Find yourself in need of more books starring sock monkeys? Cece Bell has a trio of books starting with Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood: a Star is Bathed (Candlewick, 2015) that are fun. In this first, Sock Monkey, who is an actor, is nominated for an award. To attend the ceremony, he must take a bath … and that terrifies him. Think about it.

In an interesting article, Cece Bell shows photos of the sock monkey she made from a kit her grandmother gave her back in 1975, the sock monkey and other soft-sewn animals who have inspired her.