Sock Monkey Takes a Bath

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 11, 2016

Review

Famous actor Sock Monkey receives an nomination for an award at the Oswald Awards. The only caveat is that nominees must be clean. Sock Monkey has not had a bath in years and cannot even think about taking one. His friends step in to help make the bath a much better experience than Monkey expected so he is off to the awards show where something very unexpected happens. This book is a reissue of the original adventure. Pictures are cute, but there is really nothing compelling to draw young readers to the book unless, by chance, they have their own sock monkey. The inside of the book jacket has ideas and recipes to host your own Oswald party. This is advertised on the cover, so children will want to see it, but will make it hard to cover and circulate.

Overall Book Score: good