Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson

Another lovely book by Julia Donaldson. I love the illustrations in the book- very bright, cute and colorful. It is very pleasant to look at and read. It is a story of a baby monkey who is looking for his mother. A butterfly tries to help but the funny part is neither monkey is able to give exact description and butterfly keeps finding the wrong animal. 

The book is a long. My 4 year old son loved to read it at the beginning . After he reached the half the book he  got tired and refused to read ." Mamma, the baby monkey still cannot find his mamma. It is taking too long" I read the remaining half. Honestly even I got a slightly bored by the end.  In my opinion, the book is for 3 or younger who will enjoy knowing characteristics and features of different animals. 

I borrowed it from a library. It would have been lovely if I had bought it when he 2 or 3. 

Night Monkey Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson

I borrowed this book from my son's school library. This book is just another gem from Julia Donaldson. It has cute illustrations. The story is about how the two monkeys see the world differently. When day monkey sees the night "world" and night monkey sees the day, they are scared and apprehensive. The message is that the world might seem odd from your point of view but from someone else's it is perfectly normal. 

For my boy, this book is very easy to read. It is interesting as well so he kept on reading without losing interest. But one read was enough. He would have liked it more when he was 2 or 3 years old, but at 4.5 - no. 

Some parts I found it hard to read to my son as a bed time story since it is written in black on dark blue. Hard to read in a night lamp .