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Monkey on the Run
By (Author) Leo Timmers
Gecko Press
Gecko Press
1st July 2019
1st April 2020
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
839.93137
Paperback
32
Width 280mm, Height 220mm
Papa Monkey and Little Monkey are on their way home. But the street is very busy and they are going so slowly! Monkey loses patience and jumps onto the fire engine. Up the ladder from there and he joins a TV crew! Then the rubbish truck, a rabbit takeaway stall packed with carroty treats, Arctic animals traveling by snow globe, a jewel thiefs getaway car...
"Weathered textures lend each vehicle a comic gravitas, and the way the conveyances interact offers mechanical and character-based amusement. Through it all, the curious little monkey remains admirably cool and mischievously confidentand as delighted by the surroundings as readers will be."
-- Publishers Weekly"a satisfying addition to Timmers collection of crazy (but logical) cars."
-- The Source"The silly antics of the little monkey provide forward momentum, but the details in each illustration kept calling us back for a more thorough examination."
-- The New York Times, New York Public Library Best Illustrated Childrens Books 2019Leo Timmers was born in 1970 in Belgium. At the age of 12 he started to draw comics and later trained in graphic design. He illustrates for magazines and newspapers and has released many successful picture books. He has a large following as one of Belgiums pre-eminent picture book artists.