Little Monkey Finger Puppet Book: Fuzzy, into bananas, all the things you love about monkeys is jam packed into this short & sweet tale, AND there is an interesting correlation between him and mom's hand.
Curious George Goes Fishing: This one's got a slow start, but ramps up when George uses CAKE to fish! CAKE! I LOVE CAKE! Helps me learn words & stuff and great surprise ending (spoiler: he falls in!)
Grumpy Monkey, Are We There Yet: Boy can I relate! It's like everyone knows 1 minute ofkid time is 2hrs of real time, and I don't even know what that translates to monkey time but ol grump goes through it in this gripping page-turner!