The Rhesus Macaque, also known as the red bottom monkey, is a species of Old World monkey native to Asia. About the Author: Steve Smallman has taken up writing his own stories after illustrating children's books for over 30 years. It is comparable in extent to the buttocks and genital patch displayed in adult male mandrills ( Mandrillus sphinx). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

When he spots a big sleepy bear he decides to have some fun and draw some spectacles on him, but the Bear wakes with a start and soon all of the other animals are wide awake too. He paints a leopard bright yellow with black spots; he puts brown squares on a giraffe, a white stripe on a skunk, and white circles around a bear's eyes. I liked the illustration style and the creative story which is sure to have children designing their own animal coats and patterns. However the discovering scientists caution that it could be soon, as it is hunted for its meat by local people. It is a real page-turner; the rhyming verse, with four (or a couple of times, five) lines to each double page, serving both to move the story along, and to entertain.When the mischievous monkey discovers a paintbox, he has a brilliant idea, but things don’t go quite as Monkey has planned . The story is good for KS1, to help them to identify colours, patterns and all the different animals.

Ma evidentemente la trama e le illustrazioni sono più che bastati e magari il testo in rime ha aiutato. I started working as an illustrator when I was in my final year at Art College and now, over 28 years later I still haven't got a proper job! The Lesula ( Cercopithecus lomamiensis) seems to have escaped previous scientific notice because of its remote habitat, which was largely unexplored by professional biologists until recently. Steve Smallman worked as a children’s book illustrator for 20 years before he decided to ‘have a go’ at writing his own.It's a fun story, but to be on the safe side I'd keep it as a display book for storytime, not as one to read alound (though it would be good for that for a family or group who are alright with the butt talk). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. As he walks, taking in the drab colors of all the other animals around him, monkey comes upon a paintbox and brushes.

Red-Butt Baboons Male baboons have red butts that primatologists believe help to attract females and warn off predators. Except, now, the lesula - and as the new contender is smaller overall, its mighty blue arse may be presumed to be even more striking in effect. The fast-paced rhyme scheme make it a joy to read aloud and the brightly coloured illustrations are fantastic fun. Extremely complete boffinry detail on the lesula - including highly detailed but perhaps rather off-putting pics of the possibly record-breaking azure buttock area, which as a mainstream publication we have chosen not to republish - can be seen here for free courtesy of online scientific journal PLoS ONE.I was reading it as a possible storytime book, but I'm not sure how well the talk about painting the monkey's butt might go with some of our parents. Wishing that more animals in the jungle could be vibrant in color and appearance, a mischievous monkey grabs his paints and descends on his sleeping friends, covering their coats with brilliant shades, stripes and dots.