I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married. The bounce of the rhyming scheme and metre is perfect, the examples each monkey gives in turn for finding fault with the world when they're the fish-out-the-water are great, and the end will leave a beaming grin on anyone. Julia Donaldson's collaborations with Axel Scheffler have sold millions of copies, and Room on the Broom is now an Academy Award-nominated short film.

It looked that it had been posted like that (not occurred in transit) and I was very disappointed that they would send something in that condition.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Julia Donaldson, the 2011–2013 Children\'s Laureate, is the author of many of the world\'s best-loved picture books. Full of fun and food for thought, Night Monkey, Day Monkey is beautifully drawn by Lucy Richards, one of the most talented illustrators drawing today. But when they each spend time in the other's opposite worlds, they learn a lot – and they also learn to be the best of friends. Julia Donaldson is author of many of today’s best-loved picture books including The Gruffalo and Stick Man.

Matching other reviews, it's a shame that the dark writing is often against a dark background which can make it difficult to read when you have dim lighting to bring your little ones into the sleep zone but we have had much fun reading this together and the story gives many opportunities to use different voices to entertain. Julia Donaldson’s beloved rhyming picture book story about two monkeys who are as different as night and day yet still learn to be friends – with adorable, sumptuous illustrations from Lucy Richards.

Julia Donaldson is the internationally renowned author of the best-loved picture books in the world, including The Gruffalo, What the Ladybird Heard, Sugarlump and the Unicorn and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. But Day Monkey doesn't recognise the creatures of the night, confusing fireflies for winking eyes, bats for flying mice and the moon for a banana.

The humorous rhyming text and sweet illustrations tell a lovely story about the importance of sharing each other's experiences and seeing the world in different ways. From master storyteller, Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by Lucy Richards, this warm-hearted rhyming story about friendship and difference is pitch-perfect storytime reading. The rhythm and word play is up to her usual excellent standard - although The Gruffalo is a classic and The Snail and the Whale is pure pleasure that never ceases to bring a tear to my eye! My 31 month old loves her books and given he is a really energetic busy little boy, then Donaldson's books are indeed magical because they're the only ones he gives his full attention to.Night Monkey and Day Monkey both live in the same jungle but their lives are worlds apart until one day Night Monkey wakes up in the day and Day Monkey wakes in the night. More about Julia: “I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Julia Donaldson’s beloved rhyming picture book story about two monkeys who are as different as night and day – now with shiny cover foil!

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Full of fun and food for thought, Night Monkey, Day Monkey is beautifully illustrated by Lucy Richards. One of my television songs, A Squash and a Squeeze, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. Julia Donaldson Julia Donaldson is the best-selling author of The Gruffalo, The Giants and the Joneses, The Wrong Kind of Bark, Spinderella and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. She has previously illustrated Mairi’s Mermaid, Night Monkey, Day Monkey and wrote and illustrated the picture book The Magic Sky.Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. When they try to play together, Night Monkey and Day Monkey learn how differently they see the same world. Written by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, this comical and touching friendship story explores individual differences, opposites and night and day.