Review by School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-As Monkey explains to Elephant, "Gadding is walking along, looking around, finding something fun, stopping awhile, then moving on." And off they go, thrilled by the potential for surprise and adventure. Depicted in rich hues of green for Elephant and purple for Monkey, the two friends have a wide range of expressions despite the suitable simplicity of the cartoon illustrations. Their romp includes a visit to Elephant's old Uncle Phump, a hatmaker who gives each of his guests a gift. Then they unexpectedly bump into Monkey's Cousin MeeMee and her children. The group enjoys swimming and a picnic, and Monkey also models gracious forgiveness when MeeMee's babies eat all the berries off her new straw hat. These pals are reminiscent of other endearing friendship pairs such as Frog and Toad and Elephant and Piggie. This sweet, three-chapter offering begs for even more adventures to satisfy newly independent readers.-Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
In three short chapters, Monkey and Elephant set off "gadding," are given new hats, and leave Monkey's hat with Monkey's cousin MeeMee as a cradle for her new babies. The third book about the friends is, like the others, well designed for early reading: bright digital illustrations support and lead newly independent readers as they decode the simple, serviceable story. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
All cleaned up but with nowhere to go, Monkey and Elephant go gadding about in this latest installment of their early-reader series. In the first of three brief chapters, Monkey cleans her small pink ears, Elephant cleans his big, blue ears, and they admire how nice they look. In fact, Bernstein's distinctive, digitally rendered characters find themselves so fetching that Monkey declares that they look too nice to stay home. She suggests that they go gadding, which she helpfully defines as "walking along, looking around, finding something fun, stopping awhile, then moving on." In the second chapter, the pair happens upon Elephant's uncle Phump, who has taken up millinery and gives them the delightful opportunity to select hats from his collection. Newly hatted, the friends go gadding again, only to run into Monkey's cousin MeeMee, who surprises them not with a new hobby, but a new family when she introduces them to her three babies. Monkey's hat comes in handy as a cradle of sorts for the little ones when they nap, and then she and Elephant get to have a visit and a snack together with MeeMee before they resume their gadding. A fine addition to a well-established series for new readers. (Early reader. 6-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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