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  Copyright © 2001 by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Dragonfly Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

  Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2001.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Krosoczka, Jarrett.

  Good Night, Monkey Boy / Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

  p. cm.

  Summary: A mother tries to get her mischievous son, whom she calls Monkey Boy, to bed.

  ISBN 978-0-375-91121-7 (lib. bdg.) — ISBN 978-0-440-41798-9 (pbk.)

  [1. Bedtime—Fiction. 2. Mothers and sons—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.K935 Go 2001 [E]—dc21 00059922

  Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-440-41798-9

  eBook ISBN: 978-0-449-81324-9

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  For Grandma and Grandpa,

  the best parents a kid could ask for

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  First Page

  About the Author

  “My, look at the time.”

  “Let’s get ready for bed, Monkey Boy.”

  “Sorry, no bananas before bedtime, Monkey Boy.”

  “Now let’s brush your teeth.”

  “Enough of that!”

  “Bath time, Monkey Boy.”

  “Monkey Boy, get down from there!”

  “Of course I’ll read you a story …”

  “… after you put these toys away!”

  “Come along now— I’ll tuck you in.”

  “ ‘Once there was a monkey …’ ”

  “I said no bananas!”

  “Good night, Monkey Boy!”

  “I love you, too, Monkey Boy.”

  “Go to sleep, Monkey Boy!”

  Jarrett J. Krosoczka professes not to be a Monkey Boy himself, but knows many Monkey Boys and Girls at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, where he’s been a counselor for many wonderful seasons. He grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, attented the Rhode Island School of Design, and now lives in the Boston area.

  Jacket illustration copyright © 2001 by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

  Also available in Gibraltar Library Binding

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