The Providence Sunday Journal, Peter Mandel
" ... is a good and fat collection of stories from Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea and Tibet -- all expertly woven ... I got so engrossed in the multi-talented main character (Monkey) and in Joan Verniero's icy-clear re-telling. Magic animals will do that to you, and like the Asian gods, kings, heroes, and adventurers in the rest of these traditional tales, they have of knack for grabbing hold of you ..."

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