It’s Christmas time in the jungle, and Jim just can’t get into the holiday spirit. Then Jim eats a “festive” green banana that makes him feel sick. Now everything seems worse. While all the other animals in the jungle are ready and eagerly awaiting Christmas, Jim can’t stop feeling that this time of year stinks. But with his good friend Norman’s help, Jim discovers that focusing on the good things around him instead of his own problems, is a reason to celebrate.
This softhearted Christmas book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like character growth and changing our perspective. It is also great for problem solving and for targeting sounds such as: /s/ initial and final, /l/ medial, and /br/! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Grumpy Monkey Oh, No! Christmas in speech therapy below: