Apes A-Go-Go!

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 25, 2015

Review

Apes to the rescue in this book. The perfectionist mayor of a town who hopes to win the contest of "Tidy Town" realizes that one of the flowers in a flower bed is out of place. A passer-by appears and offers to help out and turns out to be an ape. Though well-intentioned the ape ends up trampling the garden. Five more well-intentioned apes from the clan follow creating a domino effect of sheer messiness, throughout the entire town.

Finally, an ape comes along and bakes a warm and tasty cake and everyone in town though it is very messy has a wonderful time, together enjoying each other's company. Everyone begins to relax and have fun! But their mayor cannot let go of his quest for tidiness when he sees all the dirty dishes.

"On second thought." he said. "I think, I'll do it myself."

And he did.

Children will love this book and merrily repeat throughout, the words when the time comes,"Bogo! Pogo! Apes A-Go-Go!"

The lettering is medium sized and easy to read. Illustrations are retro colors reminiscent of children's books written in the 50's and 60's.

Overall Book Score: good