Book Series · 3 Books

Monkey & Cake Books

In order from What Is Inside THIS Box? to My Tooth Is LOST!.

Curious Monkey and logical Cake talk their way through wonderfully silly questions about a mystery box, a private fort, and a missing tooth. Three dialogue-driven picture books celebrate imagination and friendship.

Reviewed by the Bookroo Editors Updated

What Is Inside THIS Box?
This Is MY Fort!
My Tooth Is LOST!
What Is Inside THIS Box?
This Is MY Fort!
Reading order

How to Read the Monkey & Cake Books

Start with What Is Inside THIS Box?, followed by This Is MY Fort! and My Tooth Is LOST! This is publication order, but the three conversations are self-contained and can be enjoyed in any order.

Sources: Scholastic stocklist, Scholastic: My Tooth Is LOST!.

For parents

What Parents Should Know

Much of the humor comes from the friends reasoning out loud and reaching different conclusions. The spare speech bubbles make the books inviting for shared reading and for children beginning to follow comic-style dialogue.

The disagreements stay playful. A lost baby tooth may concern children who are nervous about losing their own, but no one is hurt and the story treats the event as familiar and funny.

Where the story begins

First Book in the Series

What Is Inside THIS Box?
Sale price
$958
Book #1 · Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2019

What Is Inside THIS Box?

By Drew Daywalt, Olivier Tallec (Illustrator)

A conversation between two characters about the contents of a mysterious box.

56 pages· 282 words· Est. 3 min read-aloud
$9.99Save 4%
Hardcover
In reading order

Monkey & Cake Series

3 books · Published 2019

#1
#1 in Series
Sale price
$958

What Is Inside THIS Box?

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2019

A conversation between two characters about the contents of a mysterious box.

#2
Sale price
$958

This Is MY Fort!

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2019

A conversation between a cake and a monkey about building forts.

#3

My Tooth Is LOST!

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2019

Monkey lost a tooth. Can Cake help find it before the Tooth Fairy arrives?

Good to know

Common Questions

How many books are in the Monkey & Cake series?

There are 3 books in the Monkey & Cake series. It began with What Is Inside THIS Box? in 2019, and the newest book, My Tooth Is LOST!, was published in 2019.

What order should you read the Monkey & Cake books in?

Start with What Is Inside THIS Box? and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #3.

What ages are the Monkey & Cake books best for?

The series is best for ages 4–8, based on the age ranges of the individual books.

Which Monkey & Cake book is the longest?

This Is MY Fort! (Book #2) is the longest book in the series at 359 words (56 pages).

Which Monkey & Cake book is the shortest?

What Is Inside THIS Box? (Book #1) is the shortest at 282 words (56 pages).

The people

The Creatives Behind the Books

The people who bring Monkey & Cake to life.

01

Drew Daywalt

Author
02

Olivier Tallec

Illustrator

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