Aditi and the One Eyed Monkey

by Suniti Namjoshi, Hanife Hassan (Illustrator)

An enchanting modern fairytale involving an unlikely foursome. A monkey sets out to explore the world, joined by a curious ant and an elephant trying hard to be aggressive. They come across a princess with a mission and rally around to help her. Armed with a cloak of invisibility, a sword of courage and a ball of magic clay, the friends journey to the den of a fierce dragon who must be tamed. Poor dragon!

UK-based feminist writer Suniti Namjoshi has published several books and collections of poetry. There is fun and adventure in this ‘fairytale', which stands adventure on its head as it twists and turns its humorous way.

87 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Suniti Namjoshi is a poet, children's author, and teacher. She ran a collaborative fiction site in the late nineties called The Reader's Text of Building Babel. She lives in England with her partner Gillian Hanscombe.

Reviews

[Manish Pandey · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of my memory as a child is reading this book. I guess this might be the first book which I ever read. The only thing that I remember of this book is the feeling I had when it ended and the feeling while i was reading it. It was not a negative one. This is all I can say and that's all I remember. I would like to recall what was the story, but surely no time soon. That's all folks!

[l · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely

[Abhaga · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a lovely joyful adventure book! If you missed out on it as a child, as I did, it is never too late. :)

[Vaishali · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely a good book to introduce to new and reluctant readers