As you and your children read the story, your children will fill out portions of the Book Report Booklet. This is a keepsake that will help them record and recall their favorite characters, favorite parts of the story, and their overall review of the book. You can keep this as a record of studying the book, or use it as a launching point for your child to present what they have learned to your family or to a community book club.

As you come across unfamiliar words in the story, have the children create an entry in the Illustrated Dictionary. They will write the unfamiliar word, look it up in a dictionary, write the definition, and write it in a complete sentence. Talk about the word’s meaning and context in the story. Then, they can illustrate the word or sentence. Add these pages to a three-ring binder or staple them into a booklet.

These titles are meant to be a companion to your study of Summer of the Monkeys to dive deeper into the themes and historical facts featured in the book.

Organize all of your Book Club files in a 3-ring binder with this cover page and binder spine insert.