My grandson was adamant he was not interested in learning to read. We tried everything including bribery, but nothing worked. He noticed this book while we were looking for something else and asked how the monkey could play football but the ones in the zoo couldn't! We bought it to find out. We bought Mr Monkey and the Birthday Party too as they were well priced. He loves both but will still only read these stories. At least he is reading and it is sheer laziness that stops him reading anything else. He will be giving them away soon to allow Santa to bring new ones.