The monkey king
By: Wu Ch'êng-ên ; originally translated by Arthur Waley ; abridged by Alison Waley ; retold by Coleen Degnan-Veness
Contributors: Waley, Alison; Waley, Arthur; Wu, Cheng'en, approximately 1500-approximately 1582
Series: Penguin active reading. Level 4; Penguin active reading
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Harlow, Essex, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781408232064
Subjects: Readers for new literates; High interest-low vocabulary books; Adventure stories; Folklore; Monkeys; Voyages and travels; Fiction
Description: The Monkey King is an excitable, selfish creature with magic skills. As punishment for bad behaviour, he is sent by the gods on a long, hard journey to the West, to protect a young Buddhist priest. The travellers have many frightening and amusing adventures on the way. Can they reach their destination and return unharmed?
Notes: Sound disc has a CD-ROM component.

Accompanying sound disc in back pocket.

British English.