Here are some of my favorite monkey books:
Browne, Anthony. Little Beauty. Somerville, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2008.
Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Orlando: Harcourt Brace, 1989.
Rathmann, Peggy. Goodnight, Gorilla. New York: Putnam, 1993.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale; A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys & Their Monkey Business. New York: W.R. Scott, 1947.
Patterson, Francine, and Ronald H. Cohn. Koko's Kitten. New York: Scholastic, 1985
Patterson, Francine, and Ronald H. Cohn. Koko's Kitten. New York: Scholastic, 1985