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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