Review: A fun-filled Kids Illustrated Book.  Recommended reading.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
D. R. Tara has once again, captured the magical combination to unlock the interests of both children and their caregivers! Judge Monkey and Other Stories like others in the `Illustrated Moral Stories for Children Series' not only comes with brightly colored illustrations to stimulate children's imagination, but its format is straightforward and the stories are easy to understand. A great collection of kids' short stories.The attention grabber is the colorful characters who bring each story alive with their wise or cunning ways.  Judge Monkey tops the list as he teaches the greedy cats a thing or two about cooperation. Kids will have a hard time deciding who is their favorite. Could it be the Jackal who is a great actor and thinks on his feet; or the brave ants who showed king cobra that there is strength in numbers? By the end of the book, the answer may very well be ALL the characters.The morals add depth and value to each story as they are not only character builders for children of all ages, but they add intrigue to the stories because everyone's dying to discover the gem at the end - like finding a treasure.Life-long lessons are universal and so this collection is well suited for children of all cultures and what better moral for them to learn than "United we stand. Divided we fall"?It's a good bedtime story book for kids of all ages.Another collector's item!