Nancy Coffelt

Like the well-known Little Red Hen, all of the animals Monkey asks for help to get pie-making ingredients home are too busy. The cleverly told tale uses pairs of homonyms & homophones. These are differentiated by bold print and clarified in textured illustrations for a satisfying story that can be enjoyed on several levels.

One animal's claim is followed by others who are successively bigger, smaller, etc., each using rich (and richer) descriptors.