The Monkey King
Book description
The complete story of the legendary Monkey King fable of ancient Chinese lore. Artist Chaiko brings his unique visual style and humor to this fantasy adventure about a monkey who acquires supernatural abilities and intelligence and chooses to use them for mischief and glory before finding himself at the ire…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Monkey King as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The beautiful illustration first attracted me to pick up the book.
This is a graphic novel adaptation that is pretty faithful to the 16th-century Chinese classic Journey to the West, and I think it is done really well. I know the teenager-me would definitely want to read this, and this book would pique my interest further in reading the original tale.
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