Silly Monkey

Last week I received the book “Silly Monkey” for free from my friend and author Rhoda Sye for my family to enjoy. My kids were really excited to read it before I could even get a good look at it out of the box! The vividly illustrated book “Silly Monkey” teaches preschoolers and school aged children alike good morals and manners. I really liked how the book starts out showing some of the common ways children are silly, and they think silliness all the time is a good thing. Once the book grabs the attention of children it turns to further explain in a way that they can easily understand silliness all the time can be inappropriate. “Silly Monkey” goes on further to reinforce proper and good behavior after school, during dinner, and before bed. My daughter wanted to read it again and again. This book is great for anytime of the day, but I like how it ends at bedtime so it can also be read as a traditional bedtime story as well.

Silly Monkey is as an easy-to-read book for both preschool and school-aged children. It is a short book promoting good behavior. As a nanny, Rhoda Sye witnesses how subliminal messages and positive reinforcement encourage children of all ages. This short and sweet “anytime story” will be sure to win the audience’s attention. Monkey knows how to behave, but he wants to know the reaction he’ll get from doing things his way. How could anyone not think it’s fun to be silly? This rhyming short story of a three-and-a-half-year-old Monkey offers a fun and subliminal lesson. Set in a toddler’s typical day-morning routine, preschool, carpool, and so forth-Monkey figures out that the things his mommy and daddy teach him warrant a pleasant reaction from others, versus being silly. With repetitious use of the soft, endearing words “Silly Monkey,” young listeners and new talkers alike can memorize and repeat the words to help internalize the book’s message.

“Silly Monkey” can be purchased here through Barnes&Noble.

About the author: 

Rhoda Sye is a thirty-year-old daughter, sister, aunt, and nanny from Baltimore, Maryland. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in childhood development from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. 

With approximately eight years of nanny services under her belt, she knows firsthand the ins and outs of parenting. Rhoda understands the importance of teaching manners and good behavior early on, and this inspired Silly Monkey. What better way to learn fun lessons than from someone who is in the business of teaching? 

As a nanny for about twenty-five families, she spends a lot of time improvising and looking for new ways to implement rules. She has spent countless hours reading to children and paying attention to what interests them. She has noticed that children respond well to lessons from fun, colorful storybooks. This is her first book, and she is excited about sharing the lesson it teaches.

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Ashley