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    Caps for Sale
    Caps for Sale
    Caps for Sale
    Audiobook7 minutes

    Caps for Sale

    Written by Esphyr Slobodkina

    Narrated by Owen Jordan

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A charming tale of the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWeston Woods
    Release dateJan 1, 1988
    ISBN9780545404150
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    • 5/5
      My kiddo loves this book (5,y/o) she finds it amusing. "The monkeys are silly."
    • 5/5
      This is a classic I remember from childhood. Enjoyed sharing it with my kids.
    • 5/5
      Caps for Sale is another read aloud favorite for library preschool groups. The repetition is effective, the illustrations clear and engaging, and the stamping of feet and shaking of fists fun for children to do. Its rhythmic, predictable text encourages laughter and participation. The circular plotline ends where it began. It is a perfect example of "monkey see, monkey do." For preschoolers up to age 5. Highly recommended for preschool and public library collections.
    • 5/5
      Summary : A man walked through town selling caps that he kept on his head. He had grey caps, blue caps, brown caps and red caps. Four of each and his own checked cap. The peddler was tired and took a walk outside of town and found a tree to rest under. After taking a rest under a tree his caps were gone. They were taken by some monkeys. After the peddler got his caps back form the monkeys he went back to the town to sell his caps.Personal Reaction : I loved re-reading this book! This was one of the first books I learned to read on my own. My dad was very influential in my childhood and read to me all the time. This was one of our personal favorites.Extension: I think pre-k and elm ed students can read this (or have it read to them depending on their reading level) and easily understand the plot and could make a craft to show what caps the peddler was selling.
    • 5/5
      A peddler selling hats decides to take a nap under a tree. When he awakes to his surprise the caps have been taken by monkey's. After several attempts he finally gets his caps back. Great story (the 3-5 year old group loved this book). 
    • 5/5
      A hilarious, original tale about a hat peddler who stacks his hats upon his head and the monkeys who cause him trouble. A classic book that children of all ages will enjoy!
    • 4/5
      This book is very dear to my heart. My grandpa Bob used to always read this to me.
    • 4/5
      A sales capsman goes into town yelling "caps for sale". One day he decides he's tired and needs to take a nap. He settles down at the base of the tree and drifts off. While he is sleeping monkeys in the tree steal his caps off his head. when he wakes up he tells them to give them back, but they refuse. Angry he throws his own cap on the ground and the monkeys to the same. He stacks all the caps back on his head and returns to his job in the town.
    • 4/5
      I love that the caps sales man go to sleep and he wakes up to a suprise
    • 4/5
      In my opinion, this is a good book. One of the main reasons I liked this book was because of the language used throughout the story. The author used repetition frequently; whether it be describing the sequential order of the caps on the peddlers head or when he was attempting to outwit the monkeys to get his caps back, it was an integral element of this story. When he was trying to get his caps back, the peddler says to the monkeys, “You monkeys you", "you give me back my caps." Each time he said this he followed by either shaking his finger to stamping his foot, to which the monkeys mimicked his actions. Finally, the peddler throws his own cap on the ground and the monkeys do the same! I thought that the repetition was really useful because it gave the book a predictable and entertaining pattern that all readers can enjoy. I also enjoyed the plot of this story with how it was organized. The story started and ended the same way, with a conflict in the middle. I thought how the repetitions and patterns aided in unfolding the conflict were really funny and engaging. The illustrations were also another reason I liked this book. The colors were very rich and vibrant and had a reoccurring color scheme of red, green, blue, black, brown, and white. I think this reinforced the repetition present throughout this book and enhanced the story’s pace by helping it progress. The big idea of this book is that one must be persistent with their efforts to overcome a conflict and show the desired results explicitly if one wants to prevail.
    • 5/5
      This book is fun when a peddler is trying to sell caps and is unsuccessful. So he then decides to take a nap under a tree which is full of mischievous monkeys who make it hard for him when he wakes up.
    • 4/5
      This is a very interesting book for young readers about a salesman who loves caps. The salemans decides to take a nap awakening to the disappearance of his caps. A monkey has taken them and he must figure out where they are and get them back.
    • 3/5
      A cap salesman was selling his caps and decided he would take a nap in the countryside. When he woke up he realized that he was missing all of his caps. His caps were stolen by some monkeys who were sitting in the nearby tree. He ordered the monkeys to give him back his caps. The caps salesman threw down his own cap in frustration and the monkeys then threw back down all of the caps. The peddler walked away and continued his walk through the town in attempts to sell his caps. This is a classic book for young children. They will see a lot of repetition and imitation between the peddler and the monkeys. There is a large use of patterns and colors throughout the story as well. Children will love to see what antics the monkeys cause with the peddler. I feel that most children would not pick this book over others though. With this book being published in 1987, children will be more interested in more current literature. The author did a good job of using simple text for children to portray his message. The author's central message is to persevere through difficult times as a salesman, and in more general terms just life in general. The peddler had to persevere and find a way to get his caps back in order to get back to selling them to the town.
    • 5/5
      The repetition of this book makes it a great book to have students work on their prediction skills by thinking about what is going to happen next. It is a fun book to read to a child or a group of students because it gives you multiple chances to act out the book and engage the students. Overall, I think this is an excellent book.
    • 4/5
      After reading this book to a third grade class as a read aloud, I woulddefinitely use this as a read aloud in my own classroom. I think itprovides excellent opportunities for students to practice makingpredictions during a story. I also found it to be a fun read in general. Asfar as whether I’d make this book available for my students to read ontheir own, I believe I would. I just wouldn’t have it open for them toread until after I read it to them first.
    • 4/5
      A man wearing his merchandise on top of his head is walking around town trying to sell his hats. He decides to walk out of town, while doing so he becomes tired and takes a nap under a tree. When he awakes he finds monkeys wearing his hats in the tree he fell asleep under. A wonderful teacher read this story to me, in second grade. Her level of excitement really made this book enticing. I love how the monkeys repeat the Peddlers frustration. I love the illustration it has a retro since of style to it. I would introduce this book to my class if I were explaining the responsibility of your things and how important it is to know where you place your most important items. I would also introduce a do what I do scenario when the Peddler stomps his feet so did the monkeys. The children would demonstrate what the monkeys were doing. I might ask them to pretend to be a monkey for a few seconds.
    • 5/5
      the information contained in or attached is the only thing that I am not going to have a good time to meet with me and my mom is doing well as the first time I will have to go to a group of people in the next few weeks ago I was thinking of me and my mom is going well for me to get a chance







    • 4/5
      This book was introduced to me by my mentor teacher. It's a fun story about problem solving. When a peddler's caps are stolen by monkeys, how is he going to get them back, especially when the monkeys won't do anything except repeat the peddler's actions. Kids love to try to figure out what the peddler should do to get his caps back. And when he does, was it purely by accident, or did he plan it all along?
    • 5/5
      This story tells a tale of a traveling hat salesman who carries all his caps on his head. Tired from one of his journeys, the salesman decides to take a nap in a tree and wakes to find all of his caps missing. He quickly realizes that a group of monkeys has taken all of his hats and are now wearing them. The book itself incorporates wonderful repetition for children as well as number patterns.
    • 3/5
      Caps for sale is basically about this man trying to sell his caps in order to get some money. As he is doing his rounds around town one day nobody had wanted to buy a cap from him so he took a walk into the country. He found a try and sat down beside it, he had checked his head to make sure that he had all of his checkered, grey, blue and red caps on, he takes a nap afterwards. When he wakes up he notices that his caps are missing, so he looks around the tree but they were not there. As he was pondering where they could have gone he finds monkeys in the tree above him wearing his caps. He tries to get them back making many different gestures and the monkeys copy his moves. He does not find this entertaining but instead he gets mad. After a while he gets his caps back and makes his way back home. This book is great for imagination and is fun.
    • 5/5
      It took me a long time to figure out what his book is about. Nothing happens---a peddler wants to sell his caps, he nearly loses them, mananges to regain them all, and the story ends with him still trying to sell his caps. There is no growth or change it, at least not in the physical world. If anything, he is hungrier at the end than the beginning. What's changed is understanding---on the part of the reader and, optimistically, on the part of the peddler. We have learned that true communication occurs via actions, not words; especially not words to monkeys, who don't speak the peddler's language. I realized this while sitting in a motivational meeting given by my boss, who was explaining how important it is to stay in touch with customers, even if it is to say that we haven't yet done what they wanted. The irony, of course, is that he rarely did this himself. Shakespeare's "my words fly up, my deeds remain below..." came to mind. As did this story.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite books from when I was younger. I think it's a great book for students to guess what is going to happen next. It's a funny story that children love! I would read this to K-2nd grade.
    • 4/5
      A hilarious, original tale about a hat peddler who stacks his hats upon his head and the monkeys who cause him trouble. A classic book that children of all ages will enjoy!
    • 4/5
      Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina is about a cap peddler who sells caps in a small town. One day he goes to take a nap under a tree and a group of monkeys steal all his hats. The peddler then tries to get them all back. This book could be used to practice repetition. It can also get the students involved and moving, by participating in the fist shaking and stomping.
    • 5/5
      Summary:This book is about a peddler who sales different colored caps. He had gray, brown, blue, and red caps. He would walk up ad down streets calling "Caps! Caps for Sale! Fifty cents a cap!" One morning for some reason he could not sale any caps, therefore had no money for lunch. He then decided to go for a walk in the country. He walked for a long time and became tired so he he decided to take a nap by a tree. He quickly fell asleep. When he woke up he was rested but before he got up he felt his head and noticed that his caps were gone. He looked everywhere and could not find them. Then he looked into the tree and there were his hats. Every branch sat a monkey and every ,monkey had on a cap. The peddler then shook his finger and told them to give back his caps, but all they could do was shake their finger back at him. The peddler became really angry but all the monkeys did was shake their finger back . Feeling quite angry the peddler stamped his feed and shook his fingers at them. They monkeys did the same. he became so angry that the took his own cap off and walked off. The monkeys then took off their caps and threw them on the ground, The peddler then picked ip all of the hats and put them in order and put them back on his head. he then slowly walked back into town. Personal:I thought this book was very colorful for using mostly prime colors. The pictures were very detailed. I thought this book would be good to use when teaching someone about manners.Extension:1. I could use this book for teaching prime colors2. I could use this to teach numbers and manners.
    • 5/5
      A hat salesman wakes up from a nap to a startling surprise -- all of his wares have been stolen by monkeys! How can the frustrated peddler get his caps back?This is a classic of children's literature, and I can't believe it took me this long to finally read it. It is humorous and can be interactive in a readaloud with all the various motions (the peddler checking his high lineup of hats, the peddler shaking his finger at the monkeys, etc.). It also has some repetitious phrases, which children tend to enjoy in readalouds. It is a tiny bit on the longer side so it would probably work best with preschool-age and up. The illustrations fit the text nicely.
    • 3/5
      This book is great for shared reading; but I do not really like the illustration since the colors are somewhat boring and might not draw the attention of the entire class. I still love the story.
    • 5/5
      I liked this book for many reasons. One reason I liked this story was because of the language that was used. The author used repetition when describing the peddler's attempt to get his caps back. He says to them, "You monkeys you", "you give me back my caps." Each time he says this he follows by either shaking his fingers or stomping his feet. The monkey's respond by copying the peddler's motions, and either shake their fingers back at him or stomp their feet. I really enjoyed this repetition because it added a pattern to the story and made it possible to predict what the man would say and how the monkeys would respond. When the peddler angrily throws his cap on the ground and begins to walk away, the monkeys continue to repeat after him and throw the caps on the ground as well. This use of repetition and pattern allowed the reader to predict what would happen and how the man would resolve the issue. I also liked that the author incorporated humor into the story. I found it rather funny that the man simply went back to what he had been doing at the beginning of the story after collecting all of the caps from the ground. It was as if nothing had happened and he went about his day as he had been earlier, trying to sell his caps. Another thing that I really liked about this story was the plot. I like that the story ends the same way that it begins, but also includes a conflict in the middle. The use of repetition and patterns as the conflict unfolded made the plot fun and engaging, because the reader is able to easily make predictions. I also thought that the author made the story easy to follow and understand by reconnecting the peddler's actions after the conflict with his actions at the beginning of the story; before he had faced the problem with the monkeys. Another thing that I liked about this story were the illustrations. I thought that the author used very rich, bright colors that kept the story interesting and helped keep me engaged. I also liked that the illustrations added to the simplicity and warmth of the story by sticking to the same color scheme by using the same shades of orange, red, green, and blue. The illustrations also enhance the story by depicting what is being described in the text. For example, when the peddler shouts at the monkeys and stomps his foot, the illustration portrays him with his foot kicked back as he is stomping. I believe that the overall message of this story is that one will often get their desired results by having self control, being persistent, being patient, and by showing what they want rather than being impatient and simply telling.
    • 5/5
      A fabulous classic that every teacher must read to their classroom. It teaches categories and counting. Just a really great book!
    • 2/5
      A story about a man who sells caps but monkeys steal them. Could be used as a problem solving story