“Perfect!” Robot said. “Now go sit at the table, and your breakfast will be ready soon.”
Robot made breakfast and put it on a tray. He carried it to the table. Monkey was not sitting at the table. Robot looked in the living room. Monkey was not there, either.
“Monkey!” Robot yelled. “Where are you?”
“I’m in bed,” Monkey said.
Robot went into Monkey’s bedroom. “I thought you were hungry,” he said.
“I was,” Monkey said. “But that was when I thought it was eight o’clock in the morning. Now I know it must be eight o’clock at night, because I’m very sleepy.”
Robot tucked the blanket snugly around Monkey. Then he pulled the window shades down.
“Sleep well,” Robot whispered.
Monkey snored softly.
Peter Catalanotto
has written sixteen books for children, including Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All, Ivan the Terrier, Emily’s Art, and Matthew A.B.C. He has also illustrated dozens of picture books for other writers, among them Sleepsong and Mother to Tigers by George Ella Lyon. Over the past twenty-three years, Peter has met many “monkeys” and “robots” while visiting schools and libraries across the country. Peter lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he is currently writing and illustrating more Monkey & Robot stories.
A Richard Jackson Book
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Monkey & Robot
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Catalanotto, Peter.
More of Monkey & Robot / Peter Catalanotto. — 1st ed.
p. cm
“A Richard Jackson Book.”
Summary: Presents four stories about best friends Monkey and Robot, who try out Halloween costumes, visit the beach, consider what to do with a tire they find, and figure out if it is morning or night.
ISBN 978-1-4424-5251-0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4424-5253-4 (eBook)
[1. Best friends—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Monkeys—Fiction. 4. Robots—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: More of Monkey and Robot.
PZ7.C26878Mor 2014
[E]—dc23
2012051501
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