Other than that, it is one of our favourite books and has opened up a lot of exploring from my daughter. She has previously illustrated Mairi’s Mermaid, Night Monkey, Day Monkey and wrote and illustrated the picture book The Magic Sky. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. More about Julia: “I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Among her acclaimed titles are The Gruffalo, What the Ladybird Heard, Stick Man, Zog, The Smeds and the Smoos, The Scarecrows\' Wedding and Night Monkey, Day Monkey.

It's a warm and humorous story about a monkey that lives in the night that meets the day monkey and sees all the daytime delights of animals and sights that the daylight brings (and vice versa). Written by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, this comical and touching friendship story explores individual differences, opposites and night and day. My novel The Giants and the Joneses is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic Princess Mirror-Belle who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. HarperCollins UK publishes a wide range of books, from cutting-edge contemporary fiction, to block-busting thrillers, from fantasy literature and children’s stories to enduring classics. From master storyteller, Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by Lucy Richards, this warm-hearted rhyming story about friendship and difference is pitch-perfect storytime reading.One of the finest stories from Julia Donaldson, the author behind The Gruffalo , Room on the Broom , The Scarecrow's Wedding and What the Ladybird Heard . It's a beautifully written book however I have dropped a star because of how hard this is to read at bedtime in dim lighting. Joanna Geyer-Kordesch has a distinguished academic career bridging the disciplines of history of medicine and cultural history as embodied in our landscapes. Julia Donaldson’s beloved rhyming picture book story about two monkeys who are as different as night and day yet still learn to be friends – with adorable, sumptuous illustrations from Lucy Richards. We work separately – he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow – but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.

She has illustrated texts with Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson, as well as writing and illustrating her own book ‘The Magic Sky’. One of Julia Donaldson’s classic picture book stories about two monkeys who are as different as night and day.

The bounce of the rhyming scheme and metre is perfect, the examples each monkey gives in turn for finding fault with the world when they're the fish-out-the-water are great, and the end will leave a beaming grin on anyone. Night Monkey and Day Monkey both live in the same jungle but their lives are worlds apart until one day Night Monkey wakes up in the day and Day Monkey wakes in the night. Julia Donaldson's collaborations with Axel Scheffler have sold millions of copies, and Room on the Broom is now an Academy Award-nominated short film. But Day Monkey doesn't recognise the creatures of the night, confusing fireflies for winking eyes, bats for flying mice and the moon for a banana.

We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It was a shame as the little monkeys were cute and it probably would have been loved by my friend’s daughter but I couldn’t give it in that state! Night Monkey Day Monkey is not only fun but educates children about opposites and also what happens during the day and/or night. Full of fun and food for thought, Night Monkey, Day Monkey is beautifully drawn by Lucy Richards, one of the most talented illustrators drawing today.

When they try to play together, Night Monkey and Day Monkey learn how differently they see the same world.