Students in Ms. Hughes' first-grade class wrote about the book in their journals -- help with the creative spelling provided by Ms. Hughes:
Emma: What I like about Maggie's Monkeys was when I found out that the monkeys lived in the refregaraer.
Gustavo: Maggie's Monkeys. Yes I liked the story. It was fun. I like the part when his setr (sister) inided (invited) her brudr (brother to the tea party) and her brudr set on the monkey's lap.
Rain: I love the part when they say that the monkeys are hiding behind the alivds (olives).
Peyton: I like in the book when her dad said they hid behnd the oluvs.
Makenna: I liked the pictures in the book Maggie's Monkeys. And the name of the story.
Grace: Maggie's Monkeys is a silly story because it is about a girl that thinks that she has monkeysin her refrigrater.
Haidy: I liked when she said no! when a boy almost opend the refiriforator. It was funny.
Meredith: I love the book of Maggie's Monkeys. I like the part when tears were coming out.
Hannah: I like the part of Maggie's Monkeys when they moved to the rifrijerater. That was funny. Haha.
Abby: I liked when they were pink and they got in the bath and they hid behinde the oluvs.
And students age 6 to 9 in Ms. Roark's class sent me letters:
Azaan: I like when you said they were polar monkeys, and they hid behind the olives, when olives are small and monkey are big.
Spencer: I like the book because I like monkeys. Will you give us your next book too?
Abysinnia: It was really funny when Kate dressed up the pink polar monkes. what wher you thinking about when you did monkeys and not zebras?
Emma: I hope you get relly famus and rich$$$$.
Ray: Why did you make the middle-aged brother not understand his parents were joking?
And I'm thrilled that Mariah B. sent me her version of the cover.
And students age 6 to 9 in Ms. Roark's class sent me letters:
Azaan: I like when you said they were polar monkeys, and they hid behind the olives, when olives are small and monkey are big.
Spencer: I like the book because I like monkeys. Will you give us your next book too?
Abysinnia: It was really funny when Kate dressed up the pink polar monkes. what wher you thinking about when you did monkeys and not zebras?
Emma: I hope you get relly famus and rich$$$$.
Ray: Why did you make the middle-aged brother not understand his parents were joking?
And I'm thrilled that Mariah B. sent me her version of the cover.
