Engaging Families in Early Education

Great Joy

Author(s): Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Bagram Ibatoulline

Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication: 2007

Synopsis

It is just before Christmas when an organ grinder and monkey appear on the street corner outside Frances’s apartment. Frances can see them from her window and, sometimes, when it’s quiet, she can hear their music. In fact, Frances can’t stop thinking about them, especially after she sees the man and his monkey sleeping outside on the cold street at midnight.

We acknowledge the Bedegal, Gadigal, Darug, and Dharawal people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work.