Monkey For Sale
By Sanna Stanley; Sanna Stanley (Illustrator)
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Hardcover, 9780374350178, 32pp.)
Publication Date: October 2002
Categories: Animals - Apes & Monkeys
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It's market day in a Congolese village!
It's market day in Luzolo's village, and she has a five-franc coin to spend. Her parents tell her on market day, "No one gets something for nothing." She must choose wisely, they say, and bargain for a fair price. Then she and her friend Kiese discover that Mama Lusufu has a wild monkey for sale. They offer to trade their new purchases for the monkey, but Mama Lusufu has her eye on a new water jug made by Kiese's mother, who in turn wants a piece of embroidery made by Luzolo's mother. Luzolo's mother wants four tin cups, and the tin cup salesman wants a basket for his wife . . .
With etchings combined with vibrant collage, Sanna Stanley tells a lively story about two friends who embark on an elaborate chain of barter and bargaining to rescue a monkey.
Sanna Stanley grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). Her two previous picture books, Monkey Sunday and The Rains Are Coming, are also drawn from her childhood experiences in the Congo. She now lives in Branford, Connecticut.
Like Stanley's The Rains are Coming (1993), this cheerful picture book is set in a village community in the Democratic Republic of Congo . . . Neither exotic nor reverential, the lively illustrations combine etchings with detailed prints on colored paper to create a vital sense of daily life and of two kids who make a difference." - Booklist
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