Eileen Christelow

It's bedtime at the monkey house, yet the five rambunctious little monkeys keep jumping on their bed until, one by one, each falls off and has to visit the doctor. On board pages.

Mama has said it is time for "Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed," but her five little monkeys cannot resist reading just a few more books to one another.

Combines the traditional rhyme about the five little monkeys who jump on their bed with new stories in which they tease Mr. Crocodile, clean house, bake a cake, wash the car, play hide and seek, take a bath, and read books.

Five little monkeys wash the family car before trying to sell it, but that is only the beginning of their adventures with the old heap.

When babysitter Lulu takes the five little monkeys trick-or-treating, they decide to change costumes with their friends and try to fool Lulu and their mother.

Five little monkeys go shopping for school clothes with their mama, but in spite of her warnings about not wandering off, things quickly get complicated.

Walter, the family dog with a nose for trouble, creates problems for his young mistress because he keeps sniffing out and unwrapping the Christmas presents.