Gerald McDermottMonkey: A Trickster Tale from India

I'm a retired Art, GED, and History Teacher and all of his books are precious documentaries of legends and stories of many of the world's peoples, including many of the American Indian Nations, as well as African and South American ones. The first of his books I bought, ARROW TO THE SUN was for my children when small. Arrow to the Sun was an American Indian tale of how a boy without a father, who was laughed at in the vllage, found his Father with the help of a Medicine man. It is a reminder if what Jesus might have gone thru as a child. Monkey, a story from India, tells how someone puny and weak can oftimes can outwit a stronger more powerful enemy. Papagayo, saves the sun, All these have the same theme: by using your smarts you can outwit stronger foes everytime.McDermott's use of painted, cut, colorful paper patterns and designs true to the ethinic and cultural style of each subject has continued with each book- almost all receiving high literary honors! Visual arts are so important for us all.And the history and culture of all the people we now come into contact with is becoming even more a necessity to know, so we don't misunderstand and hate each other.

The drawings in this book are superb, my 4-year old loves the story and lessons that can be learned from them. The pages and pictures are very large, and the text is minimal. The story hangs very well together unlike so many children books that feel like they just cut pages out to make it fit some format.These are mythological stories, so keep in mind that fantasy is important to understand and accept the story.

Great book, I enjoy the author’s books.

My granddaughters (7 and 4) have been delighting in all the beautifully illustrated Gerald McDermott Trickster tales, and enjoyed Monkey's story very much,

Beautiful imagery. Excellent story. The words are perfectly complex and simple for a toddler. I have the entire collection and my son loves them.

Another great story from this author! Love it and kids loved it too!

Good story, brilliant art

READ dog goes to Kindergarten. Useful to read to them

Very fun story, but no mentioning of India?!

The package which they used to delivery the book just the 2/3 of the book size, this made a brand new book bent permanently. What a shame !

I did not read it, but my neice liked it.