Description
Ming Kee is the cheekiest monkey in Yunnan, and her jungle friends are getting REALLY annoyed! Then one day she offends the Emperor Taizong of Tang! Ming Kee flees the jungleโฆ but where has she gone, and will she ever return? And will she ever mend her mischievous ways? A tale of mayhem, monkey businessโฆ and the getting of wisdom!
โOh where, oh where can Ming Kee Monkey be? The other animals in Shangri-La used to long for the day that cheeky monkey would high-tail it out of town. But now that sheโs disappeared, theyโve actually come to miss her. But where has she gone and what has she seen? Itโs the Journey to the West like youโve never heard it told before!โ โ John Carroll, Professor of History, University of Hong Kong
โSarah and Harry have done it again! They have brought to life one of the liveliest and most mischievous characters from the Chinese Zodiac. The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey is a fun read to share with kids of all ages and promises to be a hit for the entire family.โ โ Alice Mong, Executive Director, Asia Society Hong Kong
About the author
Sarah Brennan was born in Hobart, in the beautiful Australian island state of Tasmania. Her family kept a menagerie of animals including peacocks, guinea fowl, pheasants, ducks and goats, and there was even a wild platypus in the creek at the bottom of the garden! She began writing poems and stories as a child, and hasnโt really stopped since! Coming to Hong Kong in 1998 gave her the impetus to follow her childhood dreams, and in 2004 her first childrenโs book, A Dirty Story, was published, followed by An Even Dirtier Story the following year.
But, visiting Hong Kong schools, with children drawn largely from Chinese or Asian backgrounds, Sarah became increasingly keen to write for them about their culture and historyโฆ and in 2007, the Chinese Calendar Tales were born. With great storylines packed with interesting vocabulary and history, and fact boxes inside the cover of every book, Sarah is delighted to see her books used as teaching tools in primary schools throughout China, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Sarah is also an ardent promoter of childrenโs literacy, running regular international writing competitions on her blog for primary school children, which attract entries from around the world including the US, the UK, China, Singapore, India, Hong Kong and Australia. She is also an enthusiastic Writer Ambassador for Room to Read, an international charity promoting literacy and girlsโ education in Third World countries, and speaks regularly to parents, teachers, librarians and their associations about the fundamental importance of reading print books in the digital age.
Visit Sarahโs funny and fabulous blog at www.sarahbrennanblog.com!
