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Caps for Sale (Reading Rainbow Book) (Paperback)

by Esphyr Slobodkina (Author, Illustrator)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 48 pages
  • Publisher: HarperFestival (Feb 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0064433137
  • ISBN-13: 978-0064433136
  • Product Dimensions: 41.9 x 37.3 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,984,547 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Subtitled "A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business," this absurd and very simple story has become a classic, selling hundreds of thousands of copies since its first publication in 1940. A peddler walks around selling caps from a tall, tottering pile on his head. Unable to sell a single cap one morning, he walks out into the countryside, sits down under a tree, checks that all the caps are in place, and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the caps are gone--and the tree is full of cap-wearing monkeys. His attempts to get the caps back generate the kind of repetitive rhythm that young children will adore. (Age 3 and older) --Richard Farr

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5.0 out of 5 stars A corporate lesson, 5 Dec 2004
By Amanda Richards "Hotpurplekoolaid" (ECD, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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A very simple case study of an entrepreneur who hoped to make the Fortune 500 by vending colored headgear.

Although carefully balancing his inventory, he was still caught napping by unscrupulous bandits, and had to resort to trickery to get his investment returned.

This elementary lesson teaches the young student several things:

1. You can't sell caps at 50 cents without drawing attention to yourself.

2. Don't ever fall asleep on the job.

3. Don't monkey around in your business dealings.

4. Losing your temper can be a good thing, once it gets the desired results.

5. Returned goods can still be sold for full price if properly displayed.

A useful learning tool for the budding CEO in your family.

Amanda Richards

Edited to expand: Children can have additional fun with this book counting the hats and identifying the colors. They can also count the monkeys, and have fun acting the role of the peddlar trying to get back the caps. My son liked to pretend he was a monkey!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Remembered from my childhood, loved by my son, 19 Mar 2007
By Pandora (West London) - See all my reviews
No childhood is complete without a copy of Caps for sale. It is one of those classic books which should be part of every child's canon. The story is simple, funny heart-warming and appeals right to the centre of a child's interest. Unforgettable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book which my kids participate in reading, 18 Sep 2001
By mirgill@netvision.net.il (Ramat Hasharon, Israel) - See all my reviews
I remembered the book as one I loved as a child. It's both for kids and adults. It's fun and the kids love to shake their fingers and stomp their feet with the monkeys. An all time favorite. and the pictures are fun too!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A timeless classic
What a wonderful book. I remember loving this book when I was a young child and it thrills me now to read it to my son. Just see if your kids don't get up and act like monkies!
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