Title of Book: Caps for Sale; Author: Esphyr Slobodkina; ISBN 978-0-06-147-453-8; Published by Harper Collins. Also available in Spanish. Title: Se Venden Corras; ; ISBN: 978-0-06-443-401-0; Published by Rayo.
Summary: Our story finds a peddler, no ordinary peddler mind you, selling caps. Instead of pushing his wares in a cart, he carries them around on his head while yelling, “Caps! Caps for sale. Fifty cents a cap.” Mischievous monkeys come and steal his caps while he is napping under a tree. The peddler’s attempts to retrieve the caps from the monkeys lead to hysterical antics from the monkeys.
My Impressions: What a winner! The easy to follow story, accessible vocabulary and repetitive phrases allow access to a much younger than expected audience. I would recommend 2- 5 year olds. The refrain, “Tsz, tsz, tsz” from the monkeys will be a favorite phrase for the reader. This story just begs to be acted out! You will want to purchase the companion book by the same author Circus Caps for Sale as well.
Flashlight Reading Under the Covers Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviews:
Subtitled A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, this absurd and very simple story has become a classic, selling hundreds of thousands of copies since its first publication in 1940. A peddler walks around selling caps from a tall, tottering pile on his head. Unable to sell a single cap one morning, he walks out into the countryside, sits down under a tree, checks that all the caps are in place, and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the caps are gone--and the tree is full of cap-wearing monkeys. His attempts to get the caps back generate the kind of repetitive rhythm that 3- and 4-year-olds will adore. (Preschool and older) --Richard Farr -- Amazon.com Review
Good natured nonsense tale in text and pictures. The text is almost unnecessary as text and pictures tell the story of the peddler who fell asleep and had his whole stock in trade of colored caps stolen by the monkeys. And of how mere chance made him do the one thing that persuaded the monkeys to throw away the caps. (Kirkus Reviews) --
Suggestions for Use in a Library: Do you need an ace up your sleeve for your story time repertoire? This is it! Hit the dollar store and get some appropriate colored caps, add a black construction paper mustache and you are all set to act out this story. In advance ask one of the audience members to be the chief monkey who will steal your caps and distribute them to the other monkeys while you are sleeping. Cries of, “Let’s do that again!” are guaranteed. Pair this with Circus Caps for Sale and you are virtually guaranteeing standing room only during your next weekly story time.
Summary: Our story finds a peddler, no ordinary peddler mind you, selling caps. Instead of pushing his wares in a cart, he carries them around on his head while yelling, “Caps! Caps for sale. Fifty cents a cap.” Mischievous monkeys come and steal his caps while he is napping under a tree. The peddler’s attempts to retrieve the caps from the monkeys lead to hysterical antics from the monkeys.
My Impressions: What a winner! The easy to follow story, accessible vocabulary and repetitive phrases allow access to a much younger than expected audience. I would recommend 2- 5 year olds. The refrain, “Tsz, tsz, tsz” from the monkeys will be a favorite phrase for the reader. This story just begs to be acted out! You will want to purchase the companion book by the same author Circus Caps for Sale as well.
Flashlight Reading Under the Covers Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviews:
Subtitled A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, this absurd and very simple story has become a classic, selling hundreds of thousands of copies since its first publication in 1940. A peddler walks around selling caps from a tall, tottering pile on his head. Unable to sell a single cap one morning, he walks out into the countryside, sits down under a tree, checks that all the caps are in place, and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the caps are gone--and the tree is full of cap-wearing monkeys. His attempts to get the caps back generate the kind of repetitive rhythm that 3- and 4-year-olds will adore. (Preschool and older) --Richard Farr -- Amazon.com Review
Good natured nonsense tale in text and pictures. The text is almost unnecessary as text and pictures tell the story of the peddler who fell asleep and had his whole stock in trade of colored caps stolen by the monkeys. And of how mere chance made him do the one thing that persuaded the monkeys to throw away the caps. (Kirkus Reviews) --
Suggestions for Use in a Library: Do you need an ace up your sleeve for your story time repertoire? This is it! Hit the dollar store and get some appropriate colored caps, add a black construction paper mustache and you are all set to act out this story. In advance ask one of the audience members to be the chief monkey who will steal your caps and distribute them to the other monkeys while you are sleeping. Cries of, “Let’s do that again!” are guaranteed. Pair this with Circus Caps for Sale and you are virtually guaranteeing standing room only during your next weekly story time.
This would also be a great book for your English Language Learners to visualize what the phrases “monkey business” and “monkey see, monkey do” refer to.
This book (English version) was also featured in the long time children's television program Reading Rainbow.
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