HarperFestival, New York, 1996.
Lap Book edition, 48 pages, ISBN 978-0064433136.
"Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" Originally published in 1938, the call of the peddlar continues to draw an enraptured young audience. From the manner in which the peddlar meticulously stacks his variously colored caps, to his hilarious encounter with the monkeys, children actively engage in the drama of cap counting and simian imitations. As the story calmly resolves back into the original rhythm, they love to cry out with the peddlar, "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!"
Movement activity: Kids love to act out the monkey noises and motions.
Winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.
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