WHO TOOK MY BANANA?

This is an abridged version of the complete review as it appears (http://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2015/04/who-took-my-banana-by-sally-huss.html) at my blog dedicated to reading, writing (no 'rithmatic!), movies, & TV.I did not get the thinking here, and this wasn't a lone slip, either. The sloth isn't found in Asia, which is the only place where the tragically dwindling orangutan populations are found. Neither are chameleons and toucans found in Asia. Again, there are scores of animals which could have taken these roles, including interesting Asian lizards and stunningly colorful and distinctive Asian birds, so I didn't get why the author felt a need to bring these things into the story when there are plentiful alternatives.If the story had been set in a zoo, then any kind of animal could have been introduced, so if you want to use those animals, why have it take place in the wild? I agree that it's not necessary to be spot-on accurate for younger children because they're not discriminatory (bless 'em!) or exacting when it comes to stories (not for the most part anyway), but it's just as easy to get it right as it is to be misleading! For me, this matters.The story is about a mom orangutan who wakes up to find her banana gone. She hikes through the forest asking one creature after another if they took her banana and at the end of the day, she returns to her tree nest to discover that her baby took it. This is a mom who abandoned her baby for the entire day in pursuit of one small banana, which isn't even the primary food of an orangutan!To me this was the wrong approach to a story entirely, especially in a book which carries a banner extolling a mother's love, and goes right on to depict mom abandoning junior for selfish reasons. I think it could have been told in a much better way (and more accurately!), and I don't honestly feel I can support a book which could have been significantly better. For those reasons, I cannot recommend this book.

This is another of Sally Huss' charming children's picture books. She does all her own drawings, which add so much to her books. She tells the story of a mama monkey whose banana goes missing. Evidently she was saving it as a treat to herself. She asks everyone she meets if he or she has seen it, but no one has. She is standing, wondering what to do or who to ask next, when she hears the smacking of lips. It turns out that her own little one is the banana-swiper. Mama monkey just beams with pride and love.I almost wish I had a house full of little ones to read to. I substituted my cats.

Sally Huss writes fun children's stories with whimsical illustrations that tell great stories. This book is a bit silly as a monkey looks for a banana and searches through the jungle for who ever may have taken it. The author makes it fun for kids to learn to read and delightful for parents looking for a book they know their child will treasure.

An orangutan wakes up and finds her banana missing. She searches through the rainforest asking every animal that she meets if they have seen her banana. Children will be introduced to many interesting animals like the toucan, the tapir, mamba snake, and the sloth. In between the interviews with animals, the orangutan recites poems indicating the many different ways in which bananas may be enjoyed.There is an unexpected surprise twist ending. Simple story that expresses a mother's love. Recommended especially for children ages three to six.

It took a bit to get into alternating between rhyme and story but it was a cute idea. I love the illustration style. I laughed at a few parts in the story and enjoyed reading it to my daughter. It had a great theme at the end as well. I do have to say leaving in search of a banana seems foolish considering what she left behind.

In Who Took My Banana? an orangutan asks other jungle animals if they took her banana, as she travels around in the jungle. When she is returns home she discovers her baby ate the banana and shows how a mother's love is shown to her baby. The children in the preschool love how the mommy took care of her baby and they then played the same theme in their play after the first time I read the book to them.

I thought it was a cute animal story with a good moral lesson in it!This ebook was also beautifully illustrated with good sized print as well. For all these reasons I feel this ebook for kids should be rated as a five star book. I received this ebook for free and in exchange for it I have now given it an honest review. Great work Sally! By Angela

My Gr Grandson (8 yrs) has been reading this book since I got it, and everytime I ask him what he wants to read to me, he says "Who Took My Banana?" He has it memorized, but still looks at words & pictures. I tell him that he needs to read other books too, but he wants the Banana book!!! He will be going into 3rd grade in the fall, so he needs more challenging books to read also. But he loves this one. Gramsbear...

Mummy orangutan wakes to find her banana is missing and so off she goes through the jungle asking each creature she sees if they know where it is.This is a classic story format for very young children, each page quite repetititous but fun as the different animals say they have no idea where the banana might be. In my experience, children who are just beginning to hold their attention long enough for a whole book, like this undemanding and predictable style. The illustrations are simple but effective.What I didn’t like about the book was the presence of so many creatures that , in the wild at least, an orangutan would never encounter. Whilst the age-range that the book is aimed at would not know or care about whether a toucan is found in Borneo or not, I think it is important that all books should be accurate. The orangutans natural range is very limited but there would have been plenty of animals and birds to choose from that do live in the same region. A pity because, for me, this spoiled the story just as it would if it had been about a tiger in Africa, but in other ways this is a lovely book.

Orang-utan can't find her breakfast banana... She goes around asking all the other jungle animals if they've eaten it. None have... but she eventually finds the culprit.To an adult, it all seems a bit silly (she didn't think to check with her baby FIRST?!), but my son was delighted at the conclusion.We liked seeing all the animals and calling out their names, and I liked the refrain which reminded me of "The Story of the Little Mole who knew it was none of his Business".I didn't like the songs after every animal though, they seemed to detract from the plot and I wasn't keen on reading them. It would have, in my mind, been better without them. A nice message at the end, and I really liked the style of drawing which reminded me of 80s cartoons.One for 2-5 year olds.

This is a lovely story about an orangutan mum who has lost the banana she was saving for her breakfast. She goes round the whole rainforest asking all the animals she meets but no one has seen her banana. She eventually goes back to her branch in a tree, where the mystery of her missing banana finally becomes clear.

This is a lovely book, my grandson really enjoyed it. There are beautiful, colourful pictures on every page. As well as the prose there are occasional little rhymes added, all in all, a delightful book for reading together with your child.

Lovely little story of an orang utan mom who lost her banana and travels the jungle, asking other animals, to find it....NIce drawings, lovely text, well laid out in big letters and also not too short. Recommended!