Mr. Pip and Frederick Lipton are best friends despite one being a monkey and the other an actor. For Frederick's birthday, all Mr. Pip wants to do is spend time with him and give his best friend a gift, a drawing of Frederick. Although when it is time to give the gift, Mr. Pip feels as if his gift is insufficient, and becomes dejected. Frederick is worried and takes him to every vet in town, and they find nothing wrong. A couple of weeks pass in the care of the Guild of Geniuses, and they, as smart as they are, cannot figure out what is wrong! Just when Frederick was about to lose hope, Mr. Pip throws Mr. Frederic a surprise birthday party. After all that time, all Mr. Pip wanted was to spend time with his best friend. "It doesn't take a genius to figure that out." This story was written by Dan Santat in 2004, and it is clear to see that his art has evolved over time. ( )

Summary- Story of a friendship of man and monkey. It is the mans birthday and the monkey wants to get him the greatest birthday gift ever. Since the man is a actor he gets a ton of great gifts and monkey thinks that his would not be good enough so he becomes sad. The man notices monkey is sad but does not know why so he sends him to the guild of geniuses to solve the problem.

Critique of Genre- Science Fiction and Contemporary Realistic Fiction because it is a realistic book where things may happen in a real life situation.

Age- 2-4th grades.

Media- Acrylic, Mixed Media. ( )

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction. This book is CRF because no animals talk even though he has a pet monkey.
Media: Acrylic, Mixed Media on Bristol Paper, a little elbow grease and the right side of the brain.
Uses: I wouldn't really use this book, overall, I did not like it. It was okay and I might have it in my classroom library but it isn't one I would read for a certain subject or anything like that.