Grumpy Monkey the Egg-Sitter (Step into Reading L2)

一大早，Jim醒來準備享受完美的一天，沒想到黃嘴鳥請他「孵一下」她的蛋，但她自己卻不見蹤影！？

可憐的Jim只好乖乖當起蛋的保姆，好在好友Norman提議由其他叢林動物輪流照顧，大家才有其他時間玩耍。不過當Jim、Norman和Leslie去午休時，調皮的蛋卻滾走了！Jim拼命努力的追著，結果蛋滑進了蛇的巢穴...

簡單易懂的文字，加上豐富生動的插畫，讓小讀者從這可愛又搞笑的小猩猩故事中愛上閱讀，引發閱讀興趣。

Jim Panzee, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling Grumpy Monkey series, is very grumpy when his plans for the day are ruined when Oxpecker persuades him to babysit her egg.
Jim wakes up to a perfect day and is ready to have fun. Instead, Oxpecker persuades Jim to sit on her egg for just a minute...and now she is nowhere to be found! Poor Jim is stuck being the egg-sitter. Then Norman suggests that the other jungle animals take turns, so everybody gets a chance to play. But when Jim, Norman, and Leslie take a lunch break, the troublesome egg rolls away. Jim runs after it, but the egg slips by him and ends up with the eggs in Snake's nest. When the snake eggs hatch, the baby snakes look right at Jim and cry Mama! Jim vows to never egg-sit again.

Easy-to-read words and colorful illustrations will lead young readers to a lifelong love of books.

Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.