Most children adore monkeys and apes of any kind — but they love chimpanzees especially. They love their antics, and they love to mimic them. Most children know, too, what fairness is and is not. That's why they identify with little Charley and his unfair treatment by jungle bullies.

Charley Chimp, and children who listen intently to his story, will learn to show fairness properly. It takes something frightening for Charley to learn, but he will help young readers learn without the fear.

Children ages 3 to 8 respond to Charley Chimp by:

• exercising fairness toward one another every day
• singing and acting out the Fairness Song
• understanding what real fairness means
• knowing when to use fairness
• determining to exercise fairness every day
• getting excited about the fairness activities and crafts

Elementary readers enrich their vocabulary as they learn words like fairness, chimpanzee, chattering, hunched, pant-grunt, fly whisk and glared — and use those words to talk about chimpanzees and fairness.

Preschool children walk like chimpanzees, make chimpanzee sounds, worry about little Charley, and then cheer when he finally gets to play on the jungle gym.

All ages enjoy creating their own chimpanzee piñata, stuffing it with treats, and having a party — a tactile craft that will help them remember the lesson on fairness. Naturally, they and you will want to see the story dramatized.

Read a sample page. We know you will want to read the rest of the story — and you'll want to add this book to your growing character library teaching your children the importance of exercising fairness in every area of life.

NOTE: These lesson plans are based on the book "Charley Chimp's Jungle Fairness".

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