember the book from childhood. I'm not exactly sure wha......more

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