The five little monkeys and Mama are eager to get a new car. The five little monkeys clean and paint their old car until it sparkles like new. But who will buy it? Perhaps those clever monkeys can convince their cranky crocodile neighbors that what they really need is . . . yes, a car Children will love predicting how the five little monkeys will deal with each new challenge, making this a perfect story for interactive reading. Lively verse and Eileen Christelow's inimitably comic illustrations put the five little monkeys in the driver's seat in more ways than one.

五只小猴子和他们的妈妈有辆老爷车，又破又脏。哦，怎么办？他们决定把汽车卖掉，于是把汽车的里里外外都洗得干干净净，还重新刷上一遍油漆，真漂亮！可还有个问题没解决——谁要买汽车？
打开书，看看这五只小猴子还有一群绿色的家伙会带来怎样惊险有趣的故事！
 

The five little monkeys and their mama have had it with their "rickety, rattletrap wreck of a car." It's time to sell this old heap. Mama makes a "For Sale" sign and goes inside. But her ever-helpful children worry that the car is too icky, sticky, and slimy, and take matters into their own industrious hands. "I know!" says one little monkey. And next thing they know, they're washing and scrubbing the filthy jalopy. Now it's clean, but still rusty and stinky. The monkeys ponder. "I know!" says one little monkey. Soon the car is painted and perfumed within an inch of its life. Unfortunately, it's not visible to potential buyers. "I know!" says one little monkey. With all these collective brainstorms, it's not long before the sparkly clean, psychedelically colorful car has landed in the swamp, with the five chagrined little monkeys inside, and a gaggle of crocodiles lurking nearby, licking their chops. How will they ever get themselves out of this mess, and sell the car, to boot? "I know!" says one little monkey...

让孩子们疯狂着迷的五只小猴子来啦！
看，这五只小猴子，翻着跟斗、做着鬼脸、玩着倒立，嘻嘻哈哈跑过来啦！后面还跟着被他们折腾得头大的猴子妈妈。
不会乖乖地野餐，趁妈妈打盹的一小会儿，便肆无忌惮地逗弄起危险的鳄鱼先生；不会老老实实地逛商店，一会儿要上厕所，一会儿要找水喝，一会儿要交朋友，害得妈妈老在数自己的猴子有没有丢，真抓狂；还有捉迷藏、床上蹦蹦跳、打扫房间，别期待他们会规规矩矩，没发现做完坏事后他们狡黠的偷笑、大大的鬼脸吗？
不过，五只小猴子聪明伶俐，小脑瓜里能冒出个无数个鬼点子，就算陷入了可怕的鳄鱼阵，也能把一群鳄鱼们耍得团团转；五只小猴子惹人喜爱，就算差点儿把厨房烧了，把消防员引了过来，可当猴子妈妈看到他们特意为她做的生日蛋糕时，心里充满着惊喜和感动。
看到这里，爸爸妈妈们，你们是不是相视而笑，从这五只小猴子的身上找到了熟悉的影子？是不是心照不宣地想起了那个让你们头疼又无比心疼的小宝贝呢？
聪明，可爱，淘气调皮，鬼灵精怪，憨傻搞笑，混世魔王……不时，还会捅出一些小篓子，但总能不经意地触动你心里最柔软的部分。
对，这就是你的小宝贝！这也是猴子妈妈的五只小猴子！
在这一套书里面，我们的理念是：呆板小乖乖，不要！标准小宝宝，不要！我们要的是无拘无束，要的是天真无邪，要的是享受童年、快乐生活的纯粹小屁孩！
 

“这些天真无邪的故事，是孩子们的最爱。”
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　——美国图书馆协会
这是描绘孩子们的单纯和天真的一本书。小猴子可爱活泼，绘本里它们的捣蛋功力让人印象深刻。