Ding Dong Ding Dong

By Margie Palatini

Surviving as a door-to-door salesman for Ape-on Cosmetics turns out to be quite a challenge for one determined ape. Luckily, the Big Guy has more than a little savvy, and he heads straight for the money in the Big City. It's not long before this oversized galoot makes for the Empire State Building, and, with one small slip-up, is skyrocketed to stardom.This zany, irreverent tale will have children in stitches -- and their parents rolling on the floor -- as they follow a familiar ape's rise to fame.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786804203
• ISBN13: 9780786804207
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A perfectly planned picture book of puns and parody!

Our two fourth classes were lucky enough to have our principal read Ding Dong Ding Dong aloud to us. We found the book to be very entertaining and inspiring to us as future authors. Margie Palatini's writing style has become a favorite of ours since Piggie Pie and Zoom Broom. In fact, we feel this is her best book yet! Our class would recommend this book to children and adults of all ages!

It's about a ape selling makeup but then he gets a new job.

I think it is extremely funny and is great book for all ages.It even has some jokes for adults.The author always makes it a big laugh.I hope you will read it.

A fun-to-read book for children and adults.

Ding Dong Ding Dong is a very funny book. We like the way Margie Palatini put lots of jokes in the book using plays on words and puns. She also uses lots of alliteration to make it a fun book to read and listen to. Howard Fine's illustrations are terrific. We especially liked the part when the ape climbed the Empire State Building. We won't tell what happened next, but we loved it! Our class recommends this book to children and adults of all ages.