Monkey Walk, written by Colleen Madden, reviewed by Judy Hauser

Summary: This story will get young children's imaginations going full force. The young girl in the story is going, reluctantly, to the zoo with her family. But the day becomes fun and adventurous when when she imagines that her hat and then her phone are stolen by zoo animals and she must bargain with them to get her items back. She imagines that they want bananas and penguins when she is shown drawings of these objects. The illustrations are cute and show the girl working hard to find the objects she needs to barter. Once the day is done and she is in the car with her family you see that all of the "animals" were really objects belonging to her and her little siblings. It is a cute story about family, adventure and imagination. Recommended.

Straight Talk for Librarians: The topics of adventure, family and imagination will be good talking points.