The story's in this book have been favorites in my home recently. My son always wants the same two stories the one that is the retold version of the song five little monkeys jumping on the bed [He always wants to try to act out the jumping on the bed part. -_-], and the one where the five little monkeys bake their mother a birthday cake. I enjoy the illustrations in these books quite a bit, although I'm not completely dazzled by the stories themselves; but my child loves it and seems to be learning, and that's the important thing.
