Monty's Special Day

"Sweetly encouraging of curiosity." - Kirkus Reviews

"The book's active, bright illustrations celebrate both exploration and being happy where you are." - Foreword Reviews

Monty is a typical donkey living a typical donkey life. Until the one day, he walks through the open gate and goes on an adventure . . .

A cheerful book about pushing your limits and just trying something new. For curious readers ages 5 years and up.

"Monty is a curious donkey who takes care of his friends at the farm. One day, he wonders what it is like outside the farm and wanders off to explore. This is a cute little book about curiosity, adventure, and coming back home. " - Lubbock Public Library

"Starring Monty the donkey, this beautifully illustrated children's book is a fun adventure. For me, the strengths of the book are the illustrations, fun premise, and storyline." - A Home Library


About the Author
Ellen DeLange has been fascinated by picture books ever since she was a child growing up in the Netherlands. In the attic of her home, she assembled a small library and shared her collection with friends and family. As an adult, she started traveling and expanded her library with picture books from all over the world. Ellen also enjoyed inventing her own stories and was encouraged by her daughter to write her first picture book, A Story with a Tale. Ellen has a doctorate in medical sciences and currently lives in Canada where she loves to walk in the woods with her Jack Russell terriers, drink lots of tea after a busy day, and sail on the ocean to clear her mind. When I Look Up is her third book.

Malgorzata Zając is a Polish illustrator. She lives with her family in a very old city called Kraków. This city is known for its famous dragon (unfortunately no longer in good shape) and for Wawel Royal Castle (still in perfect shape).
Malgorzata strongly believes that imagination is the most important thing in life. Her head is always full of all kind of creatures, imaginary friends, magical worlds and entire stories. She uses her drawing skills and different techniques to create those nonexistent worlds on paper.
The shelves in Malgorzata's workshop are filled with beautiful books illustrated by her favorite artists from all over the world. She admires them and learns something new from them every day. She dreams that her picture books will one day be on someone's Favorites shelves too.