·       
Using information in the main text and backmatter of Fourteen
Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme, create a menu poster for two monkeys that
live in the same rain forest layer (emergent, canopy, understory, or forest
floor). How do the monkeys’ diets differ? How do those differences help the
monkeys survive?

·       
After doing some research about rain forests in general and one of
the monkeys in Fourteen Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme, imagine what life
would be like if you were that monkey. What would it feel like to swing through
the trees? What would you see around you? What kind of sounds would you hear?
How would your food smell and taste? Then share your answers in a video or
describe your experience with words and pictures.

·       
Choose a
favorite monkey from Fourteen Monkeys and draw a picture of it on the
blank side of an index card. Then turn the card over and write a poem about it.
For example, you could create a three-lined haiku in which the first line has
five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has
five syllables. Here are two examples:

Red howler monkeys                        
belt out
loud, bellowing roars.            
Others stay
away.                   

Gliding
gracefully,
long, limber spider
monkeys
search for tasty fruit.

Maybe you’d prefer to create a poem in which the first line
has one word, the second line has two words, the third line has three words,
etc. Here’s an example:

Howlers
At sunrise
Climb, bellow loudly
Through
the rain forest

·       
After looking carefully at the artwork in Fourteen
Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme, list all the questions the book’s
illustrator, Steve Jenkins, had to ask himself and then research to make the
art accurate. Possible questions include: Where in the rain forest does each
monkey live? What does the monkey eat? What are its predators? What time of day
is it? What time of year is it? Using the list of questions, create a mural
that depicts a local animal in its natural habitat.

Looking for more activities?
Check out the Teacher’s
Guide I created to go along
with Fourteen Monkeys: A Rain Forest Rhyme.