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-: Hey, everyone.
It's Erin, and I am going to read one
of my favorite stories with you guys,
"Baby Monkey, Private Eye."
I took the cover off because we've read it so many times
in my classroom that it was really ripped and ruined.
So here's the title page, "Baby Monkey, Private Eye."
You're going to need a few things
if you want to tell this story with me.
The Goldenrod friends are familiar with this I bet.
So in this story, Baby Monkey is a private eye.
He's an investigator.
He tries to find out who's guilty of crimes,
who did bad things.
So he needs a magnifying glass.
So if you have one at home you can grab one,
or you can draw one and cut it out,
practice your fine motor skills.
He takes notes, so I have a sticky notepad and a marker,
so for him to take notes.
And he has to put on his pants,
which you can practice on your own pants, buttoning.
I have something here to button,
and I have a zipper here as well.
He always has trouble putting on his pants,
so he needs help with that.
And then he always has to eat a snack.
So I have some nuts and some berries here
that I'm going to eat when he eats his snack.
All right.
Let's read the chapters.
So this book is by Brian Selznick and David Serlin,
and the pictures are by Brian Selznick too.
He is an amazing artist.
He did the illustrations in this book with a pencil.
So, see Baby Monkey right there
with his big old magnifying glass?
Isn't that incredible that that's made out of pencil?
Are you ready?
Wait!
Who is Baby Monkey?
Oh, that's my favorite.
Check that illustration out.
The magnifying glass magnified his eyeball.
He is a baby.
He is a monkey.
He has a job.
Here's his office door.
Baby Monkey Private Eye.
So there's a table of contents that has all the chapters,
the key, the index, and the bibliography for this book.
It's a really cool book.
So here's Baby Monkey.
He's walking into this office to do a day of work.
Chapter one, The Case of the Missing Jewels.
So we always focus in on how Baby Monkey
is on the couch reading about the crimes
that he's going to solve, and then you also
can see a hand coming in right here.
Someone needs help.
"Baby Monkey, someone has stolen my jewels!"
Baby Monkey can help.
Okay, get all your things ready.
You have to help Baby Monkey.
Baby Monkey looks for clues.
Get your magnifying glass out.
Baby Monkey writes notes.
I'm writing on my notepad.
Baby Monkey eats a snack.
That's my favorite part.
I'm going to eat a cranberry this time.
This speech bubble says, "Mmm."
That snack was really good for him.
Baby Monkey puts on his pants.
Oh, he needs help, everybody.
Look at that.
He's like, "What do I do with these silly things?"
He's concentrating, see the tongue out of his mouth?
So I better help him zip his pants this time.
This one says, this speech bubble says, "Oh!"
with an exclamation point 'cause he's really struggling.
Okay, he's almost got it.
"Ahh," that speech bubble says.
He sounds relieved.
Okay, I got to zip his pants for him.
Next time I'll help him button.
Now Baby Monkey is ready.
Does he look ready to you?
All right, there he goes.
See his foot going out the door?
His office?
Aha!
His speech bubble says, "Aha!"
and he has his magnifying glass.
Do you notice what he's looking at?
It's some footprints.
Baby Monkey solves the case.
Oh, what does her face look like?
She looks happy.
(gasps) Zebra!
Hooray for Baby Monkey!
She's singing. (sings)
She's an opera singer.
This newspaper says, "Zebra, guilty!"
That means he did the wrong thing, he stole the jewels.
I'm looking forward to reading more chapters with you.
Have a beautiful day.
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