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"""An engaging introduction to a classic tale, especially for libraries seeking to expand their Chinese literature selections."" --School Library Journal ""The Monkey King: A Classic Chinese Tale for Children is a wonderfully fun story inspired by Chinese legends about the trickster Monkey…This story has plenty of twists and turns, with battle scenes and narrow escapes and a cast of colorful characters. But I could just get lost in the lush illustrations. They are so beautiful and full of life that each page invites you to fall into it head first. This is one you will treasure on your bookshelf."" --AllDoneMonkey.com ""Wonderfully entertaining from beginning to end, The Monkey King is an especially recommended addition to family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections."" --Midwest Book Review"

"""...this will be a useful addition to libraries hoping to expand the diversity of their folklore collections."" --Booklist ""The Monkey King: A Classic Chinese Tale for Children is a wonderfully fun story inspired by Chinese legends about the trickster Monkey...This story has plenty of twists and turns, with battle scenes and narrow escapes and a cast of colorful characters. But I could just get lost in the lush illustrations. They are so beautiful and full of life that each page invites you to fall into it head first. This is one you will treasure on your bookshelf."" --AllDoneMonkey.com ""An engaging introduction to a classic tale, especially for libraries seeking to expand their Chinese literature selections."" --School Library Journal ""This adaptation of the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu Ch'eng-en (itself incorporating Chinese legends and folklore) is beautifully and fancifully illustrated in a traditional style...the story of Tripitaka--a monk sent to India to get Buddhist scriptures from Lord Buddha himself--and his helpers (including the titular Monkey King) is amusing and exciting."" --Horn Book Magazine ""Wonderfully entertaining from beginning to end, The Monkey King is an especially recommended addition to family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections."" --Midwest Book Review"

"""An engaging introduction to a classic tale, especially for libraries seeking to expand their Chinese literature selections."" —School Library Journal ""The Monkey King: A Classic Chinese Tale for Children is a wonderfully fun story inspired by Chinese legends about the trickster Monkey…This story has plenty of twists and turns, with battle scenes and narrow escapes and a cast of colorful characters. But I could just get lost in the lush illustrations. They are so beautiful and full of life that each page invites you to fall into it head first. This is one you will treasure on your bookshelf."" —AllDoneMonkey.com ""Wonderfully entertaining from beginning to end, The Monkey King is an especially recommended addition to family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections."" —Midwest Book Review"

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David Seow was born and raised in Singapore. He studied at Anglo-Chinese School, Oregon Episcopal School, and subsequently the University of Portland, Oregon. After a stint as a sitcom writer with an award-winning television series, he embarked on a career in children's literature. David is the author of twenty-three well-received children's books, including The Littlest Emperor. Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard, continues her quest, after Singapore Children's Favourite Stories, to recapture the sense of wonder and naivete that most of us lose in the process of growing up. The genuine desire to engage the reader remains the driving force of her inspiration. To portray the mythological characters of this popular legend, these whimsical illustrations have been given an antique look. Lak-Khee is the author of Adventures of the Treasure Fleet.

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