{"product_id":"cloud-tea-monkeys-9780763644536","title":"Cloud Tea Monkeys","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The poetic text is vividly descriptive. . . . The deftly spun, emotionally resonant fairy-tale story . . . begs to be read aloud. No design detail is overlooked, from the gorgeous cover (and its glossy, raised, curling, monkey-shaped tea steam) forward.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarnegie Medalist Mal Peet and his wife, Elspeth Graham, team up for a captivating, lushly illustrated tale evoking a Chinese legend.\u003cbr\u003eTashi lives in a tiny village at the foot of the mountains, below the tea plantations where her mother works. When her mother falls ill, Tashi goes alone to the plantation, hoping to earn money for the doctor. But she is far too small to harvest the tender shoots, and her clumsy efforts anger the cruel Overseer. She is desolate, until -- chack-chack-chack! -- something extraordinary happens. Inspired by a centuries-old legend of tea-picking monkeys, here is a richly told tale full of vivid characters: the heartless Overseer, the enigmatic Royal Tea Taster, and -- far away -- an empress with a penchant for tea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHusband and wife team \u003cb\u003eMal Peet (1947-2015)\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eElspeth Graham\u003c\/b\u003e wrote four books together: \u003ci\u003eCloud Tea Monkeys, Mysterious Traveler, Night Sky Dragons \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of Pirate Frank. \u003c\/i\u003eMal Peet also authored several YA novels, including the Carnegie Medal-winning novel \u003ci\u003eTamar, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Honor Book\u003ci\u003eLife: An Exploded Diagram\u003c\/i\u003e and three Paul Faustino novels: \u003ci\u003eKeeper, The Penalty, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExposure.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Wijngaard\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated more than thirty books for children, including \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Globe: An Interactive Pop-up Theatre \u003c\/i\u003eand the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Loathly Lady.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414712287506,"sku":"9780763644536","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c138652c-d8ee-4f61-9222-47c3238cb34d.jpg?v=1751126675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cloud-tea-monkeys-9780763644536","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}