Monkey and the White Bone Demon

by Jill Morris (Adapter), Lin Sheng (Illustrator), Fei Chang Fu (Illustrator)

A lively tale of the fabulous Monkey, one of China's best-loved mythical characters. Adapted by Zhang Xiu Shi from the novel, The Pilgrimage to the West, by Wu Cheng En.

36 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

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[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very excited to come across this because I'm 99% sure these are the same illustrators who did one of my childhood favorites, another book adapted from Monkey and the Journey to the West, Havoc in Heaven. I'm not sure if that was also adapted by Jill Morris -- I feel like the it was a little wordier, but maybe that's because I was a tiny tot learning to read at the time.

I didn't love this quite as much as Havoc in Heaven, possibly because I also as a child had a longer adaptation of Monkey Subdues the White Bone Demon.



You know, I'm not sure I ever found what happens when they get to the West.