The Coming Of Pig

Monkey Series

by Wang Qizhong, Li Shufeng Cheng Xue Fang Yuan

The MONKEY SERIES are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel JOURNEY TO THE WEST, a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monastery in India to fetch Buddhist scriptures. The real hero of this novel, loved for four hundred years by Chinese readers, is the resourceful, brave and humorous Monkey.
This series tells four stories:
Trouble on Black Wind Mountain,
The Coming of Pig,
Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims,
Stealing the Magic Fruit.
7.25X10.25X0.65(inch),241 Pages

299 pages, Paperback

Published January 10, 2007

Reviews

[Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started my first "real" comics with The Monkey King in the late 80s and those books are some of the few things I have left that really matter. The story is part of a 34 part series based on a monkey cast out from "heaven", with beautiful illustrations. His travels with a priest and a pig who lives under the salty waves, casting flaming skulls at any who dare come for him is dark and witty. I like the idea that this is a kids book and the bad guys can keep being bad and helping people.