<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Monkey Mike is reprimanded for making noise when he taps pencils and clangs trash cans until he sees a drum set in the music store and puts his hands-on talents to work in a most impressive way. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Digga-digga-digga-digga, zat, zoom, crash! Leslie Patricelli's lovable (but noisy!) character finds an ingenious way to create a sound all his own.</b> <p/>Even before he was born, Mike started drumming. Kick! Thump! Pow! Wherever he goes, his rhythms sing: swis, thak, go his books; bang, clank, goes the trash can; tap, tap, go his pencils; and "BE QUIET, MIKE!" yells everyone around him. But one day Mike sees a drum set in a store window -- and puts his hands-on talents to work in a most impressive way. With the bold graphic style and clever details her readers love, Leslie Patricelli strikes a cymbal for active, high-energy little monkeys everywhere.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Patricelli's bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy.<br>--Publishers Weekly <p/>A marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat.<br>--Kirkus Reviews<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Leslie Patricelli </b>is the author-illustrator of the award-winning <i>Higher! Higher! </i>and two stories about the Patterson puppies. She is also the creator of a series of best-selling board books starring an adorable bald baby. Leslie Patricelli lives in Ketchum, Idaho, with her husband (a drummer!) and three children.
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