Publisher's Synopsis
Monkey Lou and the Storm Babyhas tension and excitement from the very beginning. Children will be thrilled by the chilling threat to the Storm Baby and cheered by his daring rescue. The tension is maintained throughout the narrative as we note shadowy creatures tracking him and discover the reason why he has undertaken a dangerous journey. As usual, our hero Monkey Lou is at the forefront of events, helped by his steadfast friends, Rockford the rhinoceros and Norman the eagle.
Underlying the adventure is the commitment in the Monkey Lou series of books to focus on our present environmental problems, in this case the loss of the rain forest and how it affects the habitat of mountain gorillas. The stories help children to understand and care about the critical environmental issues we face, through the exciting adventures of a cast of engaging characters with whom children can identify.
This book, in common with all in the series, aims to stimulate both spoken and written language. The pictures provide a lovely visual accompaniment to the text and the level of detail encourages children to talk about what is happening. The text itself is full and descriptive so that children hear the rhythms of written language as it is read aloud in a sustained narrative, a critical factor in the development of their own personal writing.
